Did Chris Holtmann Find His Next Job?
It's no secret that Former Ohio State basketball coach Chris Holtmann is having a rough 2024. Holtmann took a Buckeye team into January 1st of the new year that looked like they could be a March Madness team and return to the tournament after missing out the previous season, but then it started to go downhill for the 52-year-old head coach.
Ohio State started to get destroyed in Big Ten play but still couldn't win an actual road game. On Valentine's Day, Holtmann wasn't getting flowers and chocolate from the university but handed his walking papers.
Four days later, interim head coach Jake Diebler welcomed #2 Purdue into Columbus, and the Buckeyes would pull the massive upset.
It's terrible enough Holtmann got fired, but the cherry on top was seeing his former team beat one of the best teams in the country a few days later.
There could be good news happening to Holtmann, and last week, The Silver Bulletin reported that DePaul could have serious interest in Holtmann as their next head coach.
DePaul fired their head coach, Tony Stubblefield, in late January. DePaul was 3-15 and 0-7 in Big East play at Stubblefield's firing. It has yet to improve for the Blue Demons because they haven't won a game since Stubblefield was let go and have fallen to 0-15 in conference play.
Holtmann has experience coaching in the Big East, spending time at Butler before coming to Ohio State.
This would be an excellent job for Holtmann. DePaul wants to win more than five games annually, and Holtmann can bring that to the table.
Even though it didn't work at Ohio State, Holtmann is still a good head coach and should land on his feet somewhere else.
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