A. Coaching Changes
We have a new position filled and a couple new positions opening since the last update.
First, Sarah Brown (I will stop instinctively typing Sarah Shire in about 13 years) has been hired to take over at Penn State. Phew. This is a time of optimism for Penn State: new direction, new coach, fresh ideas, fewer fake Adderall prescriptions, a little less entire-class-leaving-because-of-abuse, yada yada yada. It’s a real win-win. Sarah already cleared the first hurdle—be a human person—so it’s looking good for the future.
Meanwhile, Eastern Michigan is like, “Do you want to just take our house at this point? How about a foot? Do you need a foot?” That makes two separate head coaches and a star gymnast gone in under 12 months. Hopefully we’ll get an announcement soon about who EMU has hired to be the SEC coach of the year in 2020.
In other developments, Debbie Yohman is retiring at Pitt after 78 decades in charge. It is also my unfortunate duty to tell you that assistant Caleb Phillips (you may know him as “that hot one with the mustache”…or not…whatever) has left Washington.
So here’s the off-season coaching chart as we know it now.
| Team | Outgoing coach | Reason | Incoming coach |
| Penn State | Jeff Thompson | Everything | Sarah Brown |
| Michigan State | Kathie Klages | Larry Nassar | |
| NC State | Mark Stevenson | Retired | Kim Landrus |
| Georgia | Danna Durante | Fired | |
| Illinois | Kim Landrus | ||
| Pittsburgh | Debbie Yohman | Retired | |
| EMU | Sarah Brown | Fancier job |
B. NCAA Postseason
The latest development regarding the upcoming rules meetings is this proposal for the postseason format.
Hearing SEC coaches may propose a #NCAAGym Champs format that would add a Super-Regional weekend & #SayByeByeToTheByes. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/1HSSa9ZV3Y
— Greg Marsden (@UtahMarz) May 4, 2017
I’m mostly good with this plan and would vote for it in a second. Continue reading Things Are Happening – May 4, 2017