The Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Matt Vautour reported last night that UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford has interviewed Merrimack head coach Mark Dennehy, Harvard assistant Paul Pearl, and Cornell’s Mike Shafer for the UMass position. Dennehy and Pearl were already expected to be in the mix for the coaching job, but Shafer’s involvement is a surprise. All signs point toward a coach being named in the near future, perhaps as early as this week, so there’s a good chance the next person to lead the program could be one of these three or former UMass captain Dean Stork who previously interviewed.
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View From Section U ▲ Potential Coaching Replacements
Ever since I wrote my piece stating that UMass needs to making a coaching change at the end of the season I’ve had many people ask who would be my potential candidates to lead the program to success. There are a few prospects that immediately come to mind. There are a few that I wish they had looked at the last time around when the coaching position was open in 2012 and either they weren’t interested, then Athletic Director John McCutcheon didn’t consider them, or the timing just wasn’t right for either side. I’ve already heard a lot of suggestions from readers and fans on who should be considered and I’ve done my best to take them into account.
Posted by rocks22 on February 4, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/02/04/view-from-section-u-%e2%96%b2-potential-coaching-replacements/
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