Steve McClain

[BeaverPoke]

A lot of people on here kind of take away coach McClains credit winning 2 conference championships and just give it to coach Shyatt for his recruiting.
Well after he finished 157-115 at UW, including 2 conference championships and taking us to the second round of the big dance after beating 6th ranked Gonzaga, he went on to be a very important assistant coach at CU, and helped turn their program around.
Now he is a very important assistant coach at #1 ranked Indiana.
Good for him, I will always remember him leading us past Gonzaga!
I think in the next year or two, Coach McClain ends up taking a good job being a head coach in the ACC, or Big10.
God I would hate it if he came back to the MWC, (especially if he went to sheepville)
Wasn't he rumored to have been a canidate for the AFA job last season?

 

[NowherePoke]

A lot of people on here kind of take away coach McClains credit winning 2 conference championships and just give it to coach Shyatt for his recruiting.
Well after he finished 157-115 at UW, including 2 conference championships and taking us to the second round of the big dance after beating 6th ranked Gonzaga, he went on to be a very important assistant coach at CU, and helped turn their program around.
Now he is a very important assistant coach at #1 ranked Indiana.
Good for him, I will always remember him leading us past Gonzaga!
I think in the next year or two, Coach McClain ends up taking a good job being a head coach in the ACC, or Big10.
God I would hate it if he came back to the MWC, (especially if he went to sheepville)
Wasn't he rumored to have been a canidate for the AFA job last season?

McClain will get another head coaching job if he wants it, but it won't be at that level. MVC or MAC.

I like Steve and I always felt like his teams played hard for him. They didn't often play smart though, as we were annually near the bottom of the league in A:TO ratio and untimely turnovers and poor execution down the stretch of games had a lot to do with the decline he experienced (his teams were just 23-37 in MWC play in his last 4 years, even at a low expectation school like UW, going sub .400 against your conference peers is not good for job security). There were some off the court issues that started to damage the program as well near the end.

 

[BeaverPoke]

A lot of people on here kind of take away coach McClains credit winning 2 conference championships and just give it to coach Shyatt for his recruiting.
Well after he finished 157-115 at UW, including 2 conference championships and taking us to the second round of the big dance after beating 6th ranked Gonzaga, he went on to be a very important assistant coach at CU, and helped turn their program around.
Now he is a very important assistant coach at #1 ranked Indiana.
Good for him, I will always remember him leading us past Gonzaga!
I think in the next year or two, Coach McClain ends up taking a good job being a head coach in the ACC, or Big10.
God I would hate it if he came back to the MWC, (especially if he went to sheepville)
Wasn't he rumored to have been a canidate for the AFA job last season?

McClain will get another head coaching job if he wants it, but it won't be at that level. MVC or MAC.

I like Steve and I always felt like his teams played hard for him. They didn't often play smart though, as we were annually near the bottom of the league in A:TO ratio and untimely turnovers and poor execution down the stretch of games had a lot to do with the decline he experienced (his teams were just 23-37 in MWC play in his last 4 years, even at a low expectation school like UW, going sub .400 against your conference peers is not good for job security). There were some off the court issues that started to damage the program as well near the end.

Not disagreeing with you at all except for the MAC/MVC level. They love him at Indiana, and they loved him at CU.
He had some bad years at the end of UW yeah, but overall, he has shown he is a capable coach. I don't think he is going to coach Duke or North Carolina or anything but a Virgina, or Auburn or Purdue.
Hell he has the resume for it, now for a "non big time school from a big time conference" to offer him, and he would take it.

 

[Wyo2dal]

Maybe he is just a better assistant then coach, Nothing wrong with that it may take him so years to be a great head coach. I tend to agree with what other people said which his recruiting classes were flat out awful.

I always thought the team would keep going up with him but honestly it crashed pretty hard once the graduating classes left and his recruiting classes were all that were here to carry the team in which they didn't carry it very well.

However I hope his career continues to grow as well.

 

[wyoming fishing]

I liked steve mcclain he was a lot better than that, highschool coach named heath schroyer that suck for 4years! Any fan that keep going during schroyer last years went through a lot of pain, I was one of them! PS to all people on the board I will not say anything bad about TB. Have a great day everybody!

 

[whyoh]

someone has kidnapped wyomnig fishing

 

[Bryoming]

McClain did a good job for a while, but his recruiting and management of the team faltered pretty badly towards the end of this tenure here. I had a few conversations with him over the years of him coaching for Wyoming. He's a good guy who loves the game and has a passion for it. I wish him nothing but the best.

 

[McPeachy]

someone has kidnapped wyomnig fishing

LOL!

On a side note...McClain sucked ass (like Gillette does). What short memories UW fans have. Is it the booze? :lol:

 

[jaxcowboy93]

Not sure how many of you knew this, but when he took the job at IU he pushed to bring former Cowboy and Guernsey grad, Je'Ney Jackson on as the strength and conditioning coach for the basketball team. You can see him sitting on the bench during the games.

 

[Wyo2dal]

someone has kidnapped wyomnig fishing

LOL!

