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Billy Gillispie contacted Iowa State almost immediately after their head coaching job was vacated to let them know he had interest.
[B]Seemingly before Gillispie even had a chance to be involved, the Cyclones hired Fred Hoiberg to the position.[/B]
This could have been Gillispie’s last opportunity to land a Division I head coaching job for the 2010-11 season.
Here is an excerpt from [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5140900″]ESPN.com[/URL]:
Iowa native Fred Hoiberg is returning home to coach Iowa State’s men’s basketball program.
Hoiberg, a Cyclone alum and star player at Ames (Iowa) High School in the early ’90s, replaced Greg McDermott. McDermott left to fill the vacancy at Creighton University after Dana Altman was hired by Oregon.
Iowa State is holding a news conference Wednesday morning to formally introduce Hoiberg.
ABC5 Sports first reported Hoiberg’s hiring.
