OK here we go again. In the interviews I read Manning didn't sound interested in much of anything. I'm sure he ended up at Tulsa due to the fact that Bill Self coached there. As for his coaching record he doesn't have one. Frank Martin was a HS coach for 15 years and then an assistant on the college level. His record at KSU is an impressive 117-54. He's a Miami native and is of Cuban decent to believe he was going to be in the mid-west for the long term is foolish.
Couldn't find much on Flip Saunders but he didn't set the world on fire when he coached the Sioux Falls Sky Force and at least two of his stops in the NBA (The Minn. Timberwolves and the Wash. Wizards) have been disasters. Each of them were bottom feeders while he coached them. Larry Brown is still 71 and not getting any younger. Would have been in Lincoln for 3 maybe 4 years.
Now for our New HC.
Tim Miles
Coaching career
A successful coach in NAIA (Mayville State) and NCAA Division II (Southwest Minnesota State), Miles took over at North Dakota State in 2001. Shortly thereafter, the school declared its intent to reclassify from Division II and transition to Division I. The school would be ineligible for postseason play in its first five years of the transition, and was initially without a conference. On January 21, 2006, in just the school's second year in Division 1, NDSU pulled off a shocking 62–55 upset of #12 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center. The Bison, starting three redshirt freshman, ended Wisconsin's 27-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. Miles would be named the Division I Independent Coach of the Year by CBS Sportsline.
The following season the Bison pulled yet another stunning upset. NDSU won at #8 Marquette in the championship game of the school's Blue and Gold Classic 64–60. The Bison would go on to finish 20–8, their best season under Miles. Of note, two years after Miles departed, at which time the school had since gained entry to the Summit League, the Bison made the NCAA Tournament under Miles' top assistant and successor, Saul Phillips, in their first year of eligibility primarily with the same players (as seniors) Miles had recruited and coached during their upsets of Wisconsin and Marquette.
On March 22, 2007, Miles was named head coach at Colorado State, replacing Dale Layer. Miles inherited just two players from the 2007 roster, and struggled to succeed early, going so far as to hold walkon tryouts to fill his first roster. After going winless in conference during his first season, Miles' teams improved gradually in the following years.
In May 2011, after winning 19 games and guiding CSU to its seventh appearance in the NIT during the 2010-11 season, he signed a 5 year contract with Colorado State.
The 2011-12 season saw Miles once again pulling upsets over ranked opponents. On January 28, CSU upset #12 San Diego State 77-60 at Moby Arena, marking the program's first win over a ranked opponent since 2004. Just over a month later the Rams stunned #18 New Mexico 71-63. Then, on February 29, Colorado State rallied from down 15 at half to defeat #17 UNLV 66-59. All three wins came at Moby Arena where CSU went 14-1, including 7-0 against Mountain West teams, the program's first perfect home season in conference play since 1960. Finishing with a 20-11 overall record, 8-6 in the Mountain West, Colorado State was awarded an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was CSU's first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2003 and their first at-large bid to the field since 1990. The Rams were the 11th seed in the West Regional and fell to 6th seed Murray State.
On March 24, 2012 Miles was named the next head men's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska, replacing Doc Sadler.
Head coaching record
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
1995–1996
Mayville State
17–11
9–3
1st
NAIA–II
1996–1997
Mayville State
18–11
10–2
1st
NAIA–II
Mayville State:
35–22
19–5
1997–1998
SW Minnesota State
16–11
7–5
3rd
1998–1999
SW Minnesota State
16–11
7–5
3rd
1999–2000
SW Minnesota State
18–10
12–6
4th
2000–2001
SW Minnesota State
28–7
17–1
1st
Div. II Elite 8
Southwest Minnesota State:
78–39
43–17
2001–2002
North Dakota St.
11–15
5–13
8th
2002–2003
North Dakota St.
20–11
9–7
4th
2003–2004
North Dakota St.
16–13
8–6
3rd
2004–2005
North Dakota St.
16–12
2005–2006
North Dakota St.
16–12
2006–2007
North Dakota St.
20–8
North Dakota State:
99–71
22–26
2007–2008
Colorado State
7–25
0–16
9th
2008–2009
Colorado State
9–22
4–12
8th
2009–2010
Colorado State
16–16
7–9
5th
CBI 1st Round
2010–2011
Colorado State
19–13
9–7
4th
NIT 1st Round
2011–2012
Colorado State
20–12
8–6
4th
NCAA 1st Round
Colorado State:
71–88
28–50
2012-2013
Nebraska
0-0
0-0
Nebraska:
0-0
0-0
Total:
283–220
First time poster here at Corn Nation - long time Hokie - even longer time Midwesterner - was raised in North Dakota, so I know Nebraska very well. Much respect for Corn Husker fans.
If what Andy Katz reported his true, Nebraska has made a great hire in Tim Miles.
Tim Miles has won in places that are traditionally VERY hard to win at.
Tim Miles started his coaching career at my undergraduate alma mater, Mayville State University (I went to graduate school at Virginia Tech). He had none, zero, nada resources and took the Mayville State University Comets to the NAIA playoffs - he did great at Southwest State University in Minnesota (Now Minnesota State - Southwest) - he did even better at North Dakota State University - helped a D1 program get off the ground (one that was just converting to D1) and get to their first NCAA tournament.
You know his track record at Colorado State - in five years with the Rams, he won more games every year finally taking them to the NCAA tournament - he is, my friends, a program builder.
The advice I have for Corn Husker fans is to be patient with him - because he will make you a winner.
His hire gives me a reason to cheer for Nebraska to do well in the Big 10.
Congratulations on what would be a great hire!!!
It appears he has been successful at every stop. 13 winning seasons to 3 losing [1st season at NDSU, 11-15 -- 1st and 2nd seasons at CSU, 7-25 and 9-22 -- His first season at CSU he had only 2 returning players and held walk on tryouts. He basically put an intramural team on the floor, a problem that was not of his making.]. His overall record is 283 and 220.
T_O_B
G>B>R
The situation is for every move up the ladder things get harder. You have to get our game on.. You have to do a better job of convincing kids to buy into your program. Doesn't mean you change your style, its your style and history wth it that says to a kid, "This is how we play. You may have the talent you need to get to the big time so we will play big time style and do what ever we need to do to get you ready for the big time, if you don't we'll make you the best player you can be, we'll help you with a quailty education and hopefully prepare you for a very successful life." That's all it is. You are just selling what you have to offer and Coach Miles and his staff just needs to get the job done. I've been at the top of my profession in two different product groups, what did I change? The verbage in my pitch that related to the product.