Long Beach State Athletics!: Re: Recent Head Coaching Hires in Big West MBB

Other tidbits. Dan Monson's coaching record at Eastern Washington is 12-29, so he clearly can't coach in this new environment either.

Gus Argenal applied for the LBSU opening but Smitheran chose his buddy versus an experienced D2 coach with the tools to be successful.

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2023 – Jim Newman (CSUN), Previously HC at D2 CSU San Bernardino
Overall Coaching Record 43-30
Big West Record 24-18

2024 - Mike DeGeorge (CP), previously HC at D2 Colorado Mesa
Overall Coaching Record 21-25
Big West Record 9-13

2024 - Chris Acker (LBSU), assistant coach at SDSU
Overall Coaching Record 9-33
Big West Record 3-19

2025 – Gus Argenal (UCR), previously HC at D2 CSU San Bernardino
Overall Coaching Record 5-5
Big West Record 1-1

2025 - Clint Allard (UCSD), previously assistant at UCSD
Overall Coaching Record 8-1
Big West Record 1-0

Anything conclusive from this information? Probably not yet, but hiring a head coach from the D2 level with good experience seems to have worked out for CSUN, CP, and UCR. All 3 coaches have tons of experience putting together rosters annually with a lot of turnover and getting them to play as a team right away. You need that type of skill in today's game for low major schools. You're going to lose your best players to the portal but you simply have to find players who can adapt to new situations rapidly. UCR brought in 13 transfers this year (sound familiar) and yet Gus Argenal has them playing as a team.