NCAA 2026 NCAA Coaching changes

[MaryClare]

Don’t think he’ll be the last big name to go in the coming weeks

 

[irichluck21]

Oh dang. I didn't see that coming.


I am worried for Carly Dockendorf. Utah not advancing has been all over the Utah news/.

 

[MaryClare]

Oh dang. I didn't see that coming.


I am worried for Carly Dockendorf. Utah not advancing has been all over the Utah news/.

The chat on Reddit seems to be that she’s been in hot water since putting Clara up on floor unnecessarily

 

[RedBirdie]

Jeff Graba's been weirdly detached all season. I can't say I'm surprised.

Carly Dockendorff jumped to mind as another potential firing. Missing nationals on top of what was a rough regular season?

Gotta wonder about Casey Jo McPherson and Pitt. They can't be happy missing out yet again.

Wonder is GWU has seen enough. Just missed out because they shit the bed at conference championships last season, and this season was just one long bed shitting (plus they may have to find a new practice space).

 

[david]

Relative to Carly, I wonder if Utah not making a bigger change in leadership when they let go of Farden is coming back to bite her and them. She was in the room for everything that happened with Tom and then retained some athletes for various coaching/support roles that were vocal in their support for Tom. Even if Carly was innocent relative to her own behavior, this was likely a moment where you'd want to bring in a HC from the outside to decide who if any of the staff were going to be retained and only keep the ones that can be credibly seen as assets in resetting the culture. This is what UCLA did after letting go of Waller, which seems to be paying off.

 

[hav12gym31]

Heather Brink is out at Nebraska

“Nebraska Head Coach Heather Brink, who has served as Nebraska’s head coach for eight seasons, will not return and a national search for a replacement will begin immediately.”

Nebraska Gymnastics.

 

[ugadawgkat]

Don’t think he’ll be the last big name to go in the coming weeks

I wonder who, if any of Auburn's class of 2027 or 2028 will be transferring. Maybe Autumn can convince Brooke to join her at UGA!

 

[QuietColours]

I was wondering where Linas Gaveika, the former DU assistant coach, landed after leaving last year and with all these new posts opening, but it looks like he has two very small children and just opened a kid-focused rec gym Denver a couple months ago. So I'm guessing he's out of the NCAA circuit.

 

[BB12]

I can see Utah moving on Carly. Not just for mining nationals but due to the amount of terrible meets they had this season. A team with that amount of talent should not be having multiple disaster meets.

 

[MaryClare]

 

[RedBirdie]

I'm having a bit of a shit time right now, so I'd really appreciate it if more team would fire their coaches today so we can endless speculate where they might end up and who might replace them. Need something to distract me.

To that end.....Graba seems very burned out. He should take some time off. I'm also guessing that Auburn will want to make a splashy hire a la Clemson.

I'm sure there's someone out there who will jump at the Nebraska job. Last in the Big 10 is still in the Big 10.

I'll be curious to see what happens to the rest of the Auburn and Nebraska staffs once the new hires are made.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

Nebraska would be a decent spot for a first time head coach, no high expectations right off the bat, and it is in the Big 10.
Auburn would be good for a head coach looking to move up from a low expectation job to a higher pressure job.

 

[irichluck21]

Nebraska and Auburn are no slouches.

I wonder if Auburn will get a new head coach or if Sara Carver-Milne would be promoted to head coach. She was head coach at Brown before moving to Auburn.

I wonder if Nebraska would take back Oleskii Kolatov and Marissa King back as co-head coaches. They seemed to have helped UGA quite a bit this year.

Do we see Ashley Miles Greig getting a position?

Would Casey Jo Magee go for Auburn or Nebraska? Despite getting assurance from Pitt, I don't see them becoming contenders for Nationals.

Auburn is awfully tempting to Cecile AND Laurent considering Juliette will be at Auburn on diving scholarship.

I also wonder about Jason Butts at West Virginia, they were consistently making nationals and now this year 47th.

Kristin White is getting lots of praise for Utah State. I wonder if she would be considered for a school like Nebraska or Auburn.

I don't see the McCool-Griffeths leaving LSU.

Any other thoughts on moving coaches?


Lots of things to think about.

 

[Csb0621]

FWIW, I wouldn't believe everything you read on Reddit. There are a few loud voices that are saying Utah boosters are really unhappy with Carly but that is not what I and a few other supporters are hearing or feeling. I think there are things to be addressed from this season, for sure. But I would be surprised if Utah moved to fire her. Unless there is something deep behind the scenes, she is very loved by the team and it would disrupt a lot to lose her. She has also had to take over a program that was in absolute shambles and rebuild the culture there, which is something that takes a lot of work. If there is another season like this one, I can see the program being more critical but one uncharacteristic season shouldn't lead to her being cut. They'll lose a number of athletes and recruits that way.

 

[RedBirdie]

I can't imagine Ashley Miles gets a position anywhere.

 

[ugadawgkat]

I doubt Cecile will leave Georgia for Auburn after only being at UGA for 2 years. If it came down to wanting to be with her daughter I'd bet that UGA would offer Juliette a scholarship. Also Cecile is already makes 90,000 more a year than Graba was making. If Auburn tries to poach her away I doubt UGA would have any problem coughing up more $$$ given her obvious success even if they finish 8th.

 

[Sasha]

I've got no coaching gossip, but I hope thing improve for you soon @RedBirdie.

I'm very curious about what will happen at Utah. I would hope that their loss last weekend doesn't factor in too heavily; it was a very tough final and Dockendorf's record seems to be on par with Farden's aside from this year. But this might be too logical a take if there is in fact a lot of pushback from donors (who knows).

 

[Amber]

FWIW, I wouldn't believe everything you read on Reddit. There are a few loud voices that are saying Utah boosters are really unhappy with Carly but that is not what I and a few other supporters are hearing or feeling. I think there are things to be addressed from this season, for sure. But I would be surprised if Utah moved to fire her. Unless there is something deep behind the scenes, she is very loved by the team and it would disrupt a lot to lose her. She has also had to take over a program that was in absolute shambles and rebuild the culture there, which is something that takes a lot of work. If there is another season like this one, I can see the program being more critical but one uncharacteristic season shouldn't lead to her being cut. They'll lose a number of athletes and recruits that way.

Did she rebuilt the culture though ? O’Keefe is still there as an assistant, she was one of the supporters who encouraged the team to not discuss the problems and ignore them. At the time I found that very toxic behavior.

 

[irichluck21]

I can't imagine Ashley Miles gets a position anywhere.

HA!!!

I should have ended that sentence with /s.