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There’s no doubt that the coach who has generated the most hype of the new crop of coaches for 2009 is former Memphis Tiger and current Kentucky basketball coach, John Calipari. Isiah Thomas at FIU and Josh Pastner coming in at Memphis are two of the other better-known new coaches for the 2009-10 NCAA basketball season. There have been a number of other NCAA men’s college basketball coaching moves made though. Here’s a listing of the new coaching moves heading into the 2009 NCAA basketball preseason. Interim coaches are annotated by the letter I.

New Men’s College Basketball Coaches 2009

College                                    Old Coach                   Years   Record        New Coach

Alabama                                 Mark Gottfried 11        210-131      Anthony Grant

Appalachian State              Houston Fancher          9          137-136      Buzz Peterson

Arizona                                    Lute Olson                   24        589-188      Sean Miller

Army                                        Jim Crews                    7          60-139        Zach Spiker

Boston U                                  Dennis Wolff                15        247-197      Patrick Chambers

Cal Poly                                   Kevin Bromley             9          99-145        Joe Callero

Elon                                          Ernie Nestor                 6          67-117        Matt Matheny

Fairleigh Dickinson            Tom Green                   26        407-351     Greg Vetrone (I)

Florida International         Sergio Rouco             5  55-94          Isiah Thomas

Georgia                                    Dennis Felton               6          84-91          Mark Fox

Hampton                                 Kevin Nickelberry        3          50-44   Edward Joyner JR (I)

High Point                               Bart Lundy                   6          96-87          Scott Cherry         

Holy Cross                               Ralph Willard               10        192-117      Sean Kearney

Kentucky                                 Billy G                          2          40-27           John Calipari

Liberty                                     Ritchie McKay 2          39-28           Dale Layer

Memphis                                 John Calipari                9          253-69         Josh Pastner

Nevada                                    Mark Fox                     5          123-43         David Carter

North Carolina Central Henry Dickerson          5          47-98           Levelle Moton

Portland State                       Ken Bone                     4          77-49           Tyler Geving

SE Missouri State                  Zac Roman                   1          3-27             Dickey Nutt

Tennessee-Martin                Bret Campbell              10        125-167       Jason James

Texas-Pan American           Tom Schuberth 3          42-45           John Cooper

USC                                              Tim Floyd                     4          85-50           Kevin O’Neil

VCU                                             Anthony Grant  3          76-25           Shaka Smart

Virginia                                      Dave Leitao                  4          63-60           Tony Bennett

Washington State                   Tony Bennett                3          68-30            Ken Bone

Xavier                                         Sean Miller                   5          120-47          Chris Mack

Just a little bit of shuffling since my August 2009 preseason college basketball rankings for the September 2009 edition. I bumped Duke up a bit now that Coach K has a little more depth in the guard position. Memphis probably suffered the largest setback over the past month with Martin Ngaloro being out indefinitely with a knee injury. The Tigers were lucky in avoiding any season damaging penalties from the D-Rose SAT fiasco. Despite all of the negative things occurring with the program, Coach Pastner did find a way to make sure the team would have the depth to press at least a bit this coming season with the signing of D.J. Stephens from Texas.

With school back in session and college football starting up this week, many basketball fans are looking forward to the start of official practice in mid-October and the pre-conference play to begin. Until then, here are how I hold the top-25 NCAA basketball teams heading into September:

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 1 Kansas – Last Month: 1

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 2 Kentucky Last Month: 2

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 3 Villanova Last Month: 3

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 4 Michigan State Last Month: 4

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 5 North Carolina Last Month: 5

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 6 Purdue Last Month: 6

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 7 Texas Last Month: 7

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 8 West Virginia Last Month: 8

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 9- Ohio State Last Month: 9

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 10- Washington Last Month: 10

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 11 Oklahoma Last Month: 11

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 12 Tennessee Last Month: 12

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 13 Cal Last Month: 13

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 14 Miss State Last Month: 14

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 15 Connecticut Last Month: 15

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 16 Duke Last Month: 18

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 17 Dayton Last Month: 16

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 18 Minnesota Last Month: 17

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 19 Louisville Last Month: 24

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 20 Butler Last Month: 19

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 21 Missouri Last Month: 23

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 22 Michigan Last Month: 22

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 23 Kansas State Last Month: N/r

2009 Preseason College Basketball –No. 24 Georgetown Last Month: 25

2009 Preseason College Basketball – No. 25 Sienna Last Month: 24

Dropped From Rankings:

N/A

Close to Being Ranked:

Cincinnati

Florida State

Illinois

Oklahoma State

Conference Pre-Season Rankings:

Overall NCAA Conference Rankings

Big East Preseason Rankings

Big 12 Preseason Rankings

SEC Preseason Rankings

Josh Pastner, Memphis Coach

Well, it hasn’t even been a week since I wrote Is Josh Pastner a Better Recruiter than Coacl Cal, when Coach Pastner turns around and signs Will and Antonio Barton, two star guards in the 2010 recruiting class. Will is ranked as the number 7 overall rated player in his high school class. Coach Pastner was able to sign the Barton brothers in direct competition with Coach John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats. The Memphis, Commercial Appeal reported that the brothers signed with Memphis after the recent SAT issues of NBA guard Derek Rose came to light with Coach Cal appearing to be complicated in the matter. Will Barton is expected to compete for a starting spot with Memphis immediately in the 2010-100 season and his brother will likely be a role player for his first year or so on the team.

2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruiting Class
#1 – 2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruit – SG – Will Barton
Ht: 6’6″
Wt: 170lbs
Rank: 7
Will Barton is a dominating guard who has game changing impact in multiple facets of a basketball game. He’s not afraid of contact in the pain and is able to finish strong at thte rim. He has great size for a guard at 6’6″ and is able to score from all over the court. Will brings a good outside shot as well and is considered an excellent defender as well. Considered to be very coachable, Barton is one of the top-rated prospects in the 2010 class and could very well end up as the number 1 overall 2010 prospect.

#2 – 2010 Memphis Tiger Basketball Recruit – PG – Antonio Barton
Ht: 6’2″
Wt:170lbs
Rank: 3 Star
Antonio is a bit shorter than his brother but still brings good size at 6’2″ tall. He’s a great combination guard prospect who is playing the point on his AAU and school teams. Able to beat his opponents on the dribble and create shots for teammates and himself. Antonio brings decent ball handling and a good basketball IQ to the mix as well. Antonio is not as strong of a defender as is brother, however, and that is the area of his game that requires the most improvement.

View the True Blue Tiger video interviewof the Barton Brothers here.