Author Archives: The DirtKing

Creighton Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Ryan Miller and Jalen Courtney-Williams have been named assistant coaches with the Creighton men’s basketball program, head coach Greg McDermott announced today. Miller and Courtney-Williams fill the vacancies that recently opened on The Hilltop when Terrence Rencher and Paul Lusk took jobs at Oklahoma State and Purdue, respectively. Creighton finished 22-9 overall and led the

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Saulsberry Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Laramie County CC

Interim Athletic Director Dr. Cindy Henning announced that DeWayne Saulsberry has been named the head coach for Laramie County Community College Men’s Basketball program. Saulsberry has been officially named the fifth head coach in Laramie County Community College men’s basketball program history. Saulsberry served as Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach during the 2020-21 season, leading

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OFFICIAL: Lawson departs D3 Emmanuel College

Following up on our D3 DIRT from earlier today… Following an extremely successful three years at the helm of the Emmanuel College men’s basketball program, Head Coach Danny Lawson has notified the Emmanuel Athletic Department that he has accepted the lead Assistant Coaching spot at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). This announcement comes on

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D3 DIRT: Emmanuel College (MA) opens

Yesterday, I reported that Jim Ferry’s new staff at UMBC would include former Albany assistant Josh Pelletier and Akron video coordinator Evann Baker. I can now confirm that Emmanuel College head coach Danny Lawson will round out the staff, and be named as an assistant coach. Lawson had been the head coach at Emmanuel since

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Crawford added to Utah State Men’s Basketball Staff

Utah State head men’s basketball coach Ryan Odom has announced the addition of Bryce Crawford to his staff, as the pair coached alongside each other previously at both University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Lenoir-Rhyne. “My family and I are so appreciative of coming to Cache Valley and joining Aggie Nation,” Crawford said. “The

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Molinari Named Assistant Coach at Boston College

Veteran college basketball coach Jim Molinari will join Earl Grant‘s staff at Boston College. Molinari spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Oklahoma, serving as a key member of Lon Kruger’s staff that advanced to the round of 32 in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.  During his time in Norman, he was instrumental

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Rencher joins Oklahoma St. MBB Staff

The all-time leading scorer in Texas basketball history and a veteran of over 13 years of collegiate coaching, Terrence Rencher has joined Mike Boynton’s staff as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State. The former NBA guard was most recently on staff at Creighton where he helped the Bluejays win the Big East regular season title

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REPORT: Central Michigan to hire Tony Barbee

According to a report by Pete Thamel, Central Michigan will hire Tony Barbee as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Barbee has spent the past seven seasons on John Calipari’s staff at Kentucky, where he has most recently served as the Associate to the Head Coach. The coaching veteran has also served as the head

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Daily Dirt – 4/22/21

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… I mentioned in yesterday’s Daily Dirt that I had most of Jim Ferry’s new staff at UMBC. Here’s what I can confirm…Josh Pelletier and Evann Baker have been hired as assistant coaches. Pelletier had been at Albany for the past seven seasons, and had previously worked with Ferry

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