Somewhat over per week after Darian DeVries made the stunning choice to depart West Virginia after one 12 months, the Mountaineers have discovered their subsequent head males’s basketball coach. According to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, WVU is about to rent North Texas’ Ross Hodge to a five-year deal.
Whereas he solely has two years of expertise on the Division I stage, he does have seven years whole within the position, having hung out as the top coach at Paris JC and Midland School, spanning from 2006-11. Between the 2 jobs, Hodge went a mixed 146-24.
Following the 2011 marketing campaign, Hodge made the soar to Division I to function an assistant at Southern Miss beneath Larry Eustachy after which adopted him to Colorado State. In 2016, he joined Grant McCasland’s workers at Arkansas State for a 12 months earlier than following him to North Texas because the affiliate head coach. The 2 helped information the Imply Inexperienced to a 135-65 mark over six years and two appearances within the NCAA Event.
McCasland departed final season to turn out to be the top coach at Texas Tech, resulting in a promotion for Hodge. In two years on the job, he has compiled a file of 46-23 and has his crew within the semifinals of the NIT.
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