Northern Arizona head men’s basketball coach Shane Burcar announced the promotion of Jake Ricciardi to assistant coach. Ricciardi recently wrapped up his first season on Burcar’s staff as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations. “Jake took a risk; he came across from South Alabama with no title and hoped for the best and he worked really
Coombs takes over at Barton CC (KS)
Jeremy Coombs has been approved by the Board of Trustees to take over the Barton Community College men’s basketball program. Becoming Barton’s 12th men’s basketball coach in 53 seasons of competition, Coombs replaces the vacancy following Craig Fletchall’s retirement of 16 years leading the program. Coombs comes to Barton from Neosho County Community College where
Brown named Head Basketball Coach at Kankakee CC
Kankakee Community College has selected Michael Brown as its new recruiter and men’s basketball coach. Most recently, Brown was assistant director of admissions, and assistant basketball and football coach at De La Salle Institute in Chicago. “KCC provides an excellent education while also having a tremendous amount of sports tradition,” Brown said. “I look forward
Abilene Christian Basketball Staff Update
Head men’s basketball coach Brette Tanner has announced his coaching staff for the upcoming season. An important part of building the coaching staff for Tanner was keeping as much of the previous staff together as possible. Both Antonio Bostic and Jon Trilli have stayed on as part of the Wildcats staff in hopes of continuing
Radford Basketball Staff Update
Radford men’s basketball head coach Darris Nichols announced the addition of the final two men’s basketball assistant coaches on Thursday as James Haring and Timothy Peete join the staff. James Haring spent time with the Dayton men’s hoops staff as Director of Basketball Operations in July, 2019. Haring joined to the Flyer staff from Jacksonville State
St. John’s extends Anderson through 2026-27
After leading the Red Storm to its best finish in BIG EAST play in more than half a decade, Head Coach Mike Anderson has received a contract extension from St. John’s University that will keep the 2021 BIG EAST Coach of the Year in New York through at least the 2026-27 season. “We are excited to
Cooper named MBB Chief of Staff at Texas Tech
Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams has announced the hiring of Rick Cooper as the Red Raider Basketball program’s Chief of Staff. Cooper arrives at Tech after working as the athletic director at Wayland Baptist University since 2014 following an illustrious coaching career where he earned 546 victories as the head coach at WBU and
Daily Dirt – 5/13/21
A few things that I’ve heard… Cole Dewey, who resigned as the head coach at Garden City CC (KS) a few weeks ago is now confirmed to be headed to Texas A&M Corpus Christi as an assistant. The official announcement on his hiring will be made shortly. Dewey spent the 2020-21 season at GCCC, and
Lincoln Memorial names Kelly as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Recently named Lincoln Memorial University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jeremiah Samarrippas has tabbed Tyler Kelly as the program’s newest assistant coach, the athletic department announced Monday evening. A NCAA Division II national champion as a player, Kelly brings six years of collegiate coaching experience to Harrogate, including spending three seasons at the Division I level. “I’m
Burrell named Assistant Coach at The Mount
Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball coach Dan Engelstad has announced the addition of assistant coach Justin Burrell to the coaching staff. “Having coached Justin during his time at Holy Cross, I know firsthand how committed he is to the game of basketball and how he operates as a leader,” said Engelstad. “Justin is smart, he
Jackson named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Cowley College
Former Cowley College assistant coach Donnie Jackson is returning to the school after being named the 21st head coach in the history of the Tiger men’s basketball program. Jackson was highly sought after by a number of schools following a stellar eight-year run as head coach at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. Jackson is no stranger to
Mann named Head Basketball Coach at Independence CC
Independence Community College (ICC) announced today that Justin Mann is named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach of the Pirates. Mann replaces Bill Morosco, who is leaving the college to work for conference rival, Garden City Community College. Mann continues the program trajectory of the Indy Pirates, after serving as Associate Head Coach for the