Utah State head coach Ryan Odom reacts throughout a first-round sport of the NCAA Match between Utah State and Missouri in Sacramento on March 16, 2023. Ryan Solar, Deseret Information
The Utah State Aggies males’s basketball staff had a really profitable 2022-23 season below second-year head coach Ryan Odom, because it earned an at-large berth within the NCAA Match.
However now may Odom be on his approach out of Logan?
In response to a report from Stadium’s Jeff Goodman on Friday afternoon, Odom “has emerged as one of many prime candidates, arguably the frontrunner” for the top teaching job at USF.
Utah State’s Ryan Odom has emerged as one of many prime candidates, arguably the frontrunner, for the South Florida opening, supply advised @Stadium. Odom has gained at each UMBC and Utah State.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 24, 2023
This marks at the least the second time over the previous a number of weeks that the 48-year-old Odom, a North Carolina native, has been linked to a head teaching job on the East Coast.
On March 10, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported that Excessive Level, a faculty in North Carolina, was considering “an audacious pursuit” of Odom, though that in the end fizzled out.
Odom is 44-25 in two seasons in Logan after arriving from UMBC (Maryland-Baltimore County) to exchange Craig Smith, who went to Utah.
Odom is most recognized for main UMBC to the first-ever win by a 16 seed within the NCAA Match over a 1 seed. The Retrievers beat Virginia in 2018.
If Odom does in actual fact depart for South Florida, he can be changing Brian Gregory, who was fired on March 10 after six seasons during which he tallied a file of 79-107.
USF continues to be in search of a coach after it reportedly was in talks to rent former longtime Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey, though Brey advised ESPN on Tuesday that whereas he interviewed for the job, he was not supplied it.
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey tells ESPN he interviewed for USF, however was not supplied the job. He stated he will take a while off and pursue tv.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 21, 2023
About three hours previous to Goodman’s report Friday, KSL’s Jacob Nielson reported that he had acquired an announcement by way of a Utah State spokesperson which learn, “(College) President (Noelle) Cockett and Interim (Athletic) Director (Jerry) Bovee are dedicated to retaining Ryan Odom because the USU males’s basketball coach. They stay up for additional discussions with him about his continued success at USU.”
Assertion I acquired from a college spokesperson concerning Ryan Odom: “President Cockett and Interim Director Bovee are dedicated to retaining Ryan Odom because the USU males’s basketball coach. They stay up for additional discussions with him about his continued success at USU.”
— Jacob Nielson (@Jacobnielson12) March 24, 2023