Duke men’s basketball head coach Jon Scheyer announced the first addition to his staff on Thursday with the hiring of former Elon head coach Mike Schrage as special assistant to the head coach. Scheyer was named Duke’s next head coach in June following the announcement by Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski of his plan to retire following the 2021-22 season.
Daily Dirt – 4/7/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Today’s Daily Dirt… I have heard that UMass Lowell assistant coach Biko Paris has resigned. Sounds like he is getting out of the business. Paris, a former player at Boston College, had sent the past nine seasons as an assistant at Lowell. In yesterday’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned that phone interviews
D3 DIRT: Wilmington College (OH) set to open
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that K.C. Hunt is no longer the men’s basketball head coach at D3 Wilmington College (OH). Hunt, who had been the head coach at WC for the past fifteen seasons, finishes his tenure with the second most wins in school history (185). He led the Quakers to Ohio
Malroy steps down as MBB Head Coach at NAIA Evergreen State
Head men’s basketball coach Tim Malroy announced that he is stepping down from his coaching position at Evergreen State. Malroy just finished his seventh season as the Geoducks head coach and was just the fifth head men’s basketball coach in program history. “I would like to express my gratitude for the many years Tim has served coaching
Stern named DBO at Denver
University of Denver Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Wulbrun announced a new addition to his staff on Wednesday, hiring Ari Stern as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Stern will begin his role immediately with the Pioneers. “I am absolutely thrilled to announce the hiring of Ari Stern as our new Director of Operations for DU Men’s Basketball,” Wulbrun said. “Over
REPORT: San Diego zeroes in on Steve Lavin
According to a TWEET by Jon Rothstein, San Diego is closing in on a deal to hire Steve Lavin as their next head men’s basketball coach. Lavin, who has most recently been working as a college basketball TV analyst, has been the head coach at UCLA (1996-03) and St. John’s (2010-15). During his tenure, he
Montana State’s Sprinkle inks 4-yr extension
Montana State head coach Danny Sprinkle has signed a four-year contract extension. This past season, Sprinkle’s squad went 27-8 (16-4), and captured the Big Sky tournament championship. The Montana State alum has gone 56-33 (.629) in his three seasons at the helm.
D2 Mount Olive opens
University of Mount Olive head men’s basketball coach Joey Higginbotham has stepped away from his coaching duties and will become the Director of Athletics at the school. Mount Olive will begin an immediate search for a new men’s basketball coach. Here’s the official press release: University of Mount Olive President Dr. H. Edward Croom has
Young named Head Basketball Coach at D3 Ohio Northern
Neal Young has been named the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern. Young comes to ONU after winning three USA South titles in five seasons as head coach at Covenant (Ga.) College. “I would like to thank Dr. DiBiasio and Tom Simmons as well as the rest of the hiring committee for this incredible
Daily Dirt – 4/6/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Lafayette will hire Mike McGarvey as their associate head coach. McGarvey has spent the past four seasons as the head coach at D3 Lycoming (PA). Prior to his time at Lycoming, McGarvey spent seven seasons as an assistant at Colgate, where he served on the same staff
East Carolina Basketball Staff Update
East Carolina Head Men’s Basketball Coach Michael Schwartz has begun to build his first staff, hiring Jake Morton and Riley Davis as assistant coaches and Jesse Higdon as director of basketball operations. Morton and Davis have most recently served as assistant coaches at Jacksonville State and UT Arlington, respectively, while Higdon has worked in various capacities at the University of Tennessee. Morton arrives in Greenville
Wichita State Dirt…
Combining a bunch of reports here… Wichita State associate head coach Lou Gudino is on the move, and will become the associate head coach under new head coach Michael Lewis at Ball State. Gudino had been at WSU for the past four seasons, and spent ten seasons on the staff at Indiana State before that.