I think she'd be a smart choice for Duke if she's interested
by Domerduck (2020-07-02 13:18:54)
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In reply to: I hate to see her go. Maybe Beth Cunningham has a shot  posted by MPG

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Don't know if Duke could stand an ND grad. Still Beth was passed over by ND when Niele replaced Muffet. I think she's ripe for a bigger job with something to prove. I believe she'd be effective and knows the ACC as well as a University with very high academic requirements.

Resume in 9 yrs as head coach at VCU: 167-115 (59.2%), last 5 years took them to post season (2008-12). When she left VCU she become one of Muffet's top assistant . Resume at ND: 259-41 (86.3%). In her 8 years at ND was in every NCAA tourney played with 1 National Championship and 5 Final 4's. Top 3 players she recruited and coached at ND are all still in the WNBA: 2019 #1 draft pick Jackie Young, teammate Marina Mabrey, and WNBA All Star Kayla Mcbride.

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by dillon77  (2020-07-03 09:53:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

- the possible Beth to UNC for lead assistant under Courtney Banghart came and went awfully quickly.

Maybe, just maybe, word on the street (or at least between Kevin White and Jack Swarbrick/MM/Beth) was that Coach P's tenure was up in the air/coming to a close and there was a bigger fish to fry a few miles down the road from Chapel Hill.

As Domerduck points out, Beth certainly knows the league, the school and the region (VCU is not all that far away).

If she was to get it, that would be a hotbed of competition in the Triad, with Beth at Duke, Banghart and UNC and Wes Moore at NC State. And Niele's up at ND.

Stay tuend.