Joe Dooley Rumors Continue To Swirl

(Courtesy of Linwood Ferguson)

Although Boston College filled their head coaching vacancy, Joe Dooley's name has once again been thrown out there for another job: Tulsa.

Jeff Goodman of ESPN was the first, and really the only one to report Dooley as a candidate for the Golden Hurricanes' job after coach Danny Manning left for Wake Forest. That tweet started a firestorm of rumors and reasons why Dooley would make sense at the new position.

Well, the former Kansas assistant returned from Dallas and declined to comment on his named being linked to the vacancy.

“I’m not going to comment on any jobs,” Dooley said in a news-press.com article. “If your name is associated with jobs, it’s because you and your guys did a good job.”

In Dooley's first season, worth $225,000 and part of a five year deal, the Eagles went 22-13, falling in the Atlantic Sun finals to Mercer and then to Florida State in the first round of the NIT.

From his years on the Jayhawks' bench, Dooley holds many ties to Tulsa. Newly named Wake Forest head coach Danny Manning, who just left Tulsa, was a longtime assistant under Bill Self (2006-2012) before being hired by the Golden Hurricanes. Interestingly enough, Dooley's name was also linked to the Tulsa job back in 2012, prior to Manning's hiring.

According to the Tulsa World, the Golden Hurricanes, who are headed to the newly formed American Athletic Conference this offseason, "prepared to make Manning the first coach in program history to make as much as $1 million annually."

With Manning gone and Tulsa now on the prowl, FGCU fans hold their breath to see if they will lose their 2nd coach in as many seasons. At the moment, Dooley has yet to been contacted by anyone from Tulsa (via naplesnews.com).

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