Effective December 15, 2020, Jim Sykes will assume the role of athletics director (AD) for Mustang Athletics at Morningside College. Sykes is currently the head men’s basketball coach for Morningside. He will serve as both AD and head coach for the 2020-2021 men’s basketball season alongside support from Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach Trent Miller.
Former Amherst Interim Head Coach Toomey joins Vassar Basketball Staff
Vassar College head men’s basketball coach Ryan Mee has announced the hiring of Aaron Toomey as the new full-time assistant for the 2020-21 season. In addition to his coaching duties, Toomey will also serve as an athletics facilities assistant. “After losing former assistant and now head coach, Dan Bozzelli, to Purchase College. I was concerned about
Voorhees College tabs Huff as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Coach Cabral Huff has officially joined the Voorhees College family as the new head men’s basketball coach as he aims to continue the tradition of “Voorhees basketball.” He will now be leading the team as former head coach Derrick Mitchell after six successful seasons, has gone to Wiley College. Huff has a long history with
Mack named as Head Basketball Coach at Penn State New Kensington
Brant Mack has been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Penn State New Kensington after serving as the Lion’s assistant coach for the last three seasons. Mack replaces Art McCray who resigned to take on a position as an enrollment specialist at the campus. “It is an honor to be named the
DAILY DIRT: New England Edition – 10/26/20
A couple quick things out of gloomy New England… I have heard from multiple sources that Dartmouth will hire Josh Einhorn as their new Director of Basketball Operations. He most recently served as a graduate assistant on Jim Christian’s staff at Boston College. Einhorn, who was also spent three seasons as an assistant at D3
Frederick CC tabs long-time Assistant as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
A familiar face will be roaming the sidelines for the Frederick Community College men’s basketball program this upcoming season. This time, it will be as Head Coach for the FCC Men’s Basketball Team. Jeff Chambers, a nine-year assistant coach with the program, was tabbed as head coach on Monday. Chambers replaces Chris Lewis, who left
Former Air Force Head Coach Lands at New Mexico
The University of New Mexico men’s basketball program has added a familiar face to its staff as Dave Pilipovich, former head coach of fellow Mountain West squad, Air Force, has been hired as the Lobos’ special assistant to the head coach, the program announced. Pilipovich, who served as head coach at Air Force for eight
Turco Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Kean
Kelly Williams, Director of Athletics at Kean University, has announced the hiring of David Turco as the next head men’s basketball coach. Turco takes over for Adam Hutchinson who was recently promoted to Assistant Director of Internal Affairs & Student Athlete Development. Turco comes to Kean with almost 500 wins to his credit while coaching
Daily Dirt -10/23/20
A bunch of things that I’ve heard… I can confirm through a great source that UC Riverside will hire Jordan Lee as their new Director of Basketball Operations. Lee has previously served as an assistant coach at D2 Cal State East Bay. An official announcement here is expected shortly. I have heard that Dennan Morrow
Bross named Head Basketball Coach at Cal Maritime
California State University Maritime Academy Athletics Department has named Tim Bross as its new Men’s Head Basketball Coach. Bross becomes the 13th head coach in the program’s history, taking over for former head coach Brendan Rooney who is now at Menlo College. “On behalf of my family, we would like to thank Director of
OFFICIAL: Nee added to UTRGV Basketball Staff
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com first reported back on October 8th (UTRGV DIRT). Here’s the official release on the hiring of Patrick Nee as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at UTRGV: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Thursday that Patrick Nee, who has 19 years
BREAKING: Penn State’s Chambers resigns
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour accepted the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Pat Chambers today following an internal investigation of new allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers. The new allegations surfaced shortly after The Undefeated’s article and a review was conducted jointly by Penn State’s Affirmative Action and Athletics Integrity offices. Barbour named