GRAYER RETURNING TO MICHIGAN

[ChrisMWilliams]

AMES, Iowa – Former Iowa State All-American Jeff Grayer has decided to return to Michigan to be closer to his family.

Grayer was originally hired to be an assistant men’s basketball coach by former head coach Greg McDermott last spring. When Fred Hoiberg was hired as head coach in April, he offered Grayer the opportunity to serve in an administrative capacity on his staff rather than as one of his three full-time assistants.

“Jeff wants to be able to recruit and be on the floor coaching the players,â€￾ Hoiberg said. “Unfortunately, NCAA rules only allow us to have three assistant coaches.â€￾

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[bos]

Bummer. Best of luck to Grayer.

 

[Clones21]

Kinda sucks...Alright who's the next hire!

 

[drednot57]

Bummer. Best of luck to Grayer.

Ditto.:sad:

 

[kg-cyclone]

No surprise here...they couldn't figure out what to do with him.

 

[DaddyMac]

Wasn't Grayer slated to be a kind of "advisor" to Royce White?

 

[Clones21]

Wasn't Grayer slated to be a kind of "advisor" to Royce White?

Uh oh:wideeyed:

 

[CloneState1028]

So he never was an assistant...interesting.

 

[bootcy]

Who is the 3rd floor assistant. TJ and Lutz, who else?

 

[kg-cyclone]

So he never was an assistant...interesting.

Nope...was never even considered(after Mac left).

 

[ISUChippewa]

And we are....Iowa State.

Here's my question....why is this happening now? He has been on the coaching staff for three months now, maybe even a little bit more since he was originally hired by McD, and only now the limitations of his position are an issue, right at the start of the semester? I don't know, just doesn't feel right to me. I hope this means that Chris Allen is still firm with us. It seems like Grayer was a big reason why he came here in the first place.

Best of luck to Grayer. I hope he finds whatever it is he's looking for.

 

[pyrocyz]

hmmm...there was a listing on the online job board a while back (after Lutz) I wonder who they are going to bring in.

 

[Wesley]

Nope...was never even considered(after Mac left).

What was he considered?

 

[Melvin]

Let's bring back Nick Nurse, we need some Kuemper blood in the Program.

 

[CycoCyclone]

Who is the 3rd floor assistant. TJ and Lutz, who else?

Hoiberg plans to add one more assistant coach in the near future with college or junior college coaching experience.

 

[kg-cyclone]

What was he considered?

What do we do with him? An ISU legend, we can't just throw him under the bus...What do we do with him?

The rest you guys pretty much already know.

 

[The_Architect]

Dang, this sucks!

 

[Frak]

I kinda wish FH would have just given him the job. He would have worked hard at it and done OK. Guess we have to trust in Fred to make the right hire here. I wonder if Pinckney is still available?

 

[kg-cyclone]

Let's bring back Nick Nurse, we need some Kuemper blood in the Program.

Doesn't want it...

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

This will not affect Chris Allen's decision at all. Otzelberger was the guy who brought Allen to Ames, not Grayer.