Dustin

What are his ties to North Dakota and/or UND? I don't see any listed on his NSU bio page. Interesting if he is chosen over the other two that do have ties.

I had this very same thought yesterday. I imagine the conversation when Pryor hired Tiffin went something like this: "Jeremiah, I've got a good thing going up here in North Dakota, but I can't take the winters. Since you're from the great white north, I want to bring you on as assistant, and then I'm gonna look for opportunities in Texas, resign at UND, and you should have a good shot at the HC job."

So at least the weather won't be a surprise. Hopefully we can tap into some Canadian recruiting talent, too!

For The entire time when he was head coach, I had season tickets and walked right by the parking spot reserved for the head volleyball coach on my way into the Betty. It wasn’t that hard to keep track of.

If true, this is promising.

That is awesome.

The job description was probably based on his list.

Surprised that they would just be interviewing this week, especially for the VB position.

You would think. It'd be a mistake to announce the basketball coach decision ahead of (or on the same day), because that would overshadow the VB decision.

I think so.

My thoughts exactly. Just wish they would have been honored back when it really counted.

Hadn't thought about that angle, but even an away game against UNC would be huge.

The Boschee hire is one too intriguing not to do, IMO. If he is interested. Big splash with the media in ND. Played DI BB at one of the most premier college basketball institutions, under one of the most premier college basketball coaches. Probably could even get KU back in Grand Forks. I don't see any other candidate that could inject that much dosage into UND's arm.

Our successful volleyball era is pretty short, only about 10 years, so having deep rooted connections like that would be pretty unlikely.

Also happy to see we’re going deep into Canada. Impressive offers, especially for a Canadian. Seems like he would be a huge get.

I think that's the reasoning behind having North Dakota ties - we want someone who knows what he's getting into and going to be happy. I am pretty satisfied with the names that have risen to the top on this thread.

This job closed yesterday, so I would expect something soon.

Digging up more facts. Roy Williams (Boschee's collegiate coach) was 38 when he was named HC at Kansas (first collegiate HC job).

Probably not a fair comparison, but Coach K was 33 when he became the head coach of Duke. (Previously had 5 seasons of DI HC experience at Army)

All right, you sold me.

I was out of touch with UND BB when Herbst was on staff, so when that name was brought up, it was unknown to me. He does seem like a good candidate, and I would be excited for the Herbst era. I am also very intrigued by Jeff Boschee. To have a coach that has played in the Final Four and under legendary coach Roy Williams would definitely be a real shot in the arm on multiple levels - media, recruiting, donors. My only concern - with those experiences, why hasn't he gone further than Missouri Southern HC already?

I like flagship u!

Any name(s) come to mind with that description?

https://g.co/kgs/PVHT9M Head coach position job posting.

First time chiming in on this topic. First off, I agree with the poster (could be in the “who’s next” thread, not sure) who said this move is probably mutually beneficial for both UND and Jones. I am excited for what a new guy can bring to the table. That being said, I do want to thank Brian Jones for his time here. Yeah, it could be frustrating watching his teams sometimes, but he did navigate a situation that no one would envy, and eventually brought a Conference championship (was also close to one earlier, too) and an NCAA tournament appearance, which is absolutely the most exposure a school of UND’s stature is going to get (unless they do something crazy in football ala NDSU, which I don’t think will ever be replicated, including by the Bison). As a fan, I am more in the Hockey, Football, and Volleyball crowd, but a winning DI program at UND would get me more excited about college basketball in general outside of the month of March.