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Laugh at Indiana fans and their dream if you want to, but Brad Stevens is again on top of the hot board. After Stevens turned IU’s offer down in 2021 and publicly said he was “a Masshole now,” Indiana settled on former player Mike Woodson, and it went just about how many expected. The timing could be better for IU and for Stevens this time around. The Boston Celtics won an NBA title with the roster Stevens constructed. The franchise is being sold and will be under new ownership, something that could leave the fate of the front office up in the air. In addition, Stevens’s son is a freshman walk-on at Notre Dame and could transfer to IU to play for his father. The basketball savant has been the white whale for IU basketball fans since leading the Butler Bulldogs to consecutive national title game appearances. IU’s NIL might be further turbocharged with Stevens at the helm. It’s still unlikely, but the Hoosiers will do whatever they can to make the dream a reality.
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Dusty May is an Indiana native who was a manager for the Hoosiers. He took the Florida Atlantic Owls to the Final Four and has quickly flipped Michigan from last place in the Big Ten to the top of the conference in his first season. May has won better than 66 percent of his games in seven seasons as a head coach and is still only 48 years old. If he were still at FAU, this would likely be a no-brainer, but this is his first season in Ann Arbor, and he could have qualms about jumping from one Big Ten school to another. Michigan is working on a new contract for May but nothing has been signed just yet.

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A seemingly innocuous series of misdeeds by Kelvin Sampson set many Indiana fans and administrators on edge. They caused the school to rip apart the basketball program with self-imposed penalties. Since then, the Hoosiers have been reticent to consider coaches with checkered pasts. While undoubtedly a fantastic coach, Chris Beard would be a sharp departure from that mindset. Beard was fired from Texas after a domestic violence arrest. Although the charges were dropped, that stain could remove him from consideration. Two things are certain: Beard can win and has a reverence for the IU basketball job, as well as his former mentor, Bob Knight. If IU was comfortable with him and offered the position, Beard would run to Bloomington. It does not appear he is being seriously considered though and has a very steep hill to climb to get another major job.

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Indiana could go a very different route with this hire. Athletic director Scott Dolson identified and hired Curt Cignetti as a serial winner who could fix the IU football program. His first season was a historic grand slam, and it would be understandable if Dolson tried to follow the same formula with this hire. Drake’s Ben McCollum won 81.3 percent of his games in 15 seasons at Division II Northwest Missouri State and turned a doormat into a power with four national titles. In his first season at Drake, the Bulldogs have the best record in the country, and McCollum is considered a rising star at 43 years old. His teams play a slow pace and are quite methodical but if you Google him, it is easy to see why McCollum could be attractive.

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Scott Drew is an Indiana native who graduated from Butler and coached at Valparaiso, but he has been at Baylor for a long time and might not want to start over at 54 years old. He won a national title with the Bears and has five Sweet Sixteen appearances, and he might feel he has plateaued in Waco. Drew is an outspoken Christian and has said publicly that he enjoys the freedom a private school offers to express those beliefs. That would not necessarily be frowned upon in Bloomington, but it would be a different environment for him to adjust to. Drew turned down Louisville last cycle after nearly taking their offer. Would he say yes to a similar offer from a Big Ten school?
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Mick Cronin is a Midwest guy who reportedly wants to get back to that area of the country. He does not like the excessive travel his UCLA team is subjected to as a member of the Big Ten, and the program lacks substantial NIL support. Cronin is a fiery coach who has no problem calling out his team publicly, and the results are solid but not spectacular. Cronin seems like a “plan D” backup option, but he’ll be considered if IU whiffs on top targets.

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Greg McDermott’s name was not among those initially listed in connection with the Indiana University job, but the longtime Creighton head coach is now getting a bit of buzz. He flopped at Iowa State but went to Creighton and has turned the Blue Jays into one of the Big East’s top programs. McDermott is very well-respected in the coaching community, and the Blue Jays are typically very good offensively, which would be refreshing for Indiana fans. Is McDermott willing to leave Creighton for a new challenge in the final stretch of his career?

7. Greg McDermott - Creighton Blue Jays

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I don’t understand the love for Chris Collins, but the Northwestern head coach is at least being peripherally mentioned as a potential candidate for the Hoosiers. Collins is a .500 coach at Northwestern but has taken the Wildcats to three NCAA Tournaments. That is quite an accomplishment, and he’s able to get the most out of the resources at his disposal, but his tenure without star guard Boo Buie has been incredibly mediocre.

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Journeyman coach Buzz Williams knows how to elevate programs. He has done it at Marquette, Virginia Tech, and Texas A&amp;M, and he has the Aggies in the top ten and contending in the nation’s toughest conference. Williams tends to wear on people and bolts jobs before things get stale. That’s not a bad strategy, but the Hoosiers are looking for a long-term solution, something Williams has never offered. His offenses tend to be challenging to watch, and he’s a born-and-bred Texas guy who finally has a good job in that state. It doesn’t make much sense for either side, but his name is being mentioned.

9. Buzz Williams - Texas A&M Aggies

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Mark Byington seems like a real rising star, and he likely has a relationship with head football coach Curt Cignetti because of their time together at James Madison. That will not, in any way, be a determining factor, but it might get his name in the door as a candidate, and if IU looks into him, there is a lot to like. Byington is only 48 years old and has won better than 62 percent of his games at three difficult jobs (Georgia Southern, James Madison, and Vanderbilt). He has wins over Kentucky and Tennessee in his first year with Vanderbilt but only has one year at a major conference school, which could hinder IU from making him a serious candidate.

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