Published on AthlonSports.com (http://www.athlonsports.com)

South Carolina Gamecocks

College Basketball's Absolute Worst Coaching Tenures since 1984-85 [1]

Jeff Bzdelik has had a rough time at Wake, Colorado

Sometimes a coach inherits a bad team or steps into a program where the university simply does not invest in basketball. In some cases, through recruiting, Xs and Os and inspiration, that coach can turn a bad team into a good or even great one.

The guys on this list are not those coaches. Here are the 20 worst coaching tenures in the six major conference since the NCAA Tournament expanded in 1985.

COMMENTS

College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: SEC [25]

College basketball league play is nearing. Here is where the SEC stands so far.

The final two undefeated SEC teams watched their unblemished records fall during their trips out West. Florida lost 65-64 to Arizona while LSU lost 89-70 at Boise State.

Despite the loss, the Gators, who led until the final seconds, appear to be the class of the conference. Unfortunately for the SEC, standing out is not hard to do. Beyond the top four or five teams, the SEC may struggle to fill postseason spots.

COMMENTS

SEC 2012-13 College Basketball Preview [38]

Kentucky's John Calipari seeking national title repeat

Athlon Sports continues its countdown to the start of the 2012-13 basketball season, which begins with the first games on Nov. 9, with a countdown of the nation’s top conferences. We will release one conference preview each day, counting down to the top conference.

COMMENTS

SEC Week 10 Preview and Predictions [39]

LSU offense faces by far its toughest challenge

LSU hasn’t quite been as formidable as we originally thought, but Alabama’s trip to Baton Rouge to battle the Tigers is still the biggest game in the SEC this season. There’s also an intriguing battle in Starkville, as Mississippi State hosts Texas A&M in a game featuring teams jockeying for position in the SEC West. Georgia is two wins away from wrapping up the SEC East title. This week, the Bulldogs host the improved Ole Miss Rebels.

COMMENTS

College Basketball's Worst Coaching Tenures since 1984-85 [42]

Jeff Bzdelik has had a rough time at Wake, Colorado

COMMENTS

Ranking the nation's top college basketball coaches [43]

Tom Izzo headlines our list of 30 coaches for 2012-13

Through the last two weeks, Athlon Sports ranked each coach in the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC along with the top 20 coaches from outside those seven conferences.

COMMENTS

Ranking the SEC's basketball coaches [70]

Calipari's title lands Kentucky the top spot

When SEC basketball coaches get together for media days or other offseason events, they may need name tags.

COMMENTS

College Basketball's Top 10 Coaching Hires for 2012 [72]

Our coundown of the top 10 college basketball coaching hires, plus other superlatives

Only in college basketball could 45 programs make coaching changes and only a handful of them be truly blockbuster. No moves at Arizona or Kentucky as in recent seasons.

The biggest name to move may be Frank Martin from Kansas State to South Carolina. The biggest vacancy was at Illinois, where the Illini struck out on their top candidates before hiring Ohio’s John Groce.

COMMENTS

6 Coaching Candidates to Replace Darrin Horn at South Carolina [92]

Wichita State's Gregg Marshall will get a long look

Darrin Horn was fired as the head coach at South Carolina after four seasons. He went 10–6 in the SEC in Year 1 but is 13–35 since. Overall, he went 60–63 at South Carolina after a five-year run at Western Kentucky, his alma mater.

Here are some of the names South Carolina might target:

COMMENTS

College Football's Best Player in September [93]

Marcus Lattimore, Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden and Robert Griffin III lead the nation's elite.

Andrew Luck of Stanford [115] and LaMichael James of Oregon [116] seemed to lead every preseason All-America list.

