Quote from: Gregory Sager on July 10, 2026, 05:31:11 PMEd McGhee has resigned as NPU's head coach to take an assistant coaching job at an as-yet-unnamed D1 school.

No other details forthcoming at this point.

Is Doug Collins still in Chicago?

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Quote from: Greek Tragedy on July 06, 2026, 11:18:03 AMWith a quick glance, I didn't see it posted here, but PauldingLightUp posted on the WIAC board that ex-UW-Oshkosh head coach, Matt Lewis, is now listed as an assistant coach at IWU according to his bio.

I believe his wife is now a IWU employee so if it's true it wouldn't be that surprising. However, he's not yet listed on the IWU 🏀 site. If true, he'd be their fifth asst coach. Also, it would be interesting to know if he would he be considered a volunteer, or full-time or part-time. Given his background, would he be the Head Assistant?

I know that UW-SP Coach Kent Dernbach is glad to see him go.  Lewis kicked them around quite a bit during his tenure.  I recall Lewis has an MBA so maybe they found some other things to do for him at IWU, who knows.

Quote from: Mitch Hall on July 04, 2026, 01:08:07 PMDoes anyone know how widespread NIL is at the D3 level ? How about in the WIAC ?

About 3 years ago, Point was able to steer a few recruits away from another WIAC team using some form of compensation, I assume it was legit under NIL rules. Seems more logical if potential players have upward mobility to D2 or D1, then its more prevalent to convince them to pass on the scholarship money.  No idea of other WIAC school efforts.

It is hot here in FL and Heather is looking and feeling hot in her bikini poolside.

Have a great summer. 

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 07, 2026, 04:20:00 PMAaron Jacobs is the new head coach at Rockford. He'll be taking another NPU assistant coach, Mark Smith, with him as to serve as his primary assistant and low-post-players specialist. Best of luck to Aaron and Smitty with the Regents! Ed McGhee is now into his search to fill those vacancies.

With Jalen Boyd getting his masters degree this weekend from NPU and his job search in full gear, Ed has also had to fill the GA role for the Vikings that Jalen is vacating. That's been accomplished, as Ed announced at Tuesday's end-of-year athletics convocation that graduating backup center Dylan Fuzak will be NPU's new men's basketball GA. Congrats to Dylan!

Speaking of North Park's athletics convocation, the coveted Male Athlete of the Year Award went to Mike Vuckovic. It's the first time that a men's basketball player has won it in nine years, so kudos to Mike on that well-deserved accomplishment. The men's basketball team also got the awards for Biggest Moment (Marquis Vance's buzzer-beating trey to topple UWSP in triple overtime) and Best Win (the double-OT win over Wheaton in the CCIW tourney quarterfinals).

Awards for defeating UW-Stevens Point?    

Thanks to those of you who wrote to support me staying; will consider it but will also consider the other board members. No need to decide now, the summer is for other activities.

Fischer leaving means no more effort to get a Hilltop post game dinner bet on the Lady Dawgs vs. the Titans.

You can stay, I will go. 

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on May 06, 2026, 11:22:06 AMTom Webb is named UW-Stout head coach. https://stoutbluedevils.com/news/2026/5/6/mens-basketball-blue-devils-remove-interim-tag-name-webb-head-coach.aspx

Deserves this after the awesome job he did with AJ Uttech this year.  (This is Heather)

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on May 22, 2026, 04:28:47 PMFormer Illinois College coach, Steve Schweer, is named the head coach at UW-Oshkosh. https://uwoshkoshtitans.com/news/2026/5/22/mens-basketball-schweer-named-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx

He's got a great roster there, will be interesting to see how he goes up against the dean of WIAC coaches, Kent Dernbach of Stevens Point. 

Egg and chicken prices continue to be strong, I am hoping Dad buys a jet soon so I can fly home for some WIAC games with Heather. She'll be impressed by the beer garden at Quandt. FYI-her wrist injury flared up so no US Open this year.

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on May 14, 2026, 01:14:57 PMSam Grieger returns to UW-La Crosse. Huge for the Eagles and WIAC.

Why? Could have helped the Phoenix.

Quote from: cubs on May 10, 2026, 10:41:39 AMI'm hearing that UWO has narrowed down the list of candidates for their Men's Head Coaching position to three finalists.

They are:
Steve Schweer from Illinois College
Pat Garvin from Bethany Lutheran
Kyle Jones from Simpson College

Confirms that Semling is not a candidate. Watch for Point announcement soon.

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Quote from: PauldingLightUP on April 10, 2026, 11:08:27 AMUW-Oshkosh gets their men's basketball head coach position posted today. And meanwhile we are still waiting on an announcement from UW-Stout.

UW-Oshkosh three weeks into the search today. Stout position was removed the web today, so hopefully an announcement is coming soon.

I have confirmed that Bob Semling is not a candidate. Probably going to join the UWSP staff...that is my guess.

Has UW-Oshkosh had any flooding damage this spring?  I recall they got hammered about 10 years ago when similar conditions as the current occurred.  Any Titans out there? 

Heather is ready for US Open qualifier but has been fighting a wrist injury. Hopefully not an issue in the 36 hole qualifier.

A clue on why my life is perfect......

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000706111

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Quote from: tomt4525 on April 22, 2026, 11:11:16 AMUWSP assistant coach, Paul Combs, has announced his retirement.  It will be interesting to see what happens, if anything, with the assistants at UWSP.  I suppose they could just promote Dan Witter.

Very strange with his son still having two years left.

Maybe he finally just wanted to be a parent and watch his kid play and enjoy it, instead of coaching him.

With their burgeoning revenues, they probably get more assistants. Of course most of that goes to the players, not the staff. Amazing what they've done.