DoctorB Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Welcome to SLU; former assistant at TCU... http://www.slubillikens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27200&ATCLID=211100193 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 -welcome, I hope you and the program have much success -I wanted to refresh on what DBO's do for the program and found this article from 2014 about Maryland, anyone have knowledge that this is not accurate as to what our DBO will be doing? Mark Turgeon and Maryland completed their basketball staff Tuesday, hiring Nima Omidvar as the new director of basketball operations and giving Maryland a full staff for the first time since October. As Dustin Clark, Cliff Warren and now Omidvar have held the job (with the former two now promoted to assistant coaching positions), one question has remained constant among many Terp fans -- what exactly does the director of basketball operations do? A large amount of the job is administrative work -- making sure the budget is in order, maintaining the daily schedule, working with Under Armour to order equiment and really anything else the head coach needs to help make the program run smoothly. The director of operations also helps maintain the academic side of things, and makes sure everything is a-okay on the compliance side of things. INTERVIEW WITH A JUCO COACH How does college basketball recruiting work? Andrew Emmer Recruiting plays a big role, as well. While NCAA regulations prohibit the director of operations to recruit off-campus, they are allowed to recruit on-campus and are responsible for daily recruiting operations -- planning and coordinating visits (including how the prospect gets there and what they do when they arrive) and keeps a list of potential prospects. There is one other notable restriction on the position -- they're not allowed to actively coach on the court during pre-season or post-season workouts or regular season practices. The director of operations can teach players through film study and learning the playbook, however, so they're not completely hands off with the players. As Jan Bethea, director of operations at Nebraska, says, the position requires you to wear a lot of hats: My day to day responsibility is to handle all speaking engagements for my head coach, speak with our team’s academic advisor to check on grade progress, handle all scheduling needs for visiting teams, schedule our games for upcoming season, monitor our incoming freshmen to make sure they have submitted in all their paperwork for admission and NCAA eligibility requirements, assist with our teams leadership session (once a week). I constantly work on team travel which consists of speaking with the bus companies, hotels, restaurants and other companies associated with our travel. I can go on and on but I’m not sure you have enough space for everything I do. How does Omidvar fit in here for Maryland? It's pretty perfect, actually. He's an up-and-coming coaching prospect who is eager to show he has what it takes to succeed at this level. He graduated from Maryland and is clearly excited to return (just take a look at hisTwitter account), and has a ton of local ties from his time with Paul VI, St. John's and Team Takeover. Due to the restrictions on off-campus recruitment, the director of operations position hamstrings any non-local ties. With a guy like Omidvar, his connections are as close to home as possible -- meaning recruits who can most easily visit College Park, where Omidvar can recruit them freely. This also allows Warren, who has local connections but has spent significant time working in Georgia and Florida, to have less restrictions as a recruiter and, most importantly, as a mentor in practice. Warren is known as a guard guru of sorts, and freeing him from only teaching behind the scenes could see immediate dividends in the development of incoming blue-chip guards Melo Trimble and Dion Wiley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 SLU also hired Ford Stuen as Director of Player Development. Whatever that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Two points come to mind: 1. Perhaps with these extra added positions in the staff we will not come close to make the colossal mistake of scheduling an important potential player campus visit during a blackout period like we almost did last year with Tatum. 2. It should be obvious that Ford is planning (and SLU is budgeting) a much bigger basketball operation than what we have had in the past (with an added Director of Basketball Operations, and Director of Player Development positions which have been recently filled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 fan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 13 minutes ago, Old guy said: Two points come to mind: 1. Perhaps with these extra added positions in the staff we will not come close to make the colossal mistake of scheduling an important potential player campus visit during a blackout period like we almost did last year with Tatum. 2. It should be obvious that Ford is planning (and SLU is budgeting) a much bigger basketball operation than what we have had in the past (with an added Director of Basketball Operations, and Director of Player Development positions which have been recently filled). I don't think these are new positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 But as much as I like Chuck Nashida having someone with experience will avoid the issues we had with the blackout period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 29 minutes ago, Old guy said: Two points come to mind: 1. Perhaps with these extra added positions in the staff we will not come close to make the colossal mistake of scheduling an important potential player campus visit during a blackout period like we almost did last year with Tatum. 2. It should be obvious that Ford is planning (and SLU is budgeting) a much bigger basketball operation than what we have had in the past (with an added Director of Basketball Operations, and Director of Player Development positions which have been recently filled). We had a Director of Basketball Operations when we had the Tatum visit scheduling issue. I think we've had one going back at least to the beginning of Majerus' tenure as coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Hiring Chris Tifft, an assistant coach at TCU and Nevada, is a pretty impressive move. He was DOBO at TCU for a few years before he moved up to assistant. DOBO is often an entry level position as is the DPP/DPD. A DOBO cannot recruit off-campus but could play a big role in visits and identifying recruits. He will undoubtedly be a spare assistant should we need one so that is one "new" aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I think Danny Brown may have had the title of "Director of Player Development" last year or something once he no longer qualified as Graduate Assistant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Maybe Tifft is a good X's and O's guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Even if he is - he is not a coach and he is not making what a coach makes so he is not going to be the X and O guy on the bench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Wasn't Hinson DBO at Kansas between MO St. and SIU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, brianstl said: Wasn't Hinson DBO at Kansas between MO St. and SIU? I thought he was an assistant at Kansas State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 36 minutes ago, brianstl said: Wasn't Hinson DBO at Kansas between MO St. and SIU? Yes - he did it to learn from Self he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Grad assistant position is open...application info here: http://hoopdirt.com/job/graduate-assistant-st-louis-university/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 If not previously mentioned, former OK State player, Ford Stuen, is our Director of Player Development per the GA job profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 16 minutes ago, FromDaEastSide said: If not previously mentioned, former OK State player, Ford Stuen, is our Director of Player Development per the GA job profile. He's also Travis Ford's nephew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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