Mark Fox, who has served as California’s men’s basketball head coach for the past four seasons, will not return next year, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton announced Thursday. Fox compiled a record of 38-87 with the Golden Bears, including a pair of wins over rival Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament and engineering a six-win improvement
Georgia Southern will not renew Burg’s contract
Georgia Southern University Director of Athletics Jared Benko announced today that head men’s basketball coach Brian Burg‘s contract will not be renewed. “I would like to thank Brian Burg for his contributions to our men’s basketball program over the past three seasons,” said Director of Athletics Jared Benko. “No one wanted to bring a Sun Belt title home
Kansas Head Coach Bill Self hospitalized; will miss today’s Big 12 Tournament game
Kansas Athletics has released the following statement on the status of head basketball coach Bill Self: “Kansas Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self will miss today’s Big 12 Tournament game as he recovers from an illness. Assistant Coach Norm Roberts will serve as the acting head coach. Self is doing well and receiving great care at
Adams resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Texas Tech
Texas Tech released the following statement on the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Mark Adams: Mark Adams has stepped down as head coach of the Texas Tech men’s basketball program. This follows the University’s suspension of Adams and its inquiry related to his interactions with his players and staff. Following this inquiry, Texas Tech Director
Spinelli named Head Basketball Coach at Finger Lakes CC
Jeff Spinelli has been named as the head men’s basketball coach at Finger Lakes Community College. With an impressive record as both a student-athlete and a coach, Spinelli joins the Lakers with extensive experience in the sport. He comes to FLCC after serving as a successful assistant men’s basketball coach with Nazareth College (1996-1999), and
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Kelly named Head Basketball Coach at Centenary (NJ)
Centenary University have officially announced Dirk Kelly as the new Head Coach for the Men’s Basketball Team. Kelly served as the Assistant Coach during the 2022-23 season, which was his first season with the Cyclones. Kelly has twenty-seven years of coaching experience at both the high school and collegiate level where he has shown a lot of
BREAKING: Boeheim retires; Autry named new Syracuse Head Coach
Jim Boeheim has officially retired as the head basketball coach at Syracuse, and Adrian Autry has been tapped to take his place. Here’s the official press release from Syracuse announcing the moves: Nearly 60 years ago, Jim Boeheim ’66, G’73 first arrived on the Syracuse University campus as an undergraduate student and walk-on with the men’s basketball
D3 DIRT: Bethany (WVa) set to hire D3 assistant as next Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I teased this one a bit today in the Daily Dirt, and can now confirm it. D3 Bethany College (WVa) will hire Nebraska Wesleyan Wesleyan assistant Brad Johnson as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Johnson just wrapped up his second season at NWU, after a three-year stint as an assistant
NAIA DIRT: Midway U (KY) opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Joe Krupinski is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Midway University (KY). This past season, Krupinski’s Eagles went 16-12 (11-7 RSC). The veteran coach had been at Midway for the past seven seasons, and was the head coach at St. Catharine
Daily Dirt – 3/8/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) With McNeese State officially opening this morning, let the Will Wade rumors start…NOW. Earlier in the week, I mentioned former Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis as a potential name at Idaho (Daily Dirt 3/7). Scratch that one – he is definitely not in the mix. Some names that I’ve heard
McNeese State releases Head Coach John Aiken
John Aiken will not return as the McNeese Cowboys basketball coach for the final year of his contract in 2023-24, McNeese Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer announced on Wednesday. In his two seasons at the helm, Aiken compiled a 22-45 overall record and 10-22 in Southland Conference play. He will be paid the remaining year of his
HOT: Allen out at Army
Army West Point athletics director Mike Buddie and Head Coach Jimmy Allen have mutually agreed to a change in the leadership of the Men’s Basketball program, effective immediately. Jimmy Allen was introduced as the Lee Anderson Men’s Basketball Head Coach on March 30, 2016, compiling a 98-112 record in seven seasons. As is our practice following each season, we conducted