🎠 It’s time for our annual coaching carousel recap + primer 🎠

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Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap the notable hires in the 2026-27 college basketball coaching carousel.

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down the most notable hires of the 2026-27 college basketball coaching carousel. From Michael Malone at North Carolina to Will Wade returning to LSU and everything in between. Let's discuss many of the 52 total changes in this year's chaos. (0:00) Intro + coaching carousel by the numbers (4:00) How NIL changes the dynamic of the carousel (9:15) What is the most interesting hire this year? Gerry McNamara & Michael Malone (17:20) - Henri Veesaar sidebar) (29:30) three more high-profile hires: Wade to NC State, Bennett to ASU & Hodgson to Providence (47:00) The rest of the high-major hires (1:07:00) Seven notable mid-major hires Theme song: “Timothy Leary,” written, performed and courtesy of Guster Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Boone @DavidWCobb @TheJMULL_ Visit the ⁠betting arena on CBSSports.com⁠ for all the latest in ⁠sportsbook reviews⁠ and ⁠sportsbook promos⁠ for ⁠betting on college basketball⁠. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, “Alexa, play…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander

Topics covered

• coaching carousel
• college basketball
• NIL impact
• high-profile hires
• mid-major hires
• 2026-27 season

Keywords

• coaching carousel
• college basketball
• NIL
• hires
• 2026-27
• Michael Malone
• Will Wade
• Gerry McNamara

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: North Carolina, LSU, NC State, ASU, Providence, Guster

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