With the news today that former assistant Brett Ballard has accepted the head coaching job at Washburn University there is an open spot on the Wake Forest coaching staff.
There are a few different directions a head coach can go when an assistant coach leaves:
- Promote the Director of Basketball Operations, or somebody else currently on the staff.
- If the head coach has a large coaching tree then hire from within that tree. If not, find other assistants that he has worked with when he was an assistant.
- Find an experienced head coach in-between jobs to be the “associate” head coach.