Reveno interviews for Boise State job

mikemac65 wrote:This would be a huge blow to UP basketball if he leaves. The recruits can get out of their LOIs. I hope this doesn't happen. If it does maybe we would keep Sobotka as head coach?

mikemac65 wrote: The recruits can get out of their LOIs.

Leon Rice is a finalist for the head coaching at Boise State University. Why is that important? Rice is in line to take over at Gonzaga if Few leaves for another job. If Rice ends up going to coach the Broncos, then don't expect Few to go anywhere. Rice would much rather be at Gonzaga than at Boise State and if he leaves that means he realizes he won't becoming head coach at GU anytime soon.

ShipstadPilot11 wrote:I don't know if it is true but I heard from somebody that Rev is the lowest paid WCC Men's bball coach.

He deserves a nice fatty extension either way. We need to keep him for the long haul.

Portland coach interviews for Boise State men's basketball job

Eric Reveno, the head coach at Portland, interviewed Sunday for the vacant Boise State job, a source told The Oregonian newspaper on Wednesday.

Reveno, 44, has a 58-69 career record at the West Coast Conference school but has led the Pilots to back-to-back winning seasons and a pair of appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Neither Reveno nor Portland athletic director Larry Williams returned calls to The Idaho Statesman this week.

"We think Coach Rev is a great coach and we hope he's our coach here for a long time," Williams told The Oregonian. "I think the record speaks for itself in what he's done here."

Reveno is a former player at Stanford, and he joined the Cardinal coaching staff in 1997.

Reveno is the second candidate confirmed to interview for the job that came open when BSU fired Greg Graham on March 12.

Former Idaho Stampede coach Larry Krystkowiak also has interviewed. Sources have told The Statesman that at least four people have interviewed for the job.

One potential candidate - Weber State coach Randy Rahe - agreed to a contract extension with the Wildcats, The (Ogden, Utah) Standard-Examiner reported Wednesday.

The extension runs through the 2016-17 season. The Standard-Examiner reported that Boise State asked permission to speak with Rahe, a former Utah State assistant who has a 77-47 record at Weber State and three Big Sky Conference championships.

The Statesman also has confirmed that Gonzaga assistant coach Leon Rice is interested in the job, and that Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier has asked permission to speak with Saint Mary's head coach Randy Bennett and associate head coach Kyle Smith, who is interested in the job.

The Gaels, though, are playing in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 on Friday in Houston against Baylor.

Bleymaier isn't commenting on candidates.

DaTruRochin wrote:So basically they just read what the Oregonian and that overzealous bald guy wrote and re-hashed it? (Can this just be over with either way? I hate anticipation for things like this...)