On a side note...McClain sucked ass (like Gillette does). What short memories UW fans have. Is it the booze? :lol:

McClain was more successful than you must remember, Sure we will probably never have another Everett Shelton or Jim Brandenburg I do believe Shyatt can get us as far as McClain and Benny Dees did. However McClain did take us to the 2nd round in the dance and that's more than a lot of coaches have accomplished. He definitely did a terrible job at managing the team and continuing the recruiting efforts but he far from sucked ass.

 

[McPeachy]

McClain was more successful than you must remember, Sure we will probably never have another Everett Shelton or Jim Brandenburg I do believe Shyatt can get us as far as McClain and Benny Dees did. However McClain did take us to the 2nd round in the dance and that's more than a lot of coaches have accomplished. He definitely did a terrible job at managing the team and continuing the recruiting efforts but he far from sucked ass.

I am thinking that managing the team, and recruiting are VITAL parts of being a head coach. Sure, he had a little success, emphasis on "little" early in his career at UW, arguably doing so without his recruits. I think it is rediculous to infer that he was even a mediocre head coach at UW. Translation - he sucked ass.

1998-9 18 & 10 / 7 & 7
1999-0 19 & 12 / 8 & 6
2000-1 20 & 10 / 10 & 4
2001-2 22 & 9 / 11 & 3
2002-3 21 & 11 / 8 & 6
2003-4 11 & 17 / 4 & 10
2004-5 15 & 13 / 7 & 7
2005-6 14 & 18 / 5 & 11
2006-7 17 & 15 / 7 & 9

157 & 115 / 73 & 71

I would post attendance figures to match, but we all know what those look like. Hell, fans still haven't returned from Bucky & Heath, and we have more promise now since 1997. Oh, and I wanted to look up how many MWC tournament championships he won, but didn't have time. Anyone?

 

[calpoke25]

The "little success" Mcclain had is the most success we have really in either major revenue sport in the last 25 years. I think he deserves some credit for that. I agree with Nowherepoke that I think, even till the end, his teams played hard for him.

I think we can all agree off the court and his recruiting eventually doomed him, and as the HC that falls on him, but he deserves more credit than he gets for the success he had, and who know how much more he could have had had Bailey not blown his knee out.

I would hope there would be a day in the future sometime when he could at least be acknowledged for those 01-02 teams he had.

 

[Subcanis]

McClain was more successful than you must remember, Sure we will probably never have another Everett Shelton or Jim Brandenburg I do believe Shyatt can get us as far as McClain and Benny Dees did. However McClain did take us to the 2nd round in the dance and that's more than a lot of coaches have accomplished. He definitely did a terrible job at managing the team and continuing the recruiting efforts but he far from sucked ass.

I am thinking that managing the team, and recruiting are VITAL parts of being a head coach. Sure, he had a little success, emphasis on "little" early in his career at UW, arguably doing so without his recruits. I think it is rediculous to infer that he was even a mediocre head coach at UW. Translation - he sucked ass.

1998-9 18 & 10 / 7 & 7
1999-0 19 & 12 / 8 & 6
2000-1 20 & 10 / 10 & 4
2001-2 22 & 9 / 11 & 3
2002-3 21 & 11 / 8 & 6
2003-4 11 & 17 / 4 & 10
2004-5 15 & 13 / 7 & 7
2005-6 14 & 18 / 5 & 11
2006-7 17 & 15 / 7 & 9

157 & 115 / 73 & 71

I would post attendance figures to match, but we all know what those look like. Hell, fans still haven't returned from Bucky & Heath, and we have more promise now since 1997. Oh, and I wanted to look up how many MWC tournament championships he won, but didn't have time. Anyone?

I believe we tied for one regular season, won one outright. No tourney champs.

Am I remembering correctly?

 

[stymeman]

someone has kidnapped wyomnig fishing

LOL!

On a side note...McClain sucked ass (like Gillette does). What short memories UW fans have. Is it the booze? :lol:

McClain was more successful than you must remember, Sure we will probably never have another Everett Shelton or Jim Brandenburg I do believe Shyatt can get us as far as McClain and Benny Dees did. However McClain did take us to the 2nd round in the dance and that's more than a lot of coaches have accomplished. He definitely did a terrible job at managing the team and continuing the recruiting efforts but he far from sucked ass.

I still cry when Brandy left us for SDSU....imagine if he woulda stayed boy oh boy....McClain was a good coach and motivator just couldn't get kids to go to class.

 

[thirtyseven]

I am thinking that managing the team, and recruiting are VITAL parts of being a head coach. Sure, he had a little success, emphasis on "little" early in his career at UW, arguably doing so without his recruits. I think it is rediculous to infer that he was even a mediocre head coach at UW. Translation - he sucked ass.

