Author Archives: The DirtKing

OFFICIAL: Heiar joins ETSU Basketball staff

Not a huge secret here – we’ve been talking about this for weeks now…it’s finally been made official. Here’s the official release from ETSU on the hiring of Greg Heiar as an assistant: East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added another member to his coaching staff as he announced the hiring of

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Daily Dirt – 6/22/20

A few quick hitters to start the week… I have heard that CJ Killin is no longer on the staff at Portland State. He had been there for the past two seasons, and was previously an assistant at Idaho State. It sounds like he may wind up at Salt Lake CC (he and head coach

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D3 DIRT: Purchase College (NY) Opens

Kyle Martin has resigned as the head basketball coach at D3 Purchase College (NY), and has accepted a HS coaching job. Martin had been the Panthers head coach for the past five seasons, where he put together an 82-53 (.607) mark. This past season, he led his squad to an 18-10 mark, and fell to

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Daily Dirt – 6/19/20

A few things that I’ve heard to wind down the week… I have heard from multiple sources that Tra Arnold will be hired as an assistant at Samford. Arnold spent last season as the associate head coach at Iona, but coached the team during the season as Tim Cluess was sidelined due to health reasons.

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Idaho Men’s Basketball program sanctioned by NCAA

Former University of Idaho men’s basketball head coach Don Verlin instructed two non-coaching staff members to engage in impermissible coaching activities, according to an agreement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The complete PDF of the Public Negotiated Resolution Agreement can be found HERE. The NCAA released the following statement and list of

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McNeese State announces athletics restructuring: MBB Head Coach Schroyer tabbed as Interim AD

Effective June 18, McNeese men’s head basketball coach, Heath Schroyer, will also be the interim director of the McNeese athletics department in a reorganization designed to strengthen the administrative support for all 16 McNeese athletic teams. “We are moving to an organizational model that will leverage the abilities of the current senior leadership,” McNeese President Dr.

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