Louisiana Tech VP and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced today that reigning Conference USA Coach of the Year Eric Konkol has signed a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. The contract extension is pending the approval by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Konkol’s new contract agreement comes on the
Quinn promoted to Associate Head Coach at Southern Arkansas
Southern Arkansas University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Andy Sharpe has announced the promotion of assistant coach Logan Quinn to the role of associate head coach; effective immediately. Quinn is entering into his third season on Sharpe’s staff and the announcement comes on the heels of a highly successful spring season for the Mulerider Men’s Basketball
Harris joins Millersville MBB Staff
Dexter Harris has joined the Millersville men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, following four seasons as an assistant at Widener. A 2016 graduate of Chestnut Hill, Harris helped Widener to three postseason appearances in his time on the staff, including an 18-win season and ECAC Division III Championship in 2018. He also helped
Shoes named Assistant Basketball Coach at St. John’s
Head Coach Mike Anderson announced Friday the addition of Greg Vetrone to the St. John’s men’s basketball program. A Queens native with over 35 years of experience in all facets of the game, Vetrone will serve as an assistant coach on the Red Storm staff after spending the past seven seasons at Rutgers. “Greg is a
Daily Dirt – 7/16/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things… I have heard that Bowling Green will name Nick Korta as their new Video Coordinator. He was most recently a graduate assistant at Florida State, and worked as a manager at Cleveland State before that. Jon Iati has joined the basketball staff at UMass-Lowell. The
DAILY DIRT: Small College Search Updates
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some updates on a few on-going small college searches… I have heard that D3 Colby-Sawyer College (NH) has narrowed down their list, with interviews happening this week. Names that I’ve heard here include: Will Brown (former Head Coach – Albany), Dan Kaigler (Assistant Coach – Rochester), Connor Merrill (Assistant Coach Middlebury),
Young elevated to Assistant Coach at Arkansas State
Arkansas State men’s basketball head coach Mike Balado announced that Ian Young has been elevated to assistant coach. Young moves to assistant coach after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant on staff. “Ian has taken the long road to becoming an assistant coach, but he has earned this role with our program,” said
Former New Mexico Head Coach Weir named AD at ENMU
Eastern New Mexico University announced today that Dr. Paul Weir has been appointed as director of athletics. Weir, who most recently served as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of New Mexico (UNM), will officially start on July 19, 2021. “This great state of New Mexico has given me a personal and professional
Stutz Named Director of Player Development at BC
Head Coach Earl Grant has announced the addition of Logan Stutz as the program’s director of player development. Stutz comes to Boston College after serving as head coach and general manager of the Sudbury Five in the NBL Canada. “We are excited to add someone of Logan’s character and experience to our staff. He has
OFFICIAL: Erickson named Head Basketball Coach at Nichols
Nichols College President Glenn Sulmasy and Director of Athletics Eric Gobiel have announced the hiring of Brock Erickson as the 21st men’s basketball head coach in program history. Erickson most recently worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he spent the 2020-21 campaign as an assistant coach. Erickson was both the recruiting coordinator
Fermin named Head Basketball Coach at Porterville College
Porterville College has announced the appointment of Amaurys Fermin as the new Pirates Head Men’s Basketball Coach. After competing at the High School level at John F. Kennedy High School in Bronx, NY, Fermin began his career at the Junior College level at Missouri State and Hagerstown Community College. He then went on to play
D3 DIRT: Nichols College set to hire D1 assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Nichols College will name UIC assistant Brock Erickson as their new head men’s basketball coach. Erickson was first mentioned as a finalist by HoopDirt.com back on July 9th (DAILY DIRT). Shortly after that report, he was offered the job. Before joining the UIC staff prior to last season, Erickson had spent