Thank you Joe for all of hard work at NU. However, how does this farewell tour make sense for NU? Is there a pending announcement of a Coach in waiting joining the staff? Is NU preparing or expecting to hire a Coach next season can can bring a good portion of a roster with him/her?Joe McKeown Announces Retirement as Northwestern’s Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Conclusion of 2025-26 Season - Northwestern Athletics
Northwestern Women's Basketball head coach Joe McKeown , the longest-tenured and winningest head Women's Basketball coach in Northwestern history, has announ...nusports.com
Seems like he should have made this announcement last year.
No. First, if elevating an assistant, you would say that for recruiting. Second, this staff has not performed so why do that?
No clue, but a victory lap kind of year seems weird if the sucessor is not already decided.
The few times I saw this team it was either very overmatched athletically or extraordinary unprepared. Maybe both. So this farewell tour makes no sense for anyone including Joe. If I was a player, I would get out of dodge now rather to suffer another putrid year and be subject to a new Coach coming in with his/her own ideas.
So on the big issues so far is Jackson 1-1? Having entered into negotiations with Collins for extension with added admissions flexibility and enhanced NIL being a win while this move on McKown being a loss so far? If he was at the end of his contract this year, his recruiting has already suffered for one or more years (being in last year of contract) and now going to add another. I would sure hope that there is more to this plan than just giving him a farewell tour
Extraordinarily unprepared matches my experiences of the last two years of games I've attended. The cats have had some strong and talented athletes imho, but have pretty much lacked any meaningful offensive/defensive team strategy or coaching ability to adjust to the game in play.
