A look at the five candidates

UPDATED: CHANGED FROM 3 CANDIDATES TO FIVE, TWO NEW ADDED TO END OF STORY

Damon Archibald

Archibald served three years as associate head coach on the Iowa State staff that was fired after last season. Prior to that, Archibald was the No. 1 assistant coach at Southern Cal where he developed strong relationships in West Coast basketball circles. Archibald's father, Lynn, was a well-respected head coach at Utah and Idaho State and was an assistant to Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV. Damon Archibald also worked under Tarkanian for a season, serving as recruiting coordinator at Fresno State.

Bob Sundvold

Sundvold is the head coach and general manager of the Kansas City Knights of the ABA. Prior to that, Sundvold was an assistant at Iowa State for three years. Sundvold also had a 125-108 record during head-coaching stints at Missouri-Kansas City and Central Missouri, a Division II school.

Rod Barnes

Barnes spent the past eight seasons at Ole Miss, running up a 141-109 record, which represents the second-most wins and the best overall winning percentage of any Ole Miss coach of seven-plus years. Barnes was named the Naismith National Coach of the Year after leading the Rebels to a 27-8 record and a final ranking of No. 9 in the nation in the 2000-01 season. He was fired after going 14-16 last season, Ole Miss' fourth consecutive losing campaign.

Tim Carter

Carter was recently fired after 11 seasons as head coach at Texas-San Antonio, where he ranked as the winningest coach in the school’s history with a 160-152 record including two appearances in the NCAA tournament in 1999 and 2004. Carter went 11-17 last season and the Roadrunners lost in the first round of the Southland Conference tournament.

Josh Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer spent last season at Kent State after coaching as an assistant at DePaul the previous three years, including the 2003-04 season when the Blue Demons played in the NCAA tournament and won a share of the Conference USA title. Oppenheimer also spent two years (2000-02) as the top assistant at Delaware and prior to that was an assistant at Duquesne for two seasons.

As a player, Oppenheimer helped Rhode Island reach the Sweet 16 as a freshman before transferring to Northern Arizona where he averaged 17.5 points per game over the next three seasons.