5 Reasons Why URI is a Much Better Place to Coach than Rutgers

#1

Dream Team is Coming Back

For Hurley, a return to Kingston is a return to a loaded line-up. 

E.C. Matthews will be back from injury with something to prove and an NBA draft awaiting him

Hassan Martin returns with his hardware as Atlantic 10 defensive player of the year.

Kuran Iverson is only a sophomore.

Jared Terrell will only be a junior.

Jarvis Garrett will be a junior.

Stanford Robinson (Indiana transfer) joins the team with two years of eligibility. 

#2

NCAA Tourney

So if the goal of any young coach is to get to a place to make your mark in the Big Dance

The Last time Rutgers went to the NCAA was 1991 — they were a #9 seed and lost to Arizona State.

#3

Rutgers is a Graveyard for Coaches

Only one coach since 1973 was ever a D-I Coach after Rutgers

Tom Young - never a head coach again

Craig Littlepage - nope

Bob Wenzel - never

Kevin Bannon - guess again

Gary Waters - He is the only one to coach after Rutgers, now at Cleveland State

Fred Hill - rumor is he never watched basketball again

Mike Rice - are you kidding?

Eddie Jordan - giving it up for Lent

Editor's note - In an earlier version, GoLocal wrote none of the coaches were a head coach again -- our error.

#4

The Last Time Rutgers Won a NCAA Game was 1983

Rutgers beat Southwest Louisiana #9 seed and then got beat by #1 seed St. John’s 55-66.

Reagan was a great President back then.

#5

No Raises

Rutgers has been a coaching revolving door so don’t look for a raise anytime soon.

According to the Ashbury paper  they got a lot of old bills to pay off.

$3.3 million: Amount Rutgers has paid to part ways with its {three}  men’s basketball head coaches since 2010 – Fred Hill, Mike Rice and Eddie Jordan. Rutgers has spent at least another $4.3 million on severances with other head coaches and top athletics officials during that same span.