By Mike Douchant

INSIDE TRADING
Jim Baron, trading places in the Atlantic 10 Conference (St. Bonaventure to Rhode Island), is the fifth coach in the last nine years to switch head coaching jobs in the same league. It's familiar territory for the following alphabetical list of individuals who immediately went from one head coaching job to a similar position at a school in the same conference:

Coach, School (First Season) 	  Previous Job (Tenure)       Conference 
Forddy Anderson, Bradley (1949)   Drake (1947 & '48)          Missouri Valley

Drake: 32-23 (.582) in 1947 & 1948; 
Bradley: 142-56 (.717) from 1949-54 

Jim Baron, Rhode Island (2002)    St. Bonaventure (1993-2001) Atlantic 10 
St. Bonaventure: 132-131 (.502) from 1993-2001; 
Rhode Island (first season in 2001-02) 

John Benington, St. Louis (1959)  Drake (1957 & '58)          Missouri Valley 
Drake: 21-28 (.429) in 1957 & 1958; 
St. Louis: 118-72 (.621) from 1959-65 

Ozzie Cowles, Minnesota (1949)    Michigan (1947 & '48)       Big Ten
Michigan: 28-14 (.667) in 1947 & 1948; 
Minnesota: 147-93 (.613) from 1949-59 

Eddie Fogler, South Carolina (1994)Vanderbilt (1990-93)       Southeastern 
Vanderbilt: 81-48 (.628) from 1990-93; 
South Carolina: 123-117 (.513) from 1994-2001 

Marv Harshman, Washington (1972)   Washington State (1959-71)  Pacific-8
Washington State: 155-181 (.461) from 1959-71; 
Washington: 246-146 (.628) from 1972-85 

Eddie Hickey, St. Louis (1948)     Creighton (1936-47)         Missouri Valley 
Creighton: 127-71 (.641) from 1936-45 & 1947; 
St. Louis: 211-89 (.703) from 1948-58 

Bob Hopkins, Grambling (1987)      Southern (1985 & '86)       SWAC 
Southern: 38-19 (.667) in 1985 and 1986; 
Grambling State: 44-45 (.494) from 1987-89 

Ralph Jordan, Georgia (1947)       Auburn (1934-42 & '46)      Southeastern 
Auburn: 95-75 (.559) from 1934-42 and 1946; 
Georgia: 44-39 (.530) from 1947-50 

Rudy Keeling, Northeastern (1997)  Maine (1989-96)             America East 
Maine: 106-122 (.465) from 1989-96; 
Northeastern: 48-92 (.343) from 1997-2001 

Matt Kilcullen, Western Kentucky (1995) Jacksonville (1992-94) Sun Belt 
Jacksonville: 34-49 (.410) from 1992-94; 
Western Kentucky: 52-33 (.612) from 1995-97 

Hub McQuillan, TCU (1942)          Texas A&M (1936-41)         Southwest 
Texas A&M: 56-70 (.444) from 1936-41; 
Texas Christian: 66-103 (.391) from 1942-48 

John Oldham, Western Kentucky (1965)Tennessee Tech (1956-64)   Ohio Valley 
Tennessee Tech: 118-83 (.587) from 1956-64; 
Western Kentucky: 146-41 (.781) from 1965-71 

Francis Schmidt, TCU (1930)         Arkansas (1924-29)         Southwest 
Arkansas: 113-22 (.837) from 1924-29; 
Texas Christian: 72-24 (.750) from 1930-34 

Tubby Smith, Kentucky (1998)        Georgia (1996 & '97)       Southeastern 
Georgia: 44-19 (.698) in 1996 and 1997; 
Kentucky: 132-42 (.759) from 1998-2001