Name to watch this season
Posted on: September 29, 2016 at 12:34:13 CT
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Randy Bennet
Spent several seasons recruiting St Louis as an assistant at SLU. Was tasked with taking over a similar rebuild in a 2-27 Saint Mary program for his first D1 head coaching opportunity. Over the last 9 seasons has now avged 26 wins per season, with only 1 instance of finishing below 2nd in conference during that 9 year span. The Gaels return 5 starters from last year’s 29 win team and will likely have a high level of success again this year. They shot 50% from the field last year, and were 22nd in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency. At 54 years old, he has 314 career D1 wins in his 15 years as a head coach. Has won 3 regular season championships as well as 2 conf tourney championships, and has been named conference coach of the year 3 times. He has created an unorthodox recruiting pipeline from Australia historically focused on the Australian Institute of Sport. He currently makes less than $400,000 per season.