What’s with all the assistant basketball coaches leaving?

Assistant Coach Kerensa Barr announced that she will be leaving WSU to pursue other interests just a day after men’s basketball assistant coach Earl Grant said he would be leaving to take a similar position, at Clemson we found out today. Both played some college ball. Both had nothing negative to say about the program (not surprising, considering trashing a program is basically kissing your career goodbye in college sports).

Strangely enough The Eagle covered Grant’s new position but said nothing about Barr. The only real mention of her leaving is on GoShockers.com. I can imagine Marshall may be difficult to deal with, but I’m not sure about Adams. She is tough on her team, but she seems to be an upbeat coach who would offer lots of input.

Does both assistant coaches leaving speak to something about the WSU basketball program, or does it simply mean that both are moving on to bigger and better things? I’d say probably the latter, but I could be wrong.

I also find it to be very strange that the Eagle doesn’t cover her leaving, but has already written two stories about Grant. We all know women’s basketball doesn’t have the pull that men’s basketball does, but it still seems like a pretty big change for coaching staff. Seems like something that Suellentrop would have picked up on.

Things that make you go, “huh.”