Announcement from Micheal Liptiz

[waadle]

Dont know how many of you got this news letter so ill post it here.


Dear Flames Family,



I am writing to you regarding our decision to make a change in the leadership of our men’s basketball program. You can view the public announcement here.



After a thorough evaluation of the program, we have decided that Coach Yaklich will not return next season. We sincerely appreciate his efforts on behalf of the program over the past four years. He and his staff represent the program with distinction and support our student-athletes on and off the court. We wish them and their families every future success.



We are fully dedicating our efforts to a national search for our new head coach. We anticipate receiving strong interest from highly qualified candidates across the country, as you would expect.



As the future of UIC Basketball takes shape, your continued support is more essential than ever. The competitiveness of our program and opportunity to compete with the best in the Missouri Valley Conference and beyond is directly tied to our ability to recruit and retain highly talented student-athletes. Your participation in UIC’s NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) efforts through The Chicago Collective is the most direct way you can support our student-athletes and help return the Flames to national prominence. Please visit The Chicago Collective to support the Flames.



UIC Athletics remains committed to competing for Missouri Valley Conference championships, returning to postseason play, and building a program of national distinction. UIC is a prestigious academic institution, with tremendous athletics facilities, talented student-athletes, and a passionate alumni base 300,000-strong… all in the heart of one of the greatest cities in the world. It is the right formula for success.



Thank you, as always, for supporting UIC and Flames Athletics. We are proud to be Chicago’s College Team and look forward to ushering in a new era of UIC Basketball in the near future!



FIRE UP, FLAMES!



Sincerely,



Michael Lipitz

Director of Athletics


Announcement on UIC website
link

[UICJohn]

How did you (do you) get those updates

[waadle]

Athletics sends emails to students promoting the games and giveaways. This message was from that, so i am guessing this is like a student and faculty update message. However the header does say " UIC Fire Alarm:Official Newsletter of the UIC Flames" but the link goes to sparkys kids club. Might be a new thing they are rolling out.

[Greg]

I think I got it because I'm a season ticket holder, It had to be done because there was no improvement and why would the team be significantly better next year?

[uicc79]

I got the same annoucement that waddle posted by an email from [e-mail]. Been getting 2-3 promotional emails every week.

[Big D]

Thanks for posting this.

I would love to know how much the Chicago Collective is actually collecting…from individuals, from alums, and from businesses. I hope they are pushing for business support hard. That’s really where we have an edge in this game. The fan support is just crap so I can’t imagine they’re making much from individual donations/payments. But to be competitive, ultimately it’s important. I think I read earlier that Avila on ISUb made 30k this year…and they’re looking to get him much more than that for next year. We need to be able to compete with that.

[UICJohn]

I saw that message re: Avila and have made a goal to raise that up to $75,000 for him. That is the reality of what college basketball at our level is these days.

[Chuck A]

Coach Yaklich was a nice guy but not head coaching material.