The Dallas Morning News reported this morning that Indiana associate

head coach John Treloar is one of four candidates being interviewed today for

the open coaching job at Southern Methodist University.

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Here is the main text of John Treloar's bio from the official IU site:

A veteran head coach and general manager in the CBA, where his teams advanced

to the playoffs seven out of eight years, Treloar arrived in Bloomington in

1997. He had spent the previous six seasons as a head coach with the Chicago

Rockers, Wichita Falls Texans and Connecticut Pride. During his CBA career,

Treloar competed against current NBA head coaches

George Karl (Milwaukee), Terry Stotts (Atlanta) and Eric Musselman (Golden

State). While in the CBA, Treloar earned a reputation for making championship

runs late in the season, as evidenced by his playoff winning percentage of over

50 percent. His 22 playoff wins rank among the top 10 in CBA history.

His late-season run ability was not more evident than during the 1990-91

season as the head coach of the Wichita Falls Texans. His assistant coach on

that staff was current Hoosier head coach Mike Davis. After struggling to a

16-22 record, Treloar’s club won 16 of its final 18 contests to finish with a

32-24 overall record. In the conference playoffs, the Texans upset both division

champions - Tulsa (3 games to 1) and Albany (4-2). The Texans then edged Quad

Cities 4-3, in a dramatic finals.

Treloar became just the second coach in league history to win a CBA

Championship in his first season as head coach. The turnaround helped him finish

second to Albany’s George Karl (currently head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks) in

the 1991 CBA Coach-of-the-Year balloting.

After winning the 1991 CBA title, Treloar worked in a dual role as Wichita

Falls’ head coach and general manager during the 1991-92 campaign. That team

posted a 28-28 overall record and finished second in the Southern Division

before losing in the second round of the playoffs to Rapid City, S.D.

In 1992-93, he guided the Texans to a franchise-best 34-22 record and its

first-ever Western Division title. The club finished the year with a 21-7

homecourt record.

During the 1993-94 season, Treloar guided the Texans to a second-place finish

in the Western Division and his club featured two of the league’s top performers

in guard Stephen Bardo and first-team all-CBA selection Henry James. Prior to

his successful career in the Continental Basketball Association, where he had

also served as a general manager for the Wichita Falls Texans (1988-89) and

Mississippi Jets (1987-88), Treloar was the head coach of the Olympic Sports

Club in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 1982-86. The following year, he served as the

head coach of the Steiner Optik Club in Bayreuth, Germany.

Treloar’s international experience also includes a stint with a professional

team in Venezuela in 1997. He joined the team at midseason and went on to guide

the club to the league championship finals.

Treloar’s coaching career began at the University of Alabama where he served

as academic counselor and graduate assistant for two seasons (1980-82).

A native of Clinton, Miss., Treloar earned a master’s degree in behavioral

studies from the University of Alabama and was awarded a bachelor’s degree in

business administration from Belhaven College in 1978.