Author Archives: The DirtKing

D3 DIRT: Kean University (NJ) opens

Kean University (NJ) head men’s basketball coach Adam Hutchinson will move into a full-time administrative role in the Cougars athletic department, and will give up his basketball responsibilities. Hutchinson has been the head coach at Kean for the past two seasons. Before that, he had a brief stop as an assistant at Amherst College (2017-18),

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Lavery added to NCMC Men’s Basketball Staff

Taylor Lavery has been added to the North Central Missouri College men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. He will be involved in all areas of the program, including day-to-day operations, recruiting, opponent scouting, player development, and building and organizing travel plans. Prior to NCMC, Lavery was the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Central Wyoming

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D3 DIRT: Sheldon set to retire at Tufts

I have heard from multiple sources that Tufts head men’s basketball coach Bob Sheldon has retired. It sounds like he will be replaced on an interim basis by associate head coach Matt Malone. Sheldon had spent the past 32 seasons as the Jumbos head coach, where he is the all-time leader in wins, and has

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TopConnect, NJCAA Partner on Virtual Seminar; Participants Announced

The NJCAA and TopConnect have announced a mutual partnership, presenting the inaugural TopConnect NJCAA Virtual Symposium. The initial event is set for October 8-9. TopConnect (formerly Villa 7) originated in 2003 by then VCU Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sander, identifies the top basketball assistant coaches in the country, and connects them with mid-major Athletic Directors providing

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D3 DIRT: Finlandia set to name new Head Coach

It sounds like D3 Finlandia University (MI) will name Allen Dehority as the Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach. He would replace Sam Casey, who went 1-23 in his only season with the Lions. Dehority has most recently served on the women’s basketball staff at Finlandia. He also spent three seasons as an assistant at Rose-Hulman

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Southeastern Louisiana Promotes Conroy to Interim Assistant Basketball Coach

The Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball team promoted Riley Conroy to interim assistant coach, second-year SLU men’s head basketball coach David Kiefer announced Monday. Conroy’s hire is pending the approval of the Louisiana System’s Board of Supervisors. The New Orleans, Louisiana native is in his second season with the program after serving as the team’s director of recruiting

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11th Annual Rising Coaches Conference – October 5-9, 2020

11th Annual Rising Coaches Conference Oct 5-9th Via Zoom Sign up for Free at www.risingcoaches.com/events Conference will start at 6pm EST each night. Recordings will be available on our member site to watch on-demand Speakers include… Buzz Williams Tommy Amaker Cori Close Paul Biancardi Michelle Clark-Heard Alan Stein Joe Prunty Larry Shyatt And many more…

McKinney named new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at SUNY Ulster

Marques McKinney has been named the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach at SUNY Ulster. McKinney, originally from Fishkill, NY; has had several assistant coaching positions over the last four seasons, including stints at Cazenovia College, Medaille College, New York Institute of Technology, and most recently Onondaga Community College. In 2016-17 at Medaille College, he helped lead

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