COMMENTS

Source URL: http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/south-carolina-gamecocks

Links:
[1] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketballs-absolute-worst-coaching-tenures-1984-85
[2] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/section/college-basketball
[3] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/acc
[4] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/big-12
[5] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/big-east
[6] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/big-ten
[7] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/pac-12
[8] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/sec
[9] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/baylor-bears
[10] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/clemson-tigers
[11] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/colorado-buffaloes
[12] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/depaul-blue-demons
[13] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/iowa-hawkeyes
[14] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/kentucky-wildcats
[15] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/maryland-terrapins
[16] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/nc-state-wolfpack
[17] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/north-carolina-tar-heels
[18] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/northwestern-wildcats
[19] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/oregon-state-beavers
[20] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/south-carolina-gamecocks
[21] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/texas-am-aggies
[22] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/virginia-tech-hokies
[23] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/wake-forest-demon-deacons
[24] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/washington-state-cougars
[25] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/early-season-conference-catchup-sec
[26] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/section/other-sports
[27] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/alabama-crimson-tide
[28] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/arkansas-razorbacks
[29] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/auburn-tigers
[30] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/florida-gators
[31] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/georgia-bulldogs
[32] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/lsu-tigers
[33] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/mississippi-state-bulldogs
[34] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/missouri-tigers
[35] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/ole-miss-rebels
[36] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/tennessee-volunteers
[37] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/vanderbilt-commodores
[38] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-2012-13-college-basketball-preview
[39] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-week-10-preview-and-predictions
[40] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/section/college-football
[41] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/sec
[42] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketballs-worst-coaching-tenures-1984-85
[43] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/ranking-nations-top-college-basketball-coaches
[44] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/atlantic-10
[45] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-conferences/west-coast
[46] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/arizona-wildcats
[47] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/butler-bulldogs
[48] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/california-golden-bears
[49] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/connecticut-huskies
[50] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/duke-blue-devils
[51] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/florida-state-seminoles
[52] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/gonzaga-bulldogs
[53] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/indiana-hoosiers
[54] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/kansas-jayhawks
[55] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/louisville-cardinals
[56] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/marquette-golden-eagles
[57] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/michigan-state-spartans
[58] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/michigan-wolverines
[59] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish
[60] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/ohio-state-buckeyes
[61] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/pittsburgh-panthers
[62] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/purdue-boilermakers
[63] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/saint-louis-billikens
[64] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/saint-marys-gaels
[65] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/syracuse-orange
[66] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/ucla-bruins
[67] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/vcu-rams
[68] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/west-virginia-mountaineers
[69] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/wisconsin-badgers
[70] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/ranking-secs-basketball-coaches
[71] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/mississippi-state
[72] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/summing-college-basketball-coaching-carousel
[73] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/colorado-state-rams
[74] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/duquesne-dukes
[75] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/illinois-fighting-illini
[76] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/kansas-state-wildcats
[77] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/miami-redhawks
[78] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/nebraska-cornhuskers
[79] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/ohio-bobcats
[80] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/rhode-island-rams
[81] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/acc
[82] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/atlantic-10
[83] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/big-12
[84] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/big-south
[85] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/big-ten
[86] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/conference-usa
[87] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/mac
[88] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/missouri-valley
[89] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/mountain-west
[90] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/northeast
[91] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-conferences/southern
[92] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-basketball/candidates-replace-darrin-horn-south-carolina
[93] http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/college-footballs-best-player-september
[94] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/boise-state-broncos
[95] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/oklahoma-sooners
[96] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/oklahoma-state-cowboys
[97] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/oregon-ducks
[98] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cbk-teams/stanford-cardinal
[99] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/andrew-luck
[100] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/brad-wing
[101] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/brandon-weeden
[102] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/denard-robinson
[103] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/justin-blackmon
[104] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/kellen-moore
[105] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/lamichael-james
[106] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/landry-jones
[107] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/marcus-lattimore
[108] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/melvin-ingram
[109] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/robert-griffin-iii
[110] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/russell-wilson
[111] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/ryan-broyles
[112] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/taylor-martinez
[113] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/trent-richardson
[114] http://www.athlonsports.com/category/cfb-players/tyrann-mathieu
[115] http://stats.athlonsports.com/cfb/teamstats.asp?team=0063&report=teamhome
[116] http://stats.athlonsports.com/cfb/teamstats.asp?team=0060&report=teamhome