Bob Marlin says outside criticism isn't impacting his approach

[RaginDave]

Here is the guy that I would like to see as our next Head Coach. This is his salary at Nicholls.

Nicholls State University approved a contract extension for Austin Claunch on Oct. 22, 2020. It extends his contract through April 30, 2024.

Claunch's base salary is $130,000 with an annual vehicle allowance of $4,200.

Some of the bonuses that the extension includes are a $10,000 bonus for winning the Southland Conference Tournament, $5,000 bonus for winning a conference regular-season championship, $5,000 per NCAA Tournament victory, and $2,500 for winning Southland Conference Coach of the Year.

The contract includes a $65,000 buyout if Claunch leaves Nicholls State for another program.

His previous contract at Nicholls State paid a base salary of $95,000 and went through March 28, 2022.

[ZoomZoom]

Just throwing this out there looking forward.

Marlin is the second oldest coach (62) in the conference, of course CCU's Ellis is the oldest at 76. Keith Richard at ULM follows at 61.

Then UTA's Young and Walker at LR come in at 57.
Lanier at GAST is 53.
Cross at Troy is 47.
Balado at stAte is 46.
Johnson at Texas State is 42-43 (Wikipedia has as birth year 79-80).
Riley at USA is 39.
Ga Southern's Burg is 34.
Kerns at App is 34ish (based on graduation from college, can't find date).

So the top five teams all have head coaches under 48 (42-43, 34, 47, 39, 46) . Would be the direction I'd suspect Maggard would go IF a change is made. I'd bet under 40.

Bottom five, starting with CCU in 8th...76, 62, 61, 34, 57. Coincidence? Honestly don't know.

It's definitely a young man's game.

[RaginDave]

Just throwing this out there looking forward.

Marlin is the second oldest coach (62) in the conference, of course CCU's Ellis is the oldest at 76. Keith Richard at ULM follows at 61.

Then UTA's Young and Walker at LR come in at 57.
Lanier at GAST is 53.
Cross at Troy is 47.
Balado at stAte is 46.
Johnson at Texas State is 42-43 (Wikipedia has as birth year 79-80).
Riley at USA is 39.
Ga Southern's Burg is 34.
Kerns at App is 34ish (based on graduation from college, can't find date).

Bottom five, starting with CCU in 8th...76, 62, 61, 34, 57.

Coincidence? Honestly don't know.

So the top five teams all have head coaches under 47. Would be the direction I'd suspect Maggard would go IF a change is made. I'd bet under 40.

It's definitely a young man's game.

Claunch is 32.

[Scott Malkinson]

Just throwing this out there looking forward.

Marlin is the second oldest coach (62) in the conference, of course CCU's Ellis is the oldest at 76. Keith Richard at ULM follows at 61.

Then UTA's Young and Walker at LR come in at 57.
Lanier at GAST is 53.
Cross at Troy is 47.
Balado at stAte is 46.
Johnson at Texas State is 42-43 (Wikipedia has as birth year 79-80).
Riley at USA is 39.
Ga Southern's Burg is 34.
Kerns at App is 34ish (based on graduation from college, can't find date).

Bottom five, starting with CCU in 8th...76, 62, 61, 34, 57.

Coincidence? Honestly don't know.

So the top five teams all have head coaches under 47. Would be the direction I'd suspect Maggard would go IF a change is made. I'd bet under 40.

It's definitely a young man's game.

Someone on twitter mentioned Alvin Brooks III the more I research him the more I like

His dad played for Lamar in the late 70s as well as coached there in the early 80s

[Cajunsmike]

Brown, Awkuba, Dalcourt probably aren't leaving again as they would have to sit out. Outside of Brown and Awkuba, we would probably be better off with most leaving.

Greg Williams jr also cannot transfer without sitting out a year.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I’m not like some. I believe that we can have an outstanding program getting into the round of 32 more than every 3 decades.

We need to be judicious in our selection.

[SlappyCajun]

It's definitely a young man's game.

I think automatically saying it's a young man's game is silly.

Scott Drew won the title last year at 51. Kelvin Sampson has Houston playing great basketball at 66.

In fact, there's not a head coach in the Top 25 under 40. Most of them are over 50. Maybe Claunch is the guy, but I'm not hiring just because he falls under some arbitrary age line.

[CajunSaint08]

UL Basketball Bob Marlin says outside criticism isn't impacting his approach



Well that's obvious. If it did, he might actually win.

[ZoomZoom]

I think automatically saying it's a young man's game is silly.

Scott Drew won the title last year at 51. Kelvin Sampson has Houston playing great basketball at 66.

In fact, there's not a head coach in the Top 25 under 40. Most of them are over 50. Maybe Claunch is the guy, but I'm not hiring just because he falls under some arbitrary age line.

Maybe I should reword that to it’s a young man’s game in the one bid conferences…where the Drews of the world start.

[Scott Malkinson]

Claunch is 32.

His wiki say he was born in Argentina but Claunch sounds like a German last name.

[MelRock]

His wiki say he was born in Argentina but Claunch sounds like a German last name.

Lots of Germans settled in Argentina, (South America), after WWII.

[Scott Malkinson]

Lots of Germans settled in Argentina, (South America), after WWII.

Twas the joke