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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

Our assistant AD fired our hoops coach...
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I say NO to Howland based on the CNNSI article about his tenure at UCLA. Too much baggage!

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Hem, why don't you STFU instead?   Just telling it like it is!

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

 

 

Ben Howland was fired because Bill Walton rode him like a stolen bike.  He was constantly trashing the guy the last five years of his contract because he didn't get back to the final four. They were going to the dance, winning the PAC12, but not getting beyond the 2nd round. Something about shadow boxing with the apocalypse or some sort of jibberish like that.    

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread. Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired. Move on to others!!

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

Our assistant AD fired our hoops coach...

No.. our assistant AD told our coach he was fired. Big difference

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

Our assistant AD fired our hoops coach...

 

 

So that position is like the NFL's The Turk?

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

 

 

Ben Howland was fired because Bill Walton rode him like a stolen bike.  He was constantly trashing the guy the last five years of his contract because he didn't get back to the final four. They were going to the dance, winning the PAC12, but not getting beyond the 2nd round. Something about shadow boxing with the apocalypse or some sort of jibberish like that.    

 

 

Part of coaching UCLA is that you're expected to make it out of the first week. He didn't do it in 5 seasons in Westwood he deserved to be fired. That is not good enough for a school like that. Only one regular season Pac-12 title and no Pac-12 tourney title in his last five seasons. Don't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.

 

If he can put up numbers like that at UCLA I am scared to see what lossing looks like at USF for him.

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

 

 

Ben Howland was fired because Bill Walton rode him like a stolen bike.  He was constantly trashing the guy the last five years of his contract because he didn't get back to the final four. They were going to the dance, winning the PAC12, but not getting beyond the 2nd round. Something about shadow boxing with the apocalypse or some sort of jibberish like that.    

 

 

Part of coaching UCLA is that you're expected to make it out of the first week. He didn't do it in 5 seasons in Westwood he deserved to be fired. That is not good enough for a school like that. Only one regular season Pac-12 title and no Pac-12 tourney title in his last five seasons. Don't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.

 

If he can put up numbers like that at UCLA I am scared to see what lossing looks like at USF for him.

 

He's just not a match for USF

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

 

 

Ben Howland was fired because Bill Walton rode him like a stolen bike.  He was constantly trashing the guy the last five years of his contract because he didn't get back to the final four. They were going to the dance, winning the PAC12, but not getting beyond the 2nd round. Something about shadow boxing with the apocalypse or some sort of jibberish like that.    

 

 

Part of coaching UCLA is that you're expected to make it out of the first week. He didn't do it in 5 seasons in Westwood he deserved to be fired. That is not good enough for a school like that. Only one regular season Pac-12 title and no Pac-12 tourney title in his last five seasons. Don't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.

 

If he can put up numbers like that at UCLA I am scared to see what lossing looks like at USF for him.

 

 

Just to put USF basketball in perspective to some that may not be totally familiar. Howland was apparently fired for his last 5 years at UCLA. In those 5 years, he had 3 NCAAT appearances and 2 NCAAT wins ... which exactly matches USF's history in the NCAAT in playing almost 45 years of college basketball. He also had 3 20 win seasons in those 5 years where we've had 4 in those 40 years, 2 in the last 4 years.

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

http://tbo.com/sports/colleges/usf-bulls/usf-basketball-coaching-search-in-discovery-phase-20140316/

 

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former UCLA coach Ben Howland, who was 230-105 with three Final Four trips in 10 seasons with the Bruins, is expected to be on USF's list.
 
 

Former UCLA coach Ben Howland, who was 230-105 with three Final Four trips in 10 seasons with the Bruins, is expected to be on USF's list, partially because of his ties to Harlan.

Harlan wouldn't comment on Howland or the reported interest of Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy and Marquette coach Buzz Williams.

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Ben Howland is 110% not coming here.........mind as well close this thread.  Harlan is the one who basically fired him he is not bringing in a guy that he fired.  Move on to others!!

 

Did Harlan have that much power at UCLA as an Assistant AD?

 

 

Ben Howland was fired because Bill Walton rode him like a stolen bike.  He was constantly trashing the guy the last five years of his contract because he didn't get back to the final four. They were going to the dance, winning the PAC12, but not getting beyond the 2nd round. Something about shadow boxing with the apocalypse or some sort of jibberish like that.    

 

 

Part of coaching UCLA is that you're expected to make it out of the first week. He didn't do it in 5 seasons in Westwood he deserved to be fired. That is not good enough for a school like that. Only one regular season Pac-12 title and no Pac-12 tourney title in his last five seasons. Don't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.

 

If he can put up numbers like that at UCLA I am scared to see what lossing looks like at USF for him.

 

 

Just to put USF basketball in perspective to some that may not be totally familiar. Howland was apparently fired for his last 5 years at UCLA. In those 5 years, he had 3 NCAAT appearances and 2 NCAAT wins ... which exactly matches USF's history in the NCAAT in playing almost 45 years of college basketball. He also had 3 20 win seasons in those 5 years where we've had 4 in those 40 years, 2 in the last 4 years.

 

At UCLA with access and the ability to recruit just about any kid he want. 20 at UCLA is equal to about 9 or 10 here. His teams looked god awful and they only won that many because the PAC-12 was mess during that time. Which leads me to believe is the reason he was fired.

 

If you can't win a cupcake Pac-12 with UCLA then there is a problem and you don't need to be coaching here. He would be be Stan part two.

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Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (Big Sky Conference) (1994–1999)
1994–1995 Northern Arizona 9–17 4–10 7th  
1995–1996 Northern Arizona 7–19 3–11 7th  
1996–1997 Northern Arizona 21–7 13–1 1st NIT 1st Round
1997–1998 Northern Arizona 21–8 12–2 1st NCAA 1st Round
1998–1999 Northern Arizona 21–8 12–4 2nd  
Northern Arizona: 79–59 44–28  
Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East Conference) (1999–2003)
1999–2000 Pittsburgh 13–15 5–11 11th  
2000–2001 Pittsburgh 19–14 7–9 5th (West) NIT 2nd Round
2001–2002 Pittsburgh 29–6 13–3 1st (West) NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–2003 Pittsburgh 28–5 13–3 T–1st (West) NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Pittsburgh: 89–40 38–26  
UCLA Bruins (Pacific-10/12 Conference) (2003–2013)
2003–2004 UCLA 11–17 7–11 T–7th  
2004–2005 UCLA 18–11 11–7 T–3rd NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006 UCLA 32–7 14–4 1st NCAA Runner-up
2006–2007 UCLA 30–6 15–3 1st NCAA Final Four
2007–2008 UCLA 35–4 16–2 1st NCAA Final Four
2008–2009 UCLA 26–9 13–5 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2009–2010 UCLA 14–18 8–10 T–5th  
2010–2011 UCLA 23–11 13–5 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2011–2012 UCLA 19–14 11–7 T–5th  
2012–2013 UCLA 25–9 13–5 1st NCAA 1st Round
UCLA: 230–105 118–58  
Total: 398–205  

 

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