1998-9 18 & 10 / 7 & 7
1999-0 19 & 12 / 8 & 6
2000-1 20 & 10 / 10 & 4
2001-2 22 & 9 / 11 & 3
2002-3 21 & 11 / 8 & 6
2003-4 11 & 17 / 4 & 10
2004-5 15 & 13 / 7 & 7
2005-6 14 & 18 / 5 & 11
2006-7 17 & 15 / 7 & 9

157 & 115 / 73 & 71

I would post attendance figures to match, but we all know what those look like. Hell, fans still haven't returned from Bucky & Heath, and we have more promise now since 1997. Oh, and I wanted to look up how many MWC tournament championships he won, but didn't have time. Anyone?

So you are saying one of two coaches to win a MWC Championship (McClain & Branch - Wrestling) sucked ass? What does that mean for all the other coaches? He still has more tournament appearances than Legerski and I happen to think Legerski is a better coach. Was he perfect? No but he had the most success of any coach in the past 24 years.I said it when we fired him "Who are you going to get to replace him?" We all know how that turned out. I would have much rather kept Bucky Mac around for a few more years than live through the pain of Schroyer. Think about the talent Schroyer had and tell me that McClain wouldn't have done better. Ewing, Brad Jones, Joseph Taylor, Waddell, Tyson Johnson, Muojeke, and Dermody.

McClain also helped lay the foundation for the current Colorado team and recruited many of their current and former players including Alec Burks (Utah Jazz). Prediction right now McClain helps Indiana to a final four in the next two years and then gets a new head coaching job and takes another team dancing.

 

[whyoh]

I am thinking that managing the team, and recruiting are VITAL parts of being a head coach. Sure, he had a little success, emphasis on "little" early in his career at UW, arguably doing so without his recruits. I think it is rediculous to infer that he was even a mediocre head coach at UW. Translation - he sucked ass.

1998-9 18 & 10 / 7 & 7
1999-0 19 & 12 / 8 & 6
2000-1 20 & 10 / 10 & 4
2001-2 22 & 9 / 11 & 3
2002-3 21 & 11 / 8 & 6
2003-4 11 & 17 / 4 & 10
2004-5 15 & 13 / 7 & 7
2005-6 14 & 18 / 5 & 11
2006-7 17 & 15 / 7 & 9

157 & 115 / 73 & 71

I would post attendance figures to match, but we all know what those look like. Hell, fans still haven't returned from Bucky & Heath, and we have more promise now since 1997. Oh, and I wanted to look up how many MWC tournament championships he won, but didn't have time. Anyone?

So you are saying one of two coaches to win a MWC Championship (McClain & Branch - Wrestling) sucked ass? What does that mean for all the other coaches? He still has more tournament appearances than Legerski and I happen to think Legerski is a better coach. Was he perfect? No but he had the most success of any coach in the past 24 years.I said it when we fired him "Who are you going to get to replace him?" We all know how that turned out. I would have much rather kept Bucky Mac around for a few more years than live through the pain of Schroyer. Think about the talent Schroyer had and tell me that McClain wouldn't have done better. Ewing, Brad Jones, Joseph Taylor, Waddell, Tyson Johnson, Muojeke, and Dermody.

McClain also helped lay the foundation for the current Colorado team and recruited many of their current and former players including Alec Burks (Utah Jazz). Prediction right now McClain helps Indiana to a final four in the next two years and then gets a new head coaching job and takes another team dancing.

branch can't win a MWC championship

 

[fromolwyoming]

I am thinking that managing the team, and recruiting are VITAL parts of being a head coach. Sure, he had a little success, emphasis on "little" early in his career at UW, arguably doing so without his recruits. I think it is rediculous to infer that he was even a mediocre head coach at UW. Translation - he sucked ass.

1998-9 18 & 10 / 7 & 7
1999-0 19 & 12 / 8 & 6
2000-1 20 & 10 / 10 & 4
2001-2 22 & 9 / 11 & 3
2002-3 21 & 11 / 8 & 6
2003-4 11 & 17 / 4 & 10
2004-5 15 & 13 / 7 & 7
2005-6 14 & 18 / 5 & 11
2006-7 17 & 15 / 7 & 9

157 & 115 / 73 & 71

I would post attendance figures to match, but we all know what those look like. Hell, fans still haven't returned from Bucky & Heath, and we have more promise now since 1997. Oh, and I wanted to look up how many MWC tournament championships he won, but didn't have time. Anyone?

So you are saying one of two coaches to win a MWC Championship (McClain & Branch - Wrestling) sucked ass? What does that mean for all the other coaches? He still has more tournament appearances than Legerski and I happen to think Legerski is a better coach. Was he perfect? No but he had the most success of any coach in the past 24 years.I said it when we fired him "Who are you going to get to replace him?" We all know how that turned out. I would have much rather kept Bucky Mac around for a few more years than live through the pain of Schroyer. Think about the talent Schroyer had and tell me that McClain wouldn't have done better. Ewing, Brad Jones, Joseph Taylor, Waddell, Tyson Johnson, Muojeke, and Dermody.

McClain also helped lay the foundation for the current Colorado team and recruited many of their current and former players including Alec Burks (Utah Jazz). Prediction right now McClain helps Indiana to a final four in the next two years and then gets a new head coaching job and takes another team dancing.

Wrestling is in the WWC (Western Wrestling Conference)...