rockgremlin
03-02-2007, 12:17 PM
I'm glad to see this...the Utes SUCK this year!!!!
From the AP:
Utah Mens Basketball Coach to Step Down
Utah basketball coach Ray Giacoletti will leave at the end of the season, the school announced Friday.
March 2nd, 2007 @ 12:39pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah basketball coach Ray Giacoletti will leave at the end of the season, the school announced Friday.
The Utes (11-17) are mired in their worst season in decades and are just 6-9 in the Mountain West Conference before Saturday's game at rival Brigham Young.
"No one wanted our team to succeed this year more than my staff and I, but that just wasn't the case," Giacoletti said in a statement.
His tenure, which started with a 29-win season in 2004-05, will likely end at next week's Mountain West Conference tournament unless the Utes somehow rally to win it. That's the only way Utah can make the postseason.
Giacoletti is 54-38 in three seasons at Utah, but just 25-32 since he took the Utes to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 in 2005. Andrew Bogut, the NBA's No. 1 draft pick that year, was his star player.
Utah said it will honor the four remaining years on his contract and pay him $175,000 a year.
From the AP:
Utah Mens Basketball Coach to Step Down
Utah basketball coach Ray Giacoletti will leave at the end of the season, the school announced Friday.
March 2nd, 2007 @ 12:39pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah basketball coach Ray Giacoletti will leave at the end of the season, the school announced Friday.
The Utes (11-17) are mired in their worst season in decades and are just 6-9 in the Mountain West Conference before Saturday's game at rival Brigham Young.
"No one wanted our team to succeed this year more than my staff and I, but that just wasn't the case," Giacoletti said in a statement.
His tenure, which started with a 29-win season in 2004-05, will likely end at next week's Mountain West Conference tournament unless the Utes somehow rally to win it. That's the only way Utah can make the postseason.
Giacoletti is 54-38 in three seasons at Utah, but just 25-32 since he took the Utes to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 in 2005. Andrew Bogut, the NBA's No. 1 draft pick that year, was his star player.
Utah said it will honor the four remaining years on his contract and pay him $175,000 a year.