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College basketball coaching changes 2022 tracker, carousel: Elon hires Iowa assistant Billy Taylor

College basketball coaching changes 2022 tracker, carousel: Elon hires Iowa assistant Billy Taylor

IN — Thad Matta | OUT — LaVall Jordan
Only because this happened amid the Final Four did the situation at Butler not receive more attention in the press. AD Barry Collier kept Jordan and his staff twisting in the wind for weeks, ultimately firing him on April 1, when his buyout dropped to the $1.5 million range, sources told CBS Sports. In doing so, Collier was greasing the skids to try and land Matta, which he did. The process to get there wasn’t smoothly handled, but the end result is a hire that the fan base is fully on board with. Matta is a superb coach. He left Ohio State in 2017 because of health issues related to having drop foot. He’s better now, and Butler has a coach with a .740 win percentage who began his career with a one-season fly-by in 2000-01 at BU. Matta coached the Bulldogs to a 24-8 record and made the second round of the NCAAs. Butler’s league then? The Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Things have changed a lot for both in 21 years.

IN — Jon Scheyer | OUT — Mike Krzyzewski
After 47 years, the last 42 at Duke, Coach K is done. He will leave a massive void in…

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