Vanderbilt head men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has named Damany Hendrix as an assistant coach for the Commodores after Hendrix spent the 2019-20 season as the team’s director of player development and quality control. “Damany is a talented coach who has strong familiarity with our system,” said Stackhouse. “We believe his passion, knowledge, and teaching
Daily Dirt – 5/26/20
A few things to kick off the week following the long weekend.. The Greg Heiar to ETSU rumors seem to be gaining some momentum. It sounds like the LSU assistant could be jumping ship and joining Jason Shay’s staff, with an announcement coming as early as this week. Heiar has been at LSU since 2017
Eddie Sutton passes away
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is confirming that Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has passed away tonight. According to the report, the 84-year old Sutton had been in hospice care in Tulsa at the time of his death. Sutton won over 800 games in his career at the D1 level, where he served as the
Donley named DBO at ETSU
ETSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added a familiar face to his coaching staff. Shay announced on Friday that Chad Donley has been named Director of Basketball Operations. “I am ecstatic to be a part of Coach Shay’s staff,” said Donley, who was selected as one of the 50 Impactful JUCO coaches in the
Conarroe tabbed as Head Basketball Coach at Colorado College
Jeff Conarroe, associate head coach for the men’s basketball program at Division I California State University, Bakersfield, has accepted the position of head men’s basketball coach at Colorado College, Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine announced today. Conarroe, a 1999 graduate and three-year letter winner in basketball at Colorado College, spent the last nine
DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition
A couple of JUCO head coaches on the move…. I first alluded to this one back on 5/15 (DAILY DIRT) – it’s now a done deal. Chipola College (FL) head coach Brendan Foley is headed to Buffalo as an assistant. In his 2 seasons at Chipola, he went 45-15 (18-10 this past season). He spent
OFFICIAL: Lamanna Hired as Whitman Men’s Basketball Coach
After an extensive national search, Whitman Athletics has hired John Lamanna as the next head coach of Whitman College men’s basketball. “I am very humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to lead Whitman’s men’s basketball program into its next chapter,” said Lamanna, who began his coaching career at Washington State University under head coach
D3 DIRT: Whitman set to hire current NAIA head coach
I have confirmed through multiple sources that D3 Whitman College (WA) will hire John Lamanna as their new head men’s basketball coach. Lamanna has spent the past five seasons at NAIA Ave Maria University (FL) where he has served as the head coach and Director of Athletics. This past season, Lamanna led the Gyrenes to
Mandelbaum hired as assistant men’s basketball coach at Lander
Lander head men’s basketball coach Omar Wattad has announced the hiring of Ben Mandelbaum as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the Bearcats for the 2020-21 season. “I’m really fortunate to have Ben on staff,” said Wattad. “His abundance of relationships and ability to evaluate are major assets in recruiting. He’s extremely intelligent, very organized,
Battle joins ETSU Basketball Staff
East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced the hiring of Turner Battle as an assistant coach on Thursday. Battle comes to Johnson City with 13 years of coaching experience, which includes stints at Buffalo (2007-13), Chattanooga (2013-14) most-recently at UAB (2014-20), where he spent the last four years as an associate
Florida College Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Florida College Head Coach Chase Teichmann announced Thursday that he added Jesse Repay, Bryan Doze, and Robert Rayle as assistant coaches to the Falcon’s coaching staff for the upcoming season. “I’m really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Teichmann. “All three guys are from different parts of the country and are coming