UVU Basketball Coach Mark Madsen screams performs through the sport in opposition to BYU at BYU in Provo on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Earlier than the NCAA Match started, it was extensively assumed that Stanford would fireplace head coach Jerod Haase after seven nondescript seasons in Palo Alto, and that UVU head coach and Stanford alum Mark Madsen would exchange him.
However amid the discuss, Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir publicly said that he wouldn't be firing Haase, and so it was assumed that Madsen would possible keep at UVU.
In line with a report from faculty basketball insider Jon Rothstein on Sunday, nonetheless, not solely might Madsen depart UVU, however he could also be headed for Stanford’s largest rival.
Rothstein reported that Madsen “has emerged as a number one candidate for the top teaching emptiness at Cal.”
Sources: Utah Valley's Mark Madsen has emerged as a number one candidate for the top teaching emptiness at Cal.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 26, 2023
Madsen has gained a mixed 48 video games up to now two seasons at Utah Valley.
Madsen, 47, has been super at UVU since getting employed in 2019. In his first collegiate head teaching job after he was an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers for the six years prior, he has a report of 70-50, together with a 48-20 report the previous two seasons.
After going 25-8 this season and shedding within the semifinals of the WAC Match to SUU by a degree, UVU has marched its solution to the semifinals of the NIT, the place it'll face UAB on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Ought to Madsen go to Cal, he would take over a program that has been very unhealthy for the final six seasons, with the final 4 coming underneath head coach Mark Fox, who was fired this spring.
Since going 21-13 within the 2016-17 season, Cal has a mixed report of 54-134, together with a woeful mark of 3-29 this season.
Quite a few up-and-coming coaches have been linked to the Cal job, however many have opted to remain at their present positions quite than transfer as much as the Energy 6 ranks due to the problem of the job in Berkeley.