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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Owls' Wilson to Hawaii?

Fox 26 Sports is reporting the University of Hawaii is interested in Rice's Willis Wilson to fill their vacant head coaching position.

I don't doubt the story one bit; but, I am curious if Coach Wilson's family (wife and three children) would immediately move to Hawaii with him. I'm not sure of the ages of his kids; but, I don't believe his twin sons are of college age, yet, which means the boys would leave friends and start school in a new place. Obviously, moves like this involving family are made all the time; so, it's just a point I was pondering.

If Coach Wilson is hired by Hawaii, Rice University would have to fill the newly vacant head coaching spot. I'd have to believe the current assistants (Marty Gross, Todd Smith, and Marty Gillespie) would be considered for the job; however, I do know Rice's current Athletic Director Chris Del Conte has ties with the University of Arizona program which could mean Josh Pastner (asst. coach on the Wildcats' staff under head coach Lute Olsen) may be one person considered for the Rice Owls head coaching job, too. Pastner has ties to the Houston area; he graduated from Kingwood High School; and, he's heavily recruited the Houston area's high school basketball players, too.

Plus, since Autry Court will be undergoing renovations for basically the next two seasons, the team will be a virtual nomad within Houston playing games at Reliant Arena and other gyms around town. I doubt too many established coaches would be interested in the head coaching job working with such nomadic conditions.

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