SoldierGriz said:
TD's teams finished 3rd, 6th, 5th, 4th in the BSC over the past 4 seasons...
Hard to argue his Seat is not
Conf rank improved each of last 3 years. Positive trend. Also, his team won the conference the 2 prior years.
His contract was extended during the prior season (2022). "DeCuire's new extension ... runs through June 30, 2025."
Doesn't look like a hot seat to me.
From his bio last season:
"Now entering his ninth season as head coach of the Montana men’s basketball program, Travis DeCuire continues to etch his name into the Grizzlies’ record book. DeCuire has led Montana to three Big Sky Conference regular-season championships (2015, 2018, 2019), two Big Sky tournament titles (2018, 2019) and two NCAA tournament berths (2018, 2019).
[He] is the only one to lead Montana to three Big Sky regular-season titles, winning in 2015 – his first season – despite Montana being picked eighth in the preseason poll, and going back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. That dominant two-year stretch saw the Grizzlies win regular-season and tournament titles both years, winning a school-record 52 games over the two seasons. He was named coach of the year by the Big Sky and NABC District 6 in 2018.
DeCuire’s 160-98 record (.620 winning percentage) entering the 2022-23 season is historic on many levels. In January 2022,
DeCuire passed College Basketball Hall of Famer Mike Montgomery and his predecessor, Wayne Tinkle, on the school’s all-time wins lists.
On a conference level, DeCuire is the Big Sky’s active leader for wins, owning a 103-45 league mark (.696 winning percentage), including a winning record over every Big Sky opponent. His 160 overall wins rank fifth in Big Sky history. His 103 Big Sky wins rank third all-time.
DeCuire was the fastest coach in league history to win 50 Big Sky games, needing just 65 games to do so, and the second-fastest to 100 wins.
Montana has had a winning record each season under DeCuire, including four 20-win seasons and four postseason berths (2018 NCAA, 2019 NCAA, 2015 NIT, 2016 CBI). At the Big Sky tournament, DeCuire has produced an impressive 12-5 record, including four appearances in the title game and a league-record eight straight wins from 2018 through 2021.
DeCuire has coached seven first-team All-Big Sky selections, in addition to four second-team honorees, plus the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Newcomer of the Year (twice), Top Reserve (twice) and tournament MVP (twice). He has developed three of the top-eight scorers in school history in Sayeed Pridgett, Ahmaad Rorie and Michael Oguine.
Off the court, DeCuire proudly boasts a 100-percent graduation rate, in addition to earning the NABC Team Academic Award five times (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
Montana has obtained a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average for six consecutive semesters, and in 2020-21, Montana earned a 3.30 team grade-point average, with 10 student-athletes earning Academic All-Big Sky recognition and zero falling below a 2.0 GPA. DeCuire has mentored two of Montana’s eight Academic All-Americans in Gregory (2015) and Josh Bannan (2022).
Also off the court, multiple team conversations about social and racial injustices led to action in 2020, including
100-percent voter registration, a solidarity message on the backs of each jersey and the launch of a Free Little Library on campus. The library, which was funded and established by the men’s basketball program, features minority-themed literature that the community can freely take from or add to."