The College of the Holy Cross has named Colin Richey its new director of men’s basketball operations, as announced by head coach Dave Paulsen. Richey’s primary responsibilities will include heavy involvement in recruiting efforts, summer camps and day-to-day office duties, in addition to serving as the team’s travel and video coordinator. “I’m excited to welcome Colin to
JUCO DIRT: Triton College set to open; Head Coach will become D1 assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that NJCAA D1 Triton College (IL) head coach John Clancy will become an assistant coach at Western Illinois. Clancy became the head coach at TC back in 2021, replacing Steve Christiansen who became an assistant at Northern Illinois. In his two seasons at the helm,
Ormond joins Portland Men’s Basketball Staff
University of Portland has hired Arturo Ormond as an assistant coach, Pilots head coach Shantay Legans announced on Wednesday. Ormond brings a wealth of coaching experience at all levels of basketball, including serving the last two seasons as the associate head coach at Eastern Washington. Ormond has coached at six different Division I universities, was
Smith named Assistant Basketball Coach at Appalachian State
App State head men’s basketball coach Dustin Kerns has made an addition to his coaching staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season with the hiring of Tanner Smith. “Tanner Smith is the full package,” Kerns said. “He is a great fit for App State, a great fit for our staff and a great fit for our players. Tanner
Daily Dirt – 6/1/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Niagara will promote Austin Kelley from Director of Basketball Operations to Assistant Coach. Kelley has been the DBO at Niagara since 2020, and had spent the previous two seasons on the staff as George Washington as the Director of Operations and Recruiting Coordinator. An official announcement is
OFFICIAL: Former Holy Cross Head Coach Brett Nelson joins UMass Basketball Staff
This one has been out there for weeks – UMass finally made it official today. Here’s the release: University of Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin announced the hire of assistant coach Brett Nelson on Wednesday afternoon. Nelson joins the Massachusetts staff after spending the last four seasons as the head coach at Holy Cross. “Extremely
Butler named Assistant Basketball Coach at Delaware
JJ Butler, who served as head coach at Division II Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, has joined the Delaware men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, Blue Hens’ head coach Martin Ingelsby announced Wednesday. “We are very excited to have JJ joining our staff here at Delaware,” Ingelsby said. “He is a passionate leader who cares greatly
Mount St. Mary’s Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball announces the completion of their coaching staff for the 2023-24 season. Jeremy Freeman received a promotion to Assistant Coach. Evan Fisher takes the position opened by Freeman’s promotion as Director of Basketball Operations, and Andrew Winton jumps onboard as a Graduate Assistant. Freeman enters his fourth season on staff, serving as the DOBO his first three years.
Eastern Kentucky Extends Head Coach A.W. Hamilton’s Contract Through 2026-27
Eastern Kentucky University secured men’s basketball head coach A.W. Hamilton with a contract extension through the 2026-27 season, Vice President and Director of Athletics Matt Roan announced today. This past season, Hamilton led the Colonels to the championship game of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). EKU’s 23 wins were the third-most in one season in program history and
OFFICIAL: Lamberti named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Coker
Following-up on something that I first mentioned last Thursday (D2 DIRT). Michael Lamberti has officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at D2 Coker University (SC). Here is the statement that CU released today: Michael Lamberti has been named Coker University’s head men’s basketball coach, announced today Wednesday, May 31 by Vice
New Mexico adds Katsuma as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
The New Mexico men’s basketball program announced Wednesday that Aaron Katsuma is joining the program as an assistant coach. Katsuma comes to UNM after spending the last five seasons at Colorado State, four as the Director of Basketball Operations and last year as the Director of Recruiting. Katsuma brings over a decade of experience to
Doherty named Director of Basketball Operations at Harvard
Tripp Doherty – formerly on the men’s basketball staffs at Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Harvard – is set to re-join the Harvard University men’s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations ahead of the 2023-24 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Wednesday. During the 2022-23