Bulldogs Hire Chris Jans Of New Mexico State As New Basketball Coach – OutKick

The NCAA Match is seen so extremely by athletic administrators that simply getting there or shedding early nonetheless warrants a brand new job.

Mississippi State grew to become the second Southeastern Convention college in three days to rent a basketball coach recent off an NCAA Match loss.

State athletic director John Cohen introduced the hiring of New Mexico State coach Chris Jans on Sunday to exchange Ben Howland, who was let go simply over per week in the past as first reported by OutKick. Howland agreed to complete out the season within the NIT, and State was eradicated from that final Wednesday. However coaches had been inquiring in regards to the opening State job throughout the SEC Match that concluded on March 13.

Jans’ No. 12 seeded crew misplaced on Saturday to No. 4 seed Arkansas, 53-48, in Buffalo, N.Y., ending the season 27-7. New Mexico State upset No. 5 seed Connecticut, 70-63, on Thursday.

Jans, 52, took New Mexico State to the NCAA Match in 2018 and ’19 with groups that completed 28-6 and 30-5 after first spherical losses. New Mexico State received the Western Athletic Convention underneath Jans in 2018 at 12-2, in ’19 at 15-1 and in ’20 at 16-0 earlier than sharing the crown this previous season at 14-4. He’s a three-time WAC coach of the yr.

“Coach Jans is a confirmed chief and winner, who is taken into account by many to be one of many high coaches within the recreation,” Cohen mentioned. “His general resume speaks for itself. All through our thorough analysis, what stood out about coach Jans was his tradition of accountability, arduous working mentality, emphasis on participant improvement and imaginative and prescient for the long run.”

On Friday, Florida employed San Francisco coach Todd Golden, whose No. 10 seeded crew had simply misplaced to No. 7 seed Murray State, 92-87, in time beyond regulation within the first spherical of the NCAA Match on Thursday night time in Indianapolis. Murray State coach Matt McMahon, who misplaced Saturday to Saint Peter’s, is taken into account a candidate for the remaining open SEC jobs at South Carolina and LSU. Missouri was apparently closing in on hiring Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates on Sunday.

Jans beforehand was a head coach within the 2014-15 season at Bowling Inexperienced, the place he went 21-12 and 11-7. He was an assistant from 2015-17 at Wichita State, the place he additionally was an assistant from 2007-14. Wichita State reached the Ultimate 4 in 2013 as a No. 9 seed and completed 30-9. Jans was a junior faculty coach at Kirkwood, Independence, Howard and Chipola within the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s.

“He’s a tireless recruiting, brillian Xs and Os tactician,” Cohen mentioned.

State introduced that Howland was not returning for the 2021-22 season simply final Thursday, leaving Cohen “formally” three days for his “thorough analysis.”