Yale Head Men’s Basketball Coach James Jones earned the 200th Ivy League victory of his career with a 76-58 victory over Cornell on Senior Night. Jones, who becomes just the second coach to record 200 Ivy League regular season wins, joins Princeton’s Pete Carril, who led the Tigers to 310 league victories. The Bulldogs veteran
JUCO NEWS: Lacey reinstated as Head Basketball Coach at Lewis & Clark CC
Less than a month after being dismissed, as the interim head basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Lewis & Clark Community College, Kevon Lacey has been reinstated. Director of Athletics Dr. Cedric Brown announced the return of Kavon Lacey as the interim men’s basketball coach. No reason was given for the initial dismissal, or why the
D2 DIRT: Boone to step away at Arkansas – Fort Smith
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can now confirm through multiple sources that Jim Boone is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D2 Arkansas-Fort Smith. Boone, a 600-game winner has been a head coach for 37-seasons at seven different colleges (at both the D1 and D2 levels). The coaching veteran had spent the past
NAIA DIRT: Long-time D1 assistant O’Dowd out as Head Coach at Bethany College (KS)
I can confirm that Dan O’Dowd is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Bethany College (KS). He had served as the Swedes head coach since 2017. Prior to hs time at Bethany, O’Dowd worked as a D1 assistant at North Texas, Texas at San Antonio, Arizona State, and Mississippi, and as a
D3 University of Valley Forge opens
The University of Valley Forge Athletic Department has announced that Men’s Basketball Head Coach TJ Hardeman will not be returning. While at Valley Forge Coach Hardeman served as a Graduate Assistant and served the Athletic Department as an assistant basketball coach and oversaw strength and conditioning during the 2021-2022 academic year. Coach Hardeman was elevated
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Hewitt officially named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Southern Wesleyan
Southern Wesleyan has announced that ‘Interim’ has been removed from Brian Hewitt‘s title. Effective immediately, Brian Hewitt will serve as the fourth official Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan. He will follow in the footsteps of Tom Shaver, Charles Wimphrie and Nick Pasqua. “I am excited to remove the “interim” tag from Coach Brian Hewitt,”
NAIA NEWS: Florida Memorial’s Al-Ameen resigns
Florida Memorial University head men’s basketball coach Ansar Al-Ameen announced that he is stepping down to pursue other opportunities in basketball after five seasons at the helm. “I loved my time at FMU and can’t wait to witness the growth and elevation of the University,” said Al-Ameen. “We won a championship together at FMU and we have
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Gist named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at York College (NY)
York College interim director of athletics Zak Ivkovic announced Friday that Jamel Gist has officially been appointed as head men’s basketball coach after serving as interim head coach since July 2022. “It is an amazing feeling to know I will be able to lead an exceptional group of young men! I can’t wait to see what is
Davis out at Ole Miss
Ole Miss and head men’s basketball coach Kermit Davis have mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately, it was announced Friday by Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter. “We thank Coach Davis for his dedication to the Ole Miss basketball program and our student-athletes,” Carter said. “No one wanted to bring a title home to Mississippi more
Von Vogt to step down as Men’s Basketball Head Coach at NAIA Jessup University
When the final horn sounds on the 2022-23 season, it will mark the end of a historic era of Jessup Men’s Basketball. Lance Von Vogt, who took the job ahead of the 2013-2014 season, has announced he will be stepping down at the end of the year to focus on his duties as Jessup’s Director of
Radford’s Nichols pleads guilty to DUI charge
Here’s an update to a story that we’ve been tracking all week. Following his arrest for driving under the influence last Sunday night, Radford head men’s basketball coach Darris Nichols has now plead guilty to the DUI charge. According to WDBJ7, Nichols will “have his license suspended for 12 months and have to pay a
NAIA NEWS: McBeth out as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Friends U
Friends University VP of Athletics & Strategic Expansion Dr. Rob Ramseyer has announced that the men’s basketball program will be going in a different direction at head coach for the 2023-24 season. “We thank Austin McBeth for his contributions as head coach during the past two seasons to our men’s basketball program,” said Ramseyer.