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Wojcik interviewed for Tech job

12:09 pm March 25, 2011, by Doug Roberson

Though he said earlier this week that he hadn’t been contacted by Georgia Tech, a few outlets are reporting that Doug Wojcik interviewed for the Yellow Jackets men’s basketball job on Thursday.

Georgia Tech is declining to comment on the search.

Wojcik is 87-54 at Tulsa, turning them from a nine-win team into a 19-win team this season. In six seasons, he has yet to lead the Golden Hurricanes to the NCAA tournament. They have twice appeared in the NIT, reaching the second round in 2009. They won the CBI tournament in 2008.

An official in Tulsa’s athletics department said earlier this week that they don’t comment on the job status of their coaches, unless there’s a change.

Wojcik, 46, played point guard at Navy with David Robinson. Before taking the Tulsa job, he was an assistant coach at Notre Dame, North Carolina and Michigan State.

He is 58-39 in Conference USA play at Tulsa. Because it is a private school, Tulsa hasn’t made Wojcik’s salary public.

– Doug Roberson, AJC

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Golden Hurricane

March 26th, 2011
1:58 pm

Tulsa alum here. First of all, if you know college basketball, you know that a good coach is going to win at Tulsa.

Here’s the deal with Wojcik; he’s a good man and a good coach, but something just isn’t there. Someone pointed out earlier that Woj took over an unmitigated disaster created by the previous coach, John Phillips, so he must be given a little slack for the first two or three years.

Woj is approaching the hot seat at TU. There’s no question he’ll be back next year, but if he doesn’t go to the NCAA tournament in 2012, he will most assuredly be let go. Personally, I’m okay with him staying or going. He’s recruited pretty well, so I’m fine with him getting one more year to get it done, but if he doesn’t go to the tourney next year, he’s gotta go. Conversely, if he leaves for Tech, I’m fine with that too because I’m fairly certain TU will be moving on from this guy, one way or another, before too long anyway and I’m sure he can be improved upon.

That’s just one perspective of him, take it for what it’s worth.

So, the AJC Sports staff doesn't work on weekends?

March 26th, 2011
4:11 pm

Reckon not.

FullMetalJacket

March 26th, 2011
4:14 pm

The last FullMetalJacket post is not the REAL FMJ….I am.

Jacket Fan

March 26th, 2011
6:30 pm

Suggestion – end the speculation on the new coach, report it when it happens. In the meantime, the baseball team is ranked as high as 8th in the nation, on a 15 game win streak while starting (usually) six or seven freshman from the number six ranked recruiting class in the country, and has taken the first two from Miami down there. This seems newsworthy to me.

gtne80

March 27th, 2011
11:37 am

Nothing against Wojcik, but as a GT fan, he does nothing to raise my interest in the program.

Give me Price or Neal!

March 27th, 2011
6:01 pm

Or a combination of both…Tech men, managed their way through GT.

Few are tougher and smarter than Price. His teams would play in a manner consistent with Mark’s grit.

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