Lipscomb Men’s Basketball Head Coach Lennie Acuff announced the promotion of Tyler Murray to Associate Head Coach. Murray has been with Lipscomb Men’s Basketball as Assistant Coach since the 2019-20 season. “Tyler has been tremendous since the day he arrived at Lipscomb,” said Acuff. “He has been impactful in so many ways throughout our program. He is a tireless worker,
McMath named Director of Basketball Operations at Eastern Michigan
The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball program has added Carlos McMath to its staff as Director of Operations, as announced by Head Coach Stan Heath. McMath served as an Associate Head Coach at Northwood University in Midland, Mich. from 2022-24 after serving as Head Coach at Schoolcraft Community College for the 2021-22 season. “Carlos is a very
DAILY DIRT – 5/31/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) The HOT name right now at Maryland Eastern Shore is Winston-Salem State head coach Cleo Hill, Jr. The veteran head coach has been at WSSU for the past five seasons, and also worked at Cheney University and Shaw University. In 17-seasons as a HC, he has gone 261-204 (.561), including an
Pugh named Head Basketball Coach at Cloud County CC
Cloud County Community College Athletic Director Matt Bechard has announced the hiring of Kyle Pugh as the seventh men’s basketball coach in the program’s 58-year history. He will replace Devin Kastrup, who became an assistant at Idaho State earlier this month. Pugh rejoins the Cloud County Community College men’s basketball program following one year away
OFFICIAL: Pettway named Head Basketball Coach at Worcester State
Following-up on something that I mentioned back on 5/28 (D3 DIRT)…Al Pettway has officially been hired as the head men’s basketball coach at Worcester State. Here’s the official statement from the school: The Worcester State Athletic Department, led by Athletic Director Michael Mudd, is pleased to announce the return of Al Pettway ‘94 as the
Thompson joins Wabash College Basketball Staff
Liam Thompson joins the Wabash College basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach after serving two seasons as a graduate assistant at Illinois Wesleyan University. Thompson worked as the head junior varsity coach of the Titans and performed duties as the strength and conditioning coach. He helped guide IWU to a 19-8 overall record and a
IU Indianapolis Men’s Basketball Staff Update
IU Indianapolis head basketball coach Paul Corsaro announced his coaching staff this week, having assembled a staff with strong Indiana ties. Both Mike Burris and Reese McGinsie will join the program after having served with Corsaro at UIndy, while Indianapolis-native Tony Wills joins the program from UIC. Scott Gauthier will join the program from Lindenwood and Keith Oddo will return to the program as Special Assistant to the
NAIA Tennessee Southern opens; Lyne to take D1 assistant job
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) NAIA University of Tennessee Southern head men’s basketball coach Dugan Lyne has resigned from his position. The school released the statement below and said Lyne will “pursue a new coaching opportunity.” Sources have told me that Lyne will become an assistant at Austin Peay. More on that part of the move
Washington University in St. Louis hires McGrail as Assistant Basketball Coach
Washington University in St. Louis men’s basketball head coach Pat Juckem has announced the hiring of Patrick McGrail as the program’s next assistant coach. McGrail joins the Bears after holding the positions of assistant coach and most recently associate head coach at Rhodes College. This marked his second stint at Rhodes, as he was an assistant coach for
Key named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Wallace State
Wallace State Community College has hired Faron Key to serve as the head coach of the men’s basketball team, President Dr. Vicki Karolewics announced today. “We are excited to welcome Coach Key back to Wallace State and trust he will continue the tradition of excellence for which the Lions are known, a tradition that is
ACC DIRT: Yale’s Elkin headed to Stanford
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Yale Director of Men’s Basketball Operations Matt Elkin is on the move and will join Kyle Smith’s new staff at new ACC member Stanford. It sounds like he will assume the title of Assistant Recruiting Coordinator. Elkin joined the Yale staff back in 2020 after a two-year
Former Bobcat Umar Shannon named Assistant Basketball Coach at Quinnipiac
Quinnipiac Men’s Basketball has announced the hiring of Umar Shannon (’14) as the Bobcats’ newest assistant coach, as revealed on Wednesday, May 29 by Head Coach Tom Pecora. The former Bobcat will join QU’s coaching staff ahead of the 2024-25 season after spending each of the last three years in the MAAC at Saint Peter’s University.