Butler's Collier taking longer look at LaVall Jordan

David Woods | IndyStar

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Butler athletic director Barry Collier was meeting late into Sunday night with LaVall Jordan, according to multiple sources, leading to speculation Jordan could be offered the job of head basketball coach.

Another source said the Bulldogs job was expected to go to Jordan, 38, head coach at Milwaukee of the Horizon League. He is a former Butler assistant coach and played for Butler teams coached by Collier.

Jordan previously interviewed for the job that ultimately went to Brandon Miller in 2013. Butler’s next coach will be its fourth in six seasons.

Collier has also interviewed two Butler assistants: Terry Johnson, 43, who has been part of the staff for 12 years, and Ryan Pedon, 39. Another candidate is Micah Shrewsberry, 40, an assistant coach to Brad Stevens at Butler and the Boston Celtics.

Chris Holtmann left Butler on Friday to succeed Thad Matta, another former Butler coach, as Ohio State coach.

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Jordan would be the first head coach hired by Butler who was not already on the staff since Collier himself in 1989. Previously promoted: Matta (succeeding Collier), Todd Lickliter, Stevens, Miller and Holtmann.

Jordan is part of the Butler family, though, maintaining a continuity since the coaching days of Collier, a former Butler player.

Jordan, a native of Albion, Mich., was 11-24 in his first season as head coach at Milwaukee. Then he took the 10th-seeded Panthers all the way to the Horizon League tournament championship game. He was previously an assistant at Butler, Iowa and Michigan.

Butler’s other full-time assistant, Mike Schrage, 41, is joining Holtmann at Ohio State. Johnson and Pedon have offers from Holtmann to join him there, too, if they are not promoted to head coach.

Schrage was lead recruiter for incoming freshman Christian David of Milton, Ontario. The coach has encouraged David to stick with Butler. A source said David’s family was waiting to see who the new coach will be.

Another member of the recruiting class, Jerald Gillens-Butler of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., reaffirmed his commitment to Butler in an Instagram post Sunday night. Cloverdale's Cooper Neese, an Indiana All-Star, has never wavered.

There is concern in the Butler program that its prize recruit, Kyle Young of Massillon, Ohio, might not stay with the Bulldogs. He was recruited by Holtmann and Pedon, choosing Butler over Ohio State.

The fifth member of the recruiting class is point guard Aaron Thompson of Glenn Dale, Md. His father indicated in a Twitter post that he will remain with Butler.

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