wgso.com - 4/9/2008
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WGSO has learned that LSU is set to hire Stanford s Trent Johnson as its new head basketball coach. Johnson, a graduate of Boise State, spent the last four seasons at Stanford compiling an overall record of 81-48 with three NCAA tournament appearances and one NIT appearance. This past season, Johnson guided the Cardinal to the Sweet 16, beating Cornell and Marquette in the NCAA tournament ...
LSU Hires Stanford Coach Trent Johnson
sports.aol.com 4/9/2008 — Stanford basketball coach Trent Johnson is leaving to take the head-coaching job at LSU, multiple media outlets are reporting. The news, which was first reported by Emily Turner of KMSS TV , means the Tigers have a proven winner at the helm of their ...
Hoops talk —
Bayou Bengals Blog
It appears LSU did rather well for itself in landing Trent Johnson as men's basketball coach. When is the last time the Pac-10 Coach of the Year took an SEC job? It also appears Johnson has above-average (for a college hoops coach) character. He has at least one Bay Area columnist writing that he didn't leave Stanford for the money. Of course, because Johnson is getting the job and not Butch ...
Is Trent Johnson Trying to Avoid Being the Next Tubby? —
Play is Under Review
Trent Johnson to LSU ? That came out of left field, didn't it. Well, maybe not. You could easily explain it off by looking at the money. Look what Stanford's AD had to say about the situation. " LSU notified me that they wanted to talk with him this morning as I was leaving Tampa" following the women's Final Four, Bowlsby said. "The position probably pays twice what ours does so I ...
Trent Johnson Leaves for LSU; Too Late for Stanford to Call Mike Montgomery? —
FanIQ Blog
Originally, some very surprising news this afternoon out of Louisiana. Stanford's Trent Johnson, fresh off a Sweet 16 run, will be leaving to coach LSU who finished at 13-18 .
On second glance, probably a good move for Trent on multiple levels.
1) More money. A lot more money.
2) The Lopez twins are leaving ... very little returning.
3) A few, OK, many more "resources" when ...
Stanford's AD Let Trent Johnson Walk —
FanHouse
Trent Johnson 's decision to leave Stanford for LSU is not just a case of a coach leaving a program on the slide for more money and a new opportunity. As Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury-News explains , Stanford AD Bob Bowlsby delayed extending Johnson's contract for unclear reasons, creating a situation in which he felt underappreciated and open to looking for other jobs. If these reports ...
Trent Johnson to LSU —
Rush The Court
Gotta say, we’re a little shocked by this one .
It had to be the money. Otherwise, why would Trent Johnson, a west coast guy who had rebuilt Stanford basketball into a top program in the west take a job in the south at a football school with only lukewarm support for roundball?
Johnson May Find Things a Little Different in Baton Rouge
And what about LSU - they were ...
Report: Trent Johnson to LSU? —
The Meaningful Collateral
Fox 33 KMSS in Louisiana posted a report on their website at about 11:30 this morning , indicating that Stanford coach Trent Johnson would be packing his bags and heading to Baton Rouge to take over the head basketball position at Louisiana State.
This report comes on the heels of last night’s story out of Amherst , indicating that UMass head coach Travis Ford had pulled his name ...
Reports: Stanford’s Johnson To Take Over @ LSU —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Now that the Lopez Twins are leaving The Farm, Stanford coach Trent Johnson apparenty saw no further reason to stick around.
( Trent has his eyes on the Tigers )
Jon Wilner of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS reports that Johnson has accepted the head coaching job at LSU . The news comes from a report by KADN-TV that Trent is apparently Bayou bound.
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Trent Johnson a nice pickup for LSU —
John Clay's Sidelines
Reports are surfacing that Stanford's Trent Johnson is bolting the Palo Alto for Baton Rouge, trading his Pac 10 job for a shot at making LSU a national power.
It's a good pickup for the SEC. Johnson led Stanford to three NCAA Tournament appearances in his four years there, including a Sweet 16 finish this past season. The 51-year-old led Nevada to a Sweet 16 appearance before ...
TRENT JOHNSON TO LSU; MONTGOMERY REGRETTING DECISION —
goodmanonfox's blog listings.
Now that Trent Johnson appears to be headed to Baton Rouge, it'll be interesting to see what happens with Stanford. One thin is for certain: Mike Montgomery is regretting his decision to take the Cal job last week. Johnson was in the final year of his contract, which would explain part of the reason why he has verbally agreed to a deal that will land him at LSU. The guy just took his team ...
Trent Johnson may be gone —
Mad Dog Blog
I just got a text message from an ex-Stanford
basketball player who told me the news: Trent Johnson now appears headed to
LSU as their new coach! Not many coaches have done what Trent has done in a
few short years. He's secured multiple Sweet 16 performaces, a huge recruiting
pipeline into Los Angeles, Oakland and throughout the East Coast, as well as one of
the best X's and O's ...
Hell freezes over: Montgomery to Cal —
The Meaningful Collateral
ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting former Stanford coach Mike Montgomery will be California’s next head coach. He’ll replace the fired Ben Braun.
In other news, Dick Cheney will run for Senate as a Democrat.
Going from one school is bad enough, but how about the fact his former assistant Trent Johnson is now the head man at Stanford, and until this move Montgomery was an ...
