Search SZN is the premier coaching search podcast following the ever spinning College Basketball Coaching Carousel. Once it starts spinning there’s no telling where it’s going to stop. Curry Hicks Sage will make sense of it all and curate a unique candidate list for your favorite college basketball team’s coaching vacancy. The carousel is starting to spin, tune in now!
As another SearchSZN comes to a close, it is time for our traditional closing ceremony: grading the hires. Joining Sage is Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central on X) to go through them all.Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
April 10, 2025 show, with Sage back in the saddle after the birth of his child, an unwavering commitment to #searchszn. Alan Huss is off to Creighton as coach-in-waiting, what's next for High Point?Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
April 2, 2025 show - now that Chris Beard is staying at Ole Miss, what's next for Texas A&M?Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
April 1, 2025's show features no fooling around, as Buzz Williams is officially going to Maryland. What's next for Texas A&M?To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
March 28, 2025 show discussing the latest in the sagas involving Kevin Willard and Fordham, plus much more.Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.You can also support the show by hitting the tip jar on venmo under searchszn
March 26, 2025 show as the Kevin Willard saga takes its latest bizzare turn, in the wake of his pre-Florida press conference answers. The show has an abruput ending, but I can report everyone in the Sage family is safe and well (no baby yet)Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.You can also support the show by hitting the tip jar on venmo under searchszn
March 25, 2025's show, a wild one with live reactions to a flurry of moves- Richard Pitino to Xavier! Phil Martelli Jr. to VCU! Fran McCaffery to Penn! Somebody...to Villanova...?To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
March 24, 2025's show, discussing the latest at WVU, the Villanova/Maryland drama, and more - as Iowa and Minnesota fill their openings.To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under user name searchsznYou can also get 20% off all orders at Homefield Apparel using code SAGE20 to support the show.
March 23, 2025's show as Sean Miller jumps ship from Xavier to Texas and we wonder, again, what is Villanova up to?To support the show, hit the tip jar on Venmo under name SEARCHSZN
March 21, 2025 show, which is three spaces spliced together during a night out on the town.Thanks to our sponsor Homefield Apparel. Use code SAGE20 when checking out to get 20% off and help support the show. You can also hit SearchSZN on Venmo.
March 20, 2025 show during the opening night of the first round of the NCAA Tournament, discussing Fordham, WVU, Texas and much more!Thanks to our sponsor Homefield Apparel. Use code SAGE20 when checking out to get 20% off and help support the show. You can also hit SearchSZN on Venmo.
NC State fans rejoice as the burner dream has been realized: Will Wade is the new head coach of the Wolfpack. What does this mean for the rest of the carousel? What's next?Thanks to our sponsor Homefield Apparel. Use code SAGE20 when checking out to get 20% off and help support the show. You can also hit SearchSZN on Venmo.
Darian DeVries is off the board to Indiana. As one door closes in SearchSZN, another door opens- what's next for West Virginia? Plus additional discussion on Virginia, Villanova and much more.This is two spaces spliced together into one. The audio is also lower quality than usual, sorry about that.Thanks to our sponsor Homefield Apparel. Use code SAGE20 when checking out to get 20% off and help support the show. You can also hit SearchSZN on Venmo.
March 17, 2025 show, which opens discussing the shocking firing of Tobin Anderson at Iona.To support the show, kick a dollar into the tip jar on Venmo under SearchSZN
March 16, 2025 show.To support the show, please hit up the tip jar on Venmo under SearchSZN.
March 15, 2025 show. This is two spaces spliced together due to technical difficulties. Elon, fix your shit (Musk, not the Phoenix). To support the show, please hit up the tip jar on Venmo under SearchSZN.
Its plane tracking season! March 13, 2025 show.Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.
March 13, 2025 show talking NC State, Indiana and a SHAKA-ing new name in the mix at VirginiaThanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 show discussing more Will Wade to NC State chatter and much, much more!To help support the show, please donate to the tip jar on Venmo, user name SearchSZN
Prediction Tuesday - March 10, 2025Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.
Recapping a WILD 48 hours in #SearchSZN. Thanks to 5 College Movers for sponsoring tonight's show! With over 30,000 successful moves since 2009, Five College Movers is the trusted moving company for local, long-distance, and commercial relocations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and throughout New England.
March 7, 2025's show.To support the show, please hit up the tip jar on Venmo under SearchSZN.
March 6, 2025 edition of Search SZN.To help support the show, please contribute to the tip jar on Venmo under SearchSZN.
March 4, 2025: SearchSZN, rapid-fire styleTo help support the show, please donate to the tip jar on Venmo, user name SearchSZN
Open format show from March 1, 2025. This is March. This is Search SZN.To support the show, please donate to the tip jar on Venmo, user name SearchSZN
February 25, 2025 edition of Search SZNTo support the show, please donate to SearchSZN on Venmo
February 20, 2025: Search SZN is rebornTo help the show, please donate to SearchSZN on Venmo
What a rollercoaster of an episode, you just have to listen. THIS IS #SEARCHSZN Where were you when.... Must tune in and hit SEARCHSZN on Venmo, Andiem UP for all you Aging Hoopers, and 5 College Movers for all your moving needs!
The drama around the Arkansas Job Continues, spurned twice, what will Hogs AD do? Where does he turn? This is from the 4/6 Space
The Muss Bus is maybe headed Westward like Jenny in Forest Gump...I know that was Alabama but still...just go with it. WOOOO PIG SOOOOOIE Sage tried to tell you...
Latest episode of #SearchSZN Sage talks Louisville coaching search/Hire then opens the mic to the people, and a SearchSZN legend was born. Go follow our sponsors Andiem Up and 5 College Movers
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00:00 Search SZN Layup Lines 14:00 Status of Search SZN 19:30 OSU Speculation 20:40 Carousel that could have been 24:00 Openings 25:35 Louisville 27:00 NPR Digression 28:00 Will Wade 33:30 Louisville 52:15 Vanderbilt 54:12 Michigan 57:00 DeVries options 63:00 Carousel Scenarios 68:50 West Virginia 71:00 Sage Learns the CO ST vs VA Score 73:00 Niko Medved 76:00 Danny Sprinkle 77:00 Rice 78:00 BAMBO 81:00 Sage Takes Calls
0:00 Intro/Ohio State 7:00 Conference Champ Week 15:00 Temple 30:00 Mountain West 45:00 Chris Collins best coach in B1G? 50:00 A10/Duquesne 55:00 Chris Collins 58:30 Long Beach State 64:00 Big East 65:00 Niko Medved
7:00 Louisville 41:00 John Kurkjian NC State 60:00 West Coast Correspondent Gabriel 72:00 Porter Moser Brewhaha 90:00 MVC 112:00 More Porter Moser/DePaul
0:00 Monologue 9:00 Not all Tourney appearances are equal 16:10 DePaul 18:50 LaSalle 22:00 Rico Bosco and The Octopus Search 40:00 Unexpected Opening Speculation 49:00 Ohio State 53:00 Coastal Carolina 64:00 Retread Watch 80:00 Realignment 85:00 Josh Pastner 89:00 Turner/UC Irvine 95:00 More DePaul 98:00 Indiana 102:00 Stony Brook 107:00 Mitch Henderson 111:00 Ivy Talk 118:00 Louisville
4:50 Eradication of Black Monday 8:10 Digression Disclaimer 10:00 Who was let go today 10:30 Bryan Mullins 15:30 Dana Ford 17:40 Loyola MD 22:06 Digression 73 23:10 Phenomena 26:46 How does this work? 32:00 Carousel get going 36:00 WVU
Brought to you by Five College Movers, use code Sage at checkout. Things are heating up in #SearchSZN. Sage sets the table for newcomers to Search SZN (00:00-14:15). There are guidelines for becoming a trusted and official Search SZN tipster, and Sage delves into some guidance for DM'ing tips (14:17). Getting into our first jobs of the night, Sage talks about the West Coast Jobs: Pepperdine, Pacific, and Cal Poly (19:01). Sage talks about a long term project to identify the best assistants in the country, their credentials, and Metrics for what makes s good candidate (30:00). Sage didn't get enough of the West Coast jobs, and jumps back to the West Coast gigs almost first hand (36:50). The first of many digressions and rethinking how a college basketball staff works (39:50). Go check out Andiem UP if you're a hooper refusing to let go of basketball and saving your ankles (46:30). Use Promo Code SAGE Sage dips his toes into development of coaches and digress (51:50). Sage dives into the Louisville search with a myriad of calendars (53:33). West Virginia names (1:00:00) Retirement Digression (1:02:00) The fruitful Scott Drew Coaching tree (1:04:00) Indiana (1:07:00) OSU/Dusty May sweepstakes (1:08:00) SLU after Ford (1:09:00). Chris Mack Rumors (1:19:00). Thing thing about tournament runs is... (1:20:00). DePaul and Porter Moser (1:24:00) Rico Bosco joins then leaves (1:26:00)
Sage deals with a myriad of technical issues (amongst other things), but perseveres and over comes. He talks about Sean Miller and Xavier, McDermott and Creighton, Muss to Louisville? and much much more in this FIRST of March episode of Search SZN Aging Hooper? Go Check out AndiemUp.com for all your ankle saving shoe support you need. Stylish, Comfortable, and most importantly supportive of your continued Hoop Dreams - use "SAGE" at checkout
The 2024 Carousel has started spinning. Sage talks the newly open Ohio State coaching vacancy, the second in season coaching vacancy to develop.
Sage addresses the uproar around a fan made documentary by Twitter Burner The Blue Demon Degenerate that covered the movement of Ed Cooley from Providence to Georgetown. A pragmatic view into the minds of coaches, traditional media members, and the world of Twitter Burners.
Sage answers questions submitted via twitter related to what a search firm does to who are some 2024 Coaching Carousel Favorites.
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