Faulkner flipped the switch to put a lackluster first-half finish behind it and distanced itself with a 53.33% second-half shooting performance to put away Mobile 71-55 at Tine Davis Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The win marked the 500th of Coach Scott Sanderson‘s head coaching career that fittingly began at Mobile. He has amassed a record of 500-304 throughout
WEEK 13: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 13 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2022-23 college basketball season. This is the eighth season that
OFFICIAL: Oats receives pay raise, contract extension at Alabama
Following-up on earlier reports…Nate Oats contract extension at Alabama is now official. Here’s the official press release from the Crimson Tide: University of Alabama Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced head men’s basketball coach Nate Oats and the University have agreed to a raise and contract extension, which was approved Friday by The University of Alabama System
Oats, Pikiell set to receive contract extensions
Alabama head coach Nate Oats and Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell are set to sign contract extensions this week. Oats John Rothstein is reporting that Oats has received a multi-year contract extension through the 2028-29 season and that the deal is expected to be approximately worth $5 million dollars annually. Now in his fourth season
WestConn’s Rancourt wins #300
Western Connecticut head coach Guy Rancourt won his 300th career game with a 98-59 win over Rhode Island College on Wednesday. Rancourt is now in his fourth season at WestConn, and has also been the head coach at Lycoming and John Jay. Rancourt’s Career Highlights: Rancourt’s Career Record: 2022-23 WestConn D-III 19 1 .950 2021-22 WestConn
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Collins named Head Basketball Coach at D3 Anderson U
The Anderson University athletics department and Director of Athletics Marcie Taylor have announced on Wednesday the promotion of Carter Collins to head men’s basketball coach. Collins has been serving as the team’s interim head men’s basketball coach since September. “We are thrilled to announce that Carter Collins has been promoted to head coach,” Marcie Taylor
JUCO DIRT: Neary returns to Gillette College
Shawn Neary will return to NJCAA D1 Gillette College as the head men’s basketball coach, as GC restarts athletics next fall. Back in 2020, the college dropped all sports as part of a budget reduction, but announced their return this past summer. Neary had served as the head coach at the college from 2008 through
D2 NEWS: Mance, Trevecca Nazarene part ways
Trevecca Nazarene University athletic director Mark Elliott hired Omar Mance to lead the Trojan basketball program on June 1, 2018, but following last week’s road trip, the two mutually agreed to part ways. Further, Coach Mance felt it best, for the staff and team, for it to be effective immediately. TNU is currently 1-18 (0-13 GMAC) on
NAIA NEWS: Perry to step down as Head Basketball Coach at Johnson U following season
Johnson University has announced that Brandon Perry is ending his tenure as the head men’s basketball coach following this season. Coach Perry will remain Johnson’s athletic director and a member of the senior leadership team! Perry began coaching the men’s basketball team in 2015 and became athletic director in 2018. During his time as coach,
WEEK 12: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 12 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2022-23 college basketball season. This is the eighth season that
Frank Martin picks up 300th career collegiate win
UMass Head coach Frank Martin picked up his 300th career win as Massachusetts scored 12 unanswered points to close out the night in an 85-76 victory over Richmond on Wednesday evening at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen (12-8 Overall, 3-5 Atlantic 10) trailed by three with just over three minutes to go and ended the night on a
Suarez promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Portland
Bobby Suarez has been promoted to Associate Head Coach of the University of Portland men’s basketball program, head coach Shantay Legans announced on Tuesday. Suarez came to the Pilots alongside Legans in April of 2021 after spending the previous four years on his staff at Eastern Washington. Suarez was instrumental in Portland’s monumental turnaround during