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[SFspidur]

McGonigal moves from Cornell to join Hovde.

Men’s Basketball Finalizes Coaching Staff for 2025-26 - Columbia University Athletics

NEW YORK — Columbia men's basketball head coach Kevin Hovde has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Mark McGonigal, Shasha Brown, and Matt Elkin to round out

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[GKiller]

Not sure best spot for this...but for those that remember Steve Robinson was a legit candidate for UR job back when Moon was hired. Interviewed by Jim Miller. Would have been interesting tho nobody knows how it would have worked out. Blast from the past.

 

[97spiderfan]

That is the one name I remember from the coaching search that ultimately ended with Mooney.

 

[spider23]

Robinson is a cool dude. Went to basketball camp 2 years in a row at Radford when he was an assistant their. I remember chatting with him a few times throughout camp. Congrats to him on a nice coaching journey. I remember him being a candidate at Richmond.

 

[Wood Hall]

Not sure best spot for this...but for those that remember Steve Robinson was a legit candidate for UR job back when Moon was hired. Interviewed by Jim Miller. Would have been interesting tho nobody knows how it would have worked out. Blast from the past.

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He had one gift NCAA berth in five years at FSU, when they were 18-14. Never came close to finishing .500 in the ACC. Had a losing record in each of his last four seasons at FSU. Was 21-38 his final two years there.

I can easily see why he wasn't hired.

 

[GKiller]

He had one gift NCAA berth in five years at FSU, when they were 18-14. Never came close to finishing .500 in the ACC. Had a losing record in each of his last four seasons at FSU. Was 21-38 his final two years there.

I can easily see why he wasn't hired.

2 for 2 NCAAs b4 that at Tulsa tho. But yeah I get it I remember not being that enamored with him. Because retread.

But I’m also confident if u gave any decent coach 20 years here they would have better results than what Moon has produced.

 

[spider23]

I think Tulsa would be more representative than FSU.

 

[urfan1]

As I recall Robinson signaled he was not interested so we moved on.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Didn't we also swing and miss on McKillop as well?

 

[urfan1]

Didn't we also swing and miss on McKillop as well?

dont think he wanted to leave DC

 

[GKiller]

Didn't we also swing and miss on McKillop as well?

dont think he wanted to leave DC

Yes, when replacing Beilein. That’s when McKillop was available & we could have had him. Sources. Not when replacing Wainwright. Mckillop son was rising senior when we hired Mooney. There 1st time not 2nd. Miller screwed up Mckillop would have made seamless transition from JB and more on brand for UR. I think that is 1 reason Miller hired Moon. Things got bad btw Miller wainwright & ur admins toward end. Some off court/academic issues w guys like Merritt Sandoval Nelson. Miller wanted to go back to Beilein mold. The smart shooter type with fluidity. & Moon was Princeton guy too fit the part.