Missouri State men’s basketball head coach Dana Ford announced today the addition of Chris Lowery and Bertram “Buzzy” Caruthers III to his staff. Lowery will take on the role of special assistant to the head coach and will join the staff on May 1. Caruthers will serve as an assistant coach on the Missouri State staff. Ford also announced
Bailey joins Queens Charlotte MBB coaching staff
Queens University of Charlotte head men’s basketball coach, Grant Leonard, has added former standout men’s basketball player, Dan Bailey, to his staff as an assistant coach. Bailey comes back to his alma mater with a wealth of knowledge in coaching, skills and the game of basketball, as he has spent the past nine years as a
West named Assistant Basketball Coach at UDC
The University of the District of Columbia’s men’s head basketball coach Mike Riley has announced the hiring of William West as the new assistant coach. West comes to UDC with six years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. He first served as an assistant coach at Prince Georges Community College from 2016-18, before being
Payne adds Manning to Louisville Basketball staff
Danny Manning, who has served as a collegiate head or assistant coach for 15 years and is one of the premier players in college basketball history, has joined the University of Louisville men’s basketball staff as associate head coach under the Cardinals’ first-year head coach Kenny Payne. Manning has nearly nine years of head coaching experience, having
OFFICIAL: Taylor to Elon
I mentioned Billy Taylor and his involvement at Elon in today’s Daily Dirt. That move is now official. Here’s the release from Elon: Elon University Director of Athletics Dave Blank has named veteran coach Billy Taylor as the 19th head coach of the men’s basketball program. With 14 years of head coaching experience, including 11 at the NCAA
HoopDirt.com 2021-22 NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions
For Immediate ReleaseApril 15, 2022 By AJ Nelson, HoopDirt.com staff writer Providence College head basketball coach Ed Cooley has been named as the HoopDirt.com NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2021-22 college basketball season. Cooley qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week for
Summers named Associate Head Coach at Miami (OH)
Rob Summers has been named associate head coach for the Miami Men’s Basketball program, head coach Travis Steele announced today. Summers comes to Miami after serving the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Cleveland State. “I am really excited to add Rob Summers to the Miami Basketball family,” said Steele. “He brings head coaching experience to the program and
Edwards named Associate Head Coach at UMass
No secret here, as I’ve talked about this one for a while – the hiring of Allen Edwards at UMass is now official. Here’s the press release from the school: Massachusetts basketball head coach Frank Martin announced the addition of Allen Edwards, contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, as an associate head coach on
Daily Dirt – 4/15/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Here’s Friday’s Daily Dirt… A couple new names surfacing in the search at Elon. I have heard from multiple sources that Iowa assistant Billy Taylor is involved. He has been at Iowa for the past four years, and was the head coach at D2 Belmont Abbey (NC), and Ball State before
Smith named Head Coach at D3 North Park
North Park University has named Sean Smith as the head men’s basketball coach. “After a search that produced over 150 applicants, Coach Smith’s background and experience proved to be the perfect fit within the university, the athletic department and the men’s basketball team,” said John Born, Director of Athletics. “We are thrilled to welcome him as
Panola’s Smith heads to Louisiana Tech
After multiple announcements this week, Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester finalized his coaching staff on Thursday with the announcement of Aaron Smith as assistant coach. Smith, a two-time TexasJucoBasketball.com Coach of the Year, has spent the past seven seasons with head coaching stops at Jacksonville College and Panola College. “I have known Aaron since his freshman year in
Nutt named Assistant Basketball Coach at Mizzou
An experienced and talented coach, David “Dickey” Nutt, will join University of Missouri Whitten Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach Dennis Gates‘ staff as an assistant coach, as announced by Gates Thursday afternoon. Nutt has over 30 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience, including 19 as a head coach. Nutt joins Charleton Young, who was