Air Force has called a press conference for 2 p.m. to announce the firing of men’s basketball coach Jeff Reynolds.
A source with knowledge of the situation, who didn’t want to be named because the academy hasn’t announced the move, confirmed the news. Dave Pilipovich will take over as the interim coach.
The Falcons had lost six straight games, including two blowout losses in their last two games to New Mexico and Colorado State.
The Academy senior leadership was embarrassed by the unprofessional conduct of the coach at CSU. Not in keeping with Academy standards of conduct.
Reynolds was a paranoid coach who never warmed to the Academy and was insulated from the mission of officer development. I believe this decision was made at a level well above AD Mueh. Mueh just last year said Reynolds was “a great coach and a great leader”.
This is way out of character for Mueh & Co. I’m sure Gen Gould’s email inbox was bombarded over the weekend and not in a good way.
Move on Falcons!
WOW! I didn’t see this coming at all. We stuck with him through 2 horrid horrid seasons, but are now firing him mid season when the team looks like it can compete? This does seem like its related to something other than wins and loses.
It was the best decision for the players. He was a tyrant!
Admittedy I watch few Falcon BBall games, primarily because I see Reynolds as a horrible coach…the few times I did watch, he did not seem to want to use a timeout to set a play at the end of close games when I believe 95% of coaches would have done so…also, the Falcons have few “go to” players (maybe Mike Lyons is the exception) but it seemed on offense we had four players stand at the three point line while one guy dribbled around trying to pass to one of them..not exactly the Princeton offense, and constant movement, I’m used to seeing from the Falcons.
Gen Gould and the AD made a wise move and ww should wish JR well in his future endeavors. This program needs absolute healing to begin today. That means all fans who left because of the Era of JR, the Falcons need you back in the stands. These young Men deserve out support and I hope on Sat. Evening against Boise St. We fill the Arena. I am pleased this change has come now and not waited until the end of the season. Lets show our support for these young men who have gone through so much disappointment the past five seasons. Thank you Gen. Gould, the AFA MBB program has my support and clearly my applause for taking a difficult decisikn and righting it immediately.
Go Falcons….Beat B St.
I’m glad the strong decision was made. The athletes deserved better – it was quite evident that they’re hearts were not with it after the close loss to UNLV at home. It’s embarrassing when over and over a team cannot inbound the ball, let alone get a shot off, under their own basket which could have won that game in regulation. It’s also unacceptable to watch everyone turn and run to get on defense and not crash the offensive boards. I watched that over and over with no reaction from Reynolds and so he must have wanted them to ignore rebounding. That’s a recipe for loss after loss!!
In fairness, rgbird, not crashing the offensive glass isn’t a some coaching oversight, many teams employ that strategy quite well. Wisconsin is consistently one of the worst offensive rebounding teams in the country because it never crashes the glass, and the Badgers have done well for themselves.
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