IUP Women's Basketball | 2019-20

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Worst in game coach I've seen at IUP and he has no pull with the refs. Some guys just know the right things to say but Carey doesn't!

Well, one way or another, he's the new HC.

His post players, my opinion, cost them at least 3-4 games a year ago with their consistent tendencies to miss easy layups. That 18-10 record easily should have been 22-6. He's really bulked up the post. Aside from the two portal recruits, he'll also get Molly Howard back underneath (who missed the season last year with an injury).

Starting lineup should be:

Cerro
KB
Gina Adams
Weaver
Centrulla


He should also be much, much deeper this season. Much different vibe heading in to this season. He had some major hurdles last year along with a lot of learning on the fly.

[IUPalum]

WCCS is reporting Craig Carey will officially be named women's HC.

He had a big weekend in the portal ... gotta give him that much.

Worst in game coach I've seen at IUP and he has no pull with the refs. Some guys just know the right things to say but Carey doesn't!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

WCCS is reporting Craig Carey will officially be named women's HC.

He had a big weekend in the portal ... gotta give him that much.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Two big transfer additions signed this week for the ladies.


Nyshae Weaver (F) from Alderson Broaddus ... averaged 14 and 9 last year. Listed at 5'11".

Grace Centrulla (F) from Mercyhurst ... Averaged 11 and 6 last year and shot nearly 40 percent from outside. Listed at 6'0".

They also signed a high school guard from Spain.

[IUPalum]

The summer camp marketing brochure is out -- with Carey on the cover.

I'd take that as a good sign he is now the official HC.

FFS

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The summer camp marketing brochure is out -- with Carey on the cover.

I'd take that as a good sign he is now the official HC.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Weird... this clown is clueless. I can't believe they'd keep him.

Their last game was FEB 27. You'd surely think if they were opening the position it would have been done weeks ago. I'd have to assume at this point the interim tag is (has been) removed.

[IUPalum]

Awfully strange this job isn't posted yet. Or, is it not going to be?

Weird... this clown is clueless. I can't believe they'd keep him.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Awfully strange this job isn't posted yet. Or, is it not going to be?

[IUPalum]

Any word leaking on the HC situation? His it posted yet?

The athletic department is busy this week getting ready for a regional. I'm sure that coaching situation will be on the agenda after they get through this.

[IUsuallyPonder]

Any word leaking on the HC situation? His it posted yet?

I can only hope the current guy is canned and we get a real leader in there. The tools (and resources) exist for the team to be a perennial contender - but we need a great coach to get this team on the right track.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Any word leaking on the HC situation? His it posted yet?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I didn't even notice she quit. So she burned a year and ran away after being active for what, about 5- weeks?

Correct. She was removed from the roster about two weeks ago.

[IUPalum]

Now that it's over, the obvious question becomes the head coach.

As far as D2 women's basketball jobs go, it's going to be an attractive opening. Yes, it's always going to be third fiddle at IUP behind men's basketball and football. But, nonetheless, it's a good job with top-notch facilities, a strong following/history, etc. I'd also assume IUP can offer a better salary and resources than most other D2 programs.

Will they entertain retaining interim coach Craig Carey? He did go 18-10 after taking over very late in the summer. He also should have won at least 4 games he lost because his team couldn't make layups. If I was betting, they will not give him the full-time job. The women's program is very different from the men's. The following is different. Their core boosters are different. That crowd loves a Tom type -- shaking hands, kissing babies, etc. Carey was not a social coach. He was put in to a rough spot with no depth and no time to recruit -- and most schools wouldn't call 18-10 a total disaster. But, at IUP, 18-10 is a total disaster.

Now, they'll get candidates we've never heard of before when they open the job. Some will be very good.

That said, looking around the sitting head coaches in the PSAC ... could they perhaps lure one of them to Indiana?

Wish list (I don't know one coach in the East so they are not included):

Mark Katarski (Seton Hill) - Odds of getting him out of Greensburg aren't good. His program is the main attraction and he's very embedded in the culture/community there. But, IUP would likely be a huge increase in pay (perhaps double). He would be like hiring the younger version of Tom -- very similar styles, schemes, recruiting, etc.

Mike Drahos (UPJ) - He was rumored to be interested in the job last summer. He had a very successful stint as an assistant at West Liberty prior to taking over a total rebuild in Johnstown. UPJ has slowly gotten stronger each year under his watch -- and he took 2 of 3 from IUP this year. He's a big believer in the three-point shot and his offense is built around it.

Callie Wheeler (Edinboro) - This is likely wishful thinking -- but, with the inevitable disaster that is Penn West, who knows.


What will the new coach inherit? Four starters and the 6th player return. The bench is pretty thin. In case anybody didn't notice, one of the Robert Morris girls quit the team several weeks ago.

I didn't even notice she quit. So she burned a year and ran away after being active for what, about 5- weeks?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Now that it's over, the obvious question becomes the head coach.

As far as D2 women's basketball jobs go, it's going to be an attractive opening. Yes, it's always going to be third fiddle at IUP behind men's basketball and football. But, nonetheless, it's a good job with top-notch facilities, a strong following/history, etc. I'd also assume IUP can offer a better salary and resources than most other D2 programs.

Will they entertain retaining interim coach Craig Carey? He did go 18-10 after taking over very late in the summer. He also should have won at least 4 games he lost because his team couldn't make layups. If I was betting, they will not give him the full-time job. The women's program is very different from the men's. The following is different. Their core boosters are different. That crowd loves a Tom type -- shaking hands, kissing babies, etc. Carey was not a social coach. He was put in to a rough spot with no depth and no time to recruit -- and most schools wouldn't call 18-10 a total disaster. But, at IUP, 18-10 is a total disaster.

Now, they'll get candidates we've never heard of before when they open the job. Some will be very good.

That said, looking around the sitting head coaches in the PSAC ... could they perhaps lure one of them to Indiana?

Wish list (I don't know one coach in the East so they are not included):

Mark Katarski (Seton Hill) - Odds of getting him out of Greensburg aren't good. His program is the main attraction and he's very embedded in the culture/community there. But, IUP would likely be a huge increase in pay (perhaps double). He would be like hiring the younger version of Tom -- very similar styles, schemes, recruiting, etc.

Mike Drahos (UPJ) - He was rumored to be interested in the job last summer. He had a very successful stint as an assistant at West Liberty prior to taking over a total rebuild in Johnstown. UPJ has slowly gotten stronger each year under his watch -- and he took 2 of 3 from IUP this year. He's a big believer in the three-point shot and his offense is built around it.

Callie Wheeler (Edinboro) - This is likely wishful thinking -- but, with the inevitable disaster that is Penn West, who knows.


What will the new coach inherit? Four starters and the 6th player return. The bench is pretty thin. In case anybody didn't notice, one of the Robert Morris girls quit the team several weeks ago.