Through good times and bad for Indiana football over the last 20 years, the one position group that has arguably remained the most constant has been the Hoosiers’ wide receiver corps. Indiana has generally had at least one wideout on each roster who has produced enough in college to earn a look in the NFL, from Courtney Roby to James Hardy to Tandon Doss and Damarlo Belcher to Cody Latimer, Shane Wynn and Kofi Hughes to Simmie Cobbs to their current corps, the Hoosiers have throughout that stretch had at least one perimeter weapon they could trust to make plays.…
Author: Dustin Dopirak
After four years at Indiana, senior guard Aljami Durham announced on his Twitter account Tuesday that he will transfer to Providence. Durham participated in Senior Day ceremonies at IU at the end of the season and gave every indication he would move on after four years at Indiana in which he obtained his degree and scored 1,035 career points. Though he initially planned to simply move on from college and try to play professionally, he put his name in the transfer portal a few days after Indiana’s season ended to see what kind of options he would have. Durham has…
They seemed stunned when they had to let it go. When Arizona superstar guard Aari McDonald grabbed a rebound off a missed jumper by Indiana’s Grace Berger, raced down the floor dodging would-be foulers and flung the ball across midcourt to senior forward Shirley Baptiste, several Hoosiers swarmed Baptiste to try to foul and extend the game and their dream season just a little longer. But with under 20 seconds left on the clock and Arizona up by 13, the Hoosiers were informed by a coach on that Indiana sideline that there was no use in doing so. So they…
New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau was asked about the departure of his assistant Mike Woodson for Indiana’s head coaching job and couldn’t suppress a smile. Woodson has been a valuable member of Thibodeau’s staff in his first year as head coach of the Knicks and together they’ve led something of a resurgence for the struggling franchise. The Knicks headed into Monday night’s game with the Miami Heat carrying a 24-22 record. That put them fourth in the crowded Eastern Conference standings, though the ninth-place Indiana Pacers were just two games behind them. The 24 wins are three more than…
Not that anyone expected him to be displeased, but Indiana released a statement from Bob Knight on Mike Woodson’s hiring and he was, of course supportive: Coach Bob Knight on #IUBB Head Coach Mike Woodson: pic.twitter.com/k2QjP4aI0c — Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) March 29, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
According to a memorandum of understanding provided to the Daily Hoosier by Indiana athletics, new Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson has a six-year contract worth about $3 million per year in guaranteed income. Former Ohio State coach Thad Matta, who was hired as associate athletic director for basketball administration, also has a six-year contract. In his first year, he will be paid $400,000 and his salary will go up by $25,000 each year he remains employed in the position. Woodson’s base salary is $550,000 per year. He will make $2.45 million per year in outside, marketing and promotional income. He…
The vision for Thad Matta’s position as Indiana’s associate athletic director for basketball administration came less from Mike Woodson than it came from the man who actually hired him. During their meeting in New York — which Woodson requested instead of a Zoom call for a job interview — Woodson told athletic director Scott Dolson that he considers himself a collaborator. Woodson talked about the effectiveness of his relationship with Glenn Grunwald, a former teammate at Indiana who was general manager of the New York Knicks when Woodson was the head coach there from 2012-14. If Woodson would be the…
Mike Woodson spent a lot of his introductory press conference Monday talking about history and bridging gaps between “old-timers” who know who he is and younger fans and players who don’t. He thanked Bob Knight before anyone else, “because Indiana Basketball will always be Bob Knight. Will always be.” He thanked Quinn Buckner and Scott May, superstars from the 1975-76 undefeated national champions who apparently backed his hiring as Indiana’s new basketball coach, and when he was introduced he took a photo with the No. 42 jersey he wore when he starred at Indiana from 1976-80. But when he was…
They’ve wanted something like this for a long time, and to varying degrees, they’ve been pretty vocal about saying so. Former Indiana players, particularly those who played during Bob Knight’s tenure from 1971-2000, have been hoping for years that the Hoosiers would put someone in the head coach’s chair who played his college ball at Indiana, preferably one who had learned under Knight and been around the culture that produced three national titles, five Final Four appearances and 11 Big Ten championships. They started to wonder if it would ever happen, especially considering the bitter ending to Knight’s tenure at…
Indiana is in the process of hiring New York Knicks assistant coach and former IU All-American Mike Woodson to be its new head coach and former Ohio State, Xavier and Butler head coach Thad Matta to be an associate athletic director in charge of men’s basketball, an IU athletic department source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier on Sunday. The two pieces of news were originally reported by several other sources, including Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, Rick Bozich of WDRB and Jon Rothstein of CBS sports. Woodson starred at Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis and Indiana, scoring 2,062…