Non shocking - Columbia search is all but done.
— Samurai Hoops (@samurai_hoops) March 18, 2025
Socking - Sounds like it wasn’t the #1 choice though pic.twitter.com/Hh7UrqxhR2
Possible names:
Kevin Hovde… Assistant Coach at Florida… was on Kyle Smith’s staff at Columbia from 2012 to 2016.
Dave Klatsky… Head Coach at NYU, played under Fran Dunphy at Penn.
Carlin Hartman… Associate Head Coach at Florida… also on Kyle Smith’s staff a decade ago.
Dalen Cuff… College Basketball Analyst at ESPN, played under Joe Jones at Columbia.
Tobi Anderson… Head Coach at Iona, former Head Coach at FDU.
If the info this X account reports is correct, it probably means it’s not either Hovde or Klatsky. I don’t know how many options we might be missing.
Maybe not the first choice according to Samurai Hoops, whatever that is.
I hope he is good, whoever it is. Cobb entered the portal a week ago, it has been recently reported that Bedri will also enter it. Having Ritter be our only big is worrying (even with the projection he has), I don’t like how this looks right now.
It appears that three Lions have already entered the Transfer Portal–Cobb, Bedri and Noland. Hopefully, the new Columbia Men’s Basketball Coach can persuade all three to remain at Columbia.
Really concerning stuff, Six-hundred. Wonder how many of these individuals who work themselves into a frenzy, and demand a coach’s resignation/termination, consider such very possible and realistic ramifications of their pronouncements aiding and abetting a coach’s
sudden departure? How many kids walk away from Columbia College just prior to their respective senior years - as the cases of Bedri and Noland suggest - apart from a situation wherein the coach, who delivered them to Morningside Heights, leaves prematurely?