Author Archives: The DirtKing

Reyes Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Bethune-Cookman

 Bethune-Cookman University Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ryan Ridder announced that Donald Reyes has joined his staff as an assistant coach. Reyes comes to BCU after six years with the Tulane Men’s Basketball program, where he served as director of basketball operations and director of player development. He played a key role on Tulane’s post-season appearances in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament

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Christopher Newport Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Christopher Newport University Director of Athletics Kyle McMullin and Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Krikorian today announced the hiring of MAURICE SUMTER as assistant coach. In addition, LOGAN MILLER, a member of the Captains squad for the last five years, has also been added to the staff for the upcoming campaign. Sumter and Miller will join ROLAND ROSS, who will be heading into

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North Carolina Central Dirt…

I can confirm that LeVelle Moton will add Nigel Thomas as an assistant coach on his staff at North Carolina Central. Thomas had spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at DIII North Carolina Wesleyan. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Langston University (OK), his alma mater, for three seasons.

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Mast promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at UAV

The University of Antelope Valley has announced the promotion of men’s basketball Associate Head Coach Jordan Mast to Head Coach. UAV Director of Athletics Gary Dickerson said of the promotion, “On behalf of the institution and UAV Athletics, I could not be more excited to see a remarkable coach such as Jordan be elevated to this position.  I believe

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NJIT Basketball Staