For Immediate Release March 31, 2020 College of Idaho Head Basketball Coach Colby Blaine has been named as the HoopDirt.com NAIA Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2019-20 college basketball season. Blaine qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week for Week 6
Coaching Change made at Trinity Valley CC
Mark Leslie has assumed the role of head men’s basketball coach at Trinity Valley Community College. Leslie, in his eighth year at the college, replaces Guy Furr, who will become associate head coach and assume the position of coordinator of athletic community relations in addition to his title as division chair of kinesiology. Furr, in
OFFICIAL: Southwell Returns to K-State as an Assistant Coach
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced the addition of former Wildcat player and graduate assistant Shane Southwell as the program’s newest assistant coach on Tuesday (March 31). A four-year standout (2010-14) and graduate assistant (2017-19) for the Wildcats, Southwell returns to his alma mater after a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Robert
JUCO DIRT: USC-Salkehatchie set to announce new head coach
I can confirm through great sources that USC-Salkehatchie will hire Glen Mayo as their new head men’s basketball coach. Mayo has spent the past two seasons as the head women’s coach at the school, and had previously served as an assistant on former head coach Jake Williams staff (Williams became the head coach at Dodge
Billy Gillispie named Tarleton head men’s basketball coach
Four-time NCAA Tournament and 12-time Coach of the Year head coach Billy Gillispie has been selected as the head men’s basketball coach at Tarleton State University announced Monday by University President Dr. James Hurley and Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lonn Reisman. Gillispie has agreed to a four-year contract with the Texans through the 2024
Campbell named Interim Head Basketball Coach at SXU
Saint Xavier University and Athletic Director Allison Kern have announced the elevation of SXU Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Scott Campbell to Interim Head Coach. Campbell will take the reins of the Cougar basketball program following the retirement of 23-year head coach Tom O’Malley on Wednesday. Serving as an assistant under O’Malley for four seasons, from
HoopDirt.com 2019-20 JUCO Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions
For Immediate Release March 30, 2020 Milwaukee Area Technical College Head Coach Randy Casey has been named as the HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2019-20 college basketball season. Casey qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week for Week 14
OFFICIAL: Burg tabbed as head basketball coach at Georgia Southern
Incoming Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko has named Brian Burg, who helped lead Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA National Championship game and the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship, the head coach of the Georgia Southern men’s basketball program. Burg comes to Statesboro after four successful seasons on Chris Beard’s staff at Texas
DAILY DIRT: Sunday Edition – 3/29/20
A few quick things a we sit here watching The Sandlot for the 1000th time… Tarleton State (headed to the WAC next season) had Zoom interviews with 5 coaches on Friday. Depending on who you talk to, that is now down to either 2 or 3. Former Kentucky head coach (and current Ranger JC head
OFFICIAL: Western Michigan Promotes Bates to Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Western Michigan University today has promoted Associate Head Coach Clayton Bates to the position of 14th head coach of the men’s basketball team. “I decided to change leadership of our program days before the COVID-19 crisis emerged. A comprehensive national search in this time of anxiety, despite exceedingly strong national interest in the position, just
HOT REPORT: Western Michigan to name Bates as new Head Coach
Western Michigan will promote Clayton Bates to replace Steve Hawkins as their new head basketball coach, according to a Report by Tony Paul of the Detroit Free Press. Bates has been on the WMU staff for 15 seasons. According to Paul’s report, he will sign a two-year deal worth $215,000 in annual base pay, plus
REPORT: Georgia Southern expected to hire Burg as new Head Coach
Georgia Southern is expected to tab Texas Tech assistant Brian Burg as their next head basketball coach according to a Tweet by Jon Rothstein. He would replace Mark Byington who became the head coach at James Madison earlier this month. Burg has been on Chris Beard’s staff at Texas Tech for the past three seasons