Nov. 5, 2001

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 

NOTE: Former Kentucky Athletic Director C.M. Newton did not coach in 1980-81 between SEC stints at Alabama and Vanderbilt.