MoSiouxFan

Any word on whether Izzy'll be good to go?

Thanks. That's what I thought.

Do you know where John Burckhard was from?

Thanks for posting this, as I never got to see them play. Very fun to watch.

For sure! And this looks like a very good hire to me; he has brought fairly high-level success to the two programs that he has headed.

Looks like it was actually by Schloss, but I'm thinking that may be a mistake?

No kiddin'.

What about London?

Glad your son chose to come to UND. He helped create the memories that you speak of, and they were definitely great memories that we will never forget. Thanks for your comments!

I've emailed Chaves. I'd encourage anybody else that likes McCollum to do the same. You never know.

Probably, although if Chaves put the hard sell on him and showed him that we really wanted him and that we're fully committed to winning, who knows...….

If we go with a Division II coach, then I believe that Ben McCollum deserves a serious look. No D-II coach has accomplished what he's accomplished over the past few years, winning two of the last three national championships, including a perfect 38-0 this season, and 7 of the last 8 conference championships, so he has nothing left to prove at that level. Plus, he's young (38), is from the Midwest (Iowa), and obviously knows how to recruit, as most of his players are from the Kansas City area, where he has a lot of competition from several other DI and DII schools in the area. Also, he's a two-time national coach of the year. Moving up from DII, he would probably get a bump in pay, even with what UND can afford to pay.

He responded to my email as well. I hope that he applies, but he's coaching at his alma mater now. However, he doesn't have a whole lot more to prove there, having won two national titles in the last three years and 7 of the last 8 conference titles. I was trying to find his current salary, but have been unable to so far.

He's at Missouri Southern State University. His team plays in the same conference as Northwest Missouri State University (Ben McCollum).