Mark Turgeon and Maryland mutually agreed to sever ties on Friday, opening up one of the 20 best jobs in college basketball. Terrapins assistant coach Danny Manning is taking over as the interim coach. He has experience, given he coached at Wake Forest from 2014-20. If Maryland can turn things around under Manning, perhaps he'd be considered for the job full-time. But of course the school will thoroughly search for candidates across the country.
There's no telling who is actually a viable candidate right now; the split happened on Friday and these things will take a little time, even behind the scenes.
But if I were Maryland athletic director Damon Evans, this is an initial list of potential candidates I'd be considering to start with.
John Beilein, Detroit Pistons executive: He's 68 but he has had tremendous success at the college level and in the Big Ten, of course, at Michigan. I don't think he'll return to college coaching and I don't think he'd be excited to go back to the Big Ten and coach against Michigan. But if I'm Maryland, obviously I'm lobbing a phone call. Because you never know.
Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure coach: Fans of the Bonnies have adored Schmidt for years, and rightfully so. At this stage he should be considered the best Bona coach ever. He's got a team that was ranked in the AP poll, something that hadn't been done at that school in 50 years. Schmidt has been passed over for a few high-major jobs in recent years, but he's owed the opportunity at this point. You could do much worse, that's for sure.
Kevin Willard, Seton Hall coach: Willard has been at Seton Hall since 2010 and has accumulated a 210-150 record with the Pirates. Willard's led SHU to the NCAA Tournament four times, though he's never made the Sweet 16. Turgeon only got that far once, and it was a sticking point with most of the fan base. But Willard's built for the Maryland job, that I can tell you.
Andy Enfield, USC coach: Out of left field? Maybe not so much. Enfield is from the area, has made the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament with two schools (FGCU, USC) and has another NCAA Tournament-level team this season after making the Elite Eight last season. I don't know if he'd want to leave living in southern Cali, but he's familiar with the region and has won 60% of his games as a power-conference coach.
Mark Pope, BYU coach: If Pope wants a bigger job, he's going to eventually get one. BYU is 50-16 since he took over. The Cougars would've easily made the 2020 NCAA Tournament if there was one. Last season BYU went 20-7 and lost to UCLA which went on to the Final Four. Pope has tremendous energy and played at Kentucky, so he understands the nature of being involved at a huge basketball school.
Kim English, George Mason coach: By far the youngest of the group. English is merely 4-4 to this point in his first head-coaching go of it at George Mason, but one of those wins came at Maryland this season. English is also from the area. I'd consider him a long-shot candidate at this stage, but he's a coach with a very bright future ahead.
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