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Thursday's DMN (or at least the link on the PF.com homepage) reports that Texas assistant Rodney Terry has been contacted about the coaching vacancy (as has Rob Evans). Terry already has interviewed for the UNC-Wilmington job. Here's his UT bio:



Assistant Coach Rodney Terry


Full Name: Rodney Terry
Date of Birth: March 27, 1968
Hometown: Angleton, Texas
High school: Angleton HS
College: St. Edward's 1990

Rodney Terry enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at The University of Texas. In his first three years in Austin, the 37-year-old Terry has helped the Longhorns post a 71-26 (.732) record and advance to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments, including a trip to the 2003 Final Four.

Texas went 26-7 in 2002-03 en route to the school's first Final Four appearance in 56 years (since 1947), tying a school record for most wins in a season. The Horns went 25-8 and advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16" in 2003-04, reaching the 25-win plateau for a school-record second consecutive year. The Longhorns also had a NCAA-best three McDonald's All-Americans in their 2004-05 freshman class (LaMarcus Aldridge, Daniel Gibson and Mike Williams).

Terry joined Rick Barnes' staff on June 11, 2002. For seven weeks prior to coming to Texas, Terry served on Jerry Wainwright's staff at the University of Richmond after spending the previous four seasons under Wainwright at UNC-Wilmington.

While at UNC-Wilmington, Terry was instrumental in helping the program produce three postseason appearances in his four seasons. The Seahawks advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1999-2000 and Å’01-02 and reached the Postseason NIT in Å’00-01. During his final year with the Seahawks (2001-02), UNCW posted a 23-10 overall mark, setting a school record for victories in a season. The Seahawks also collected their first NCAA Tournament win in school history, upsetting USC 98-89 in overtime in a South Region first round game.

UNCW registered a record of 71-51 (.582) during Terry's four seasons. In his second year, Terry helped the Seahawks land a Top 30 recruiting class according to Hoop Scoop. In 2001-02, Terry was named the co-mid/low-major Assistant Coach of the Year by TheInsiderHoops.com, sharing the honor with Valparaiso's Scott Drew (now the head coach at Baylor).

Prior to joining the staff at UNCW, Terry served two years as an assistant coach at Baylor (1996-98). He spent one season (1995-96) as the varsity coach at Angleton (Texas) High School and two years as the head coach at Somerville (Texas) High School. Terry posted a 15-13 mark at Angleton and a 49-21 overall record at Somerville, where he led the school to the Class 2A state semifinals in 1993-94. He also worked for two years (1991-93) as an assistant coach at Austin Bowie (Texas) High School.

Terry started his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He worked for one season (1990-91) at St. Edward's before moving on to his post at Bowie High.

Terry graduated from St. Edward's University in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and a minor in physical education. During his collegiate career, he was a three-year starter at point guard and a three-time Academic All-Big State Conference selection. The Hilltoppers won the Big State Conference title during his freshman season in 1986-87, and he also served as team captain during his junior and senior campaigns.

Born March 27, 1968, Terry is a native of Angleton, Texas.

Great resume!

WOO HOO! Man it really gets the juices flowing and has me excited about future tournaments knowing we have a shot at a top assistant BCS coach. I do worry about us having to duke it out with UNC-Willmington to get this guy. GO GRAMPS, I think I will raise my membership dues.

the obligatory UT assistant of course has to be on the list. wake me up when its over.

Who mentioned Rodney Terry first? Hmmm?

SMU Football Blog wrote:Who mentioned Rodney Terry first? Hmmm?

Must you always stroke yourself?

Hoop Fan wrote:the obligatory UT assistant of course has to be on the list. wake me up when its over.

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

Compare that to Tubbs who took at team with an RPI in the 130's and it is now in the 240's. And no postseasons at all.

Pony_Fan wrote:

SMU Football Blog wrote:Who mentioned Rodney Terry first? Hmmm?

Must you always stroke yourself?

That is between me and my doctor.

Edit: I just realized this was my 1,000th post. Not one for the Hall of Fame. Sorry.

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

You think he could have pulled that off here?

SMU Football Blog wrote:

Hoop Fan wrote:the obligatory UT assistant of course has to be on the list. wake me up when its over.

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

Compare that to Tubbs who took at team with an RPI in the 130's and it is now in the 240's. And no postseasons at all.

Yea, we shoulda picked Frank. Knew it all along. He surely would have come here to work for Max instead of going to that dirty ACC school in Coral Gables.

DickerJames wrote:

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

You think he could have pulled that off here?

Hell no.

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

Compare that to Tubbs who took at team with an RPI in the 130's and it is now in the 240's. And no postseasons at all.

what a great comparison.....genius.

but numbers and rpi's tell the whole story don't they?

BTW, I really like Terry. He would be my choice, but why would he come here? As SMU has proven over the past twenty years, it's a career ender for coaches.

DickerJames wrote:

Gee, the obligitory UT assistant from the last search was Frank Haith. He went to the NIT his first year and to the quarterfinals of the NIT this year. His school's RPI went from the 170's to the 70's in his two seasons.

You think he could have pulled that off here?

I will say this. His team was picked to finish last in the ACC when he got there (their first in the ACC, BTW). His team finished 6th with upsets over two top 25 teams.

I know that Miami was ranked lower than SMU two years ago. Now it is ranked substantially higher. That is a turnaround. There is no other way to describe it.

I also know that Frank Haith's first contract at Miami was comparable to the contract Tubbs got at SMU salary wise. Of course, Haith got an extension . . . after he made it to the postseason.

I also know that Haith's name comes up for other jobs.

I don't presume to know what Haith would have done at SMU. Nobody can. But someone used the term "obligatory," which I interpreted as derogatory. It suggested that SMU would look at such a person solely to go through the motions.

I think Haith would have done better than Tubbs.