BRASWELL COULD HEAR FROM OSU TODAY.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. is still the men's basketball coach at Cal State Northridge. But that could change. Braswell is one of three finalists for the Oregon State job and a decision by OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Mitch Barnhart is expected within the next couple of days, possibly as early as today. Braswell, Colorado State coach Ritchie McKay Ritchie Lawrence McKay (April 22, 1965 – ) is the current head coach of the Liberty University men's basketball team. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was the head coach at the University of New Mexico from 2002 until his firing on February 22, 2007. and Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current franchise owner is U.S. Senator Herb Kohl. assistant Don Newman are believed to be the front runners for the position, vacated after the firing of fourth-year coach Eddie Payne. Braswell, who interviewed for the job last week, said Wednesday night that he preferred not to comment on his status. This is the second consecutive year Braswell, 37, has been considered for a Pac-10 job. A year ago, he was a finalist at Washington State. He has one year left on his CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge contract that pays him a base salary of $92,700. Braswell, who inherited a CSUN program that had only seven wins in 1995-96, has a 65-53 record in four seasons. Northridge was 20-10 and made the Big Sky tournament championship game this past year, losing to Northern Arizona in overtime. Northridge should have its strongest team next year, with starters Brian Heinle, Markus Carr, Jeff Parris and Carl Holmes returning. Five of the team's top seven scorers are coming back. And John Burrell, the Highland High of Palmdale graduate who led Nevada in scoring last season, also becomes eligible after transferring to CSUN last year. Before taking over the Matadors, Braswell was an assistant for four years at Oregon, and his West Coast recruiting ties make him a strong candidate for the position in Corvallis. The 34-year-old McKay, who Oregon papers say is the No. 1 candidate, was 37-23 in two seasons at CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. . He has four years left on a contract that paid him $250,000 per year. He coached at Portland State from 1996-98 and was 26-29. Three of those losses came against Braswell and CSUN. Barnhart interviewed McKay over the weekend but has been unavailable for comment. In addition to the three finalists, also interviewing for the job have been Boston Celtics assistant Lester Conner, a former All-America guard at OSU, USF USF University of South Florida USF Universal Service Fund (often part of phone bill in US) USF University of San Francisco USF University of Sioux Falls USF University of St. coach Phil Mathews and Arizona assistant Jay John. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Cal State Northridge coach Bobby Braswell remains a strong candidate to replace Eddie Payne as coach of the Oregon State basketball team. Daily News File photo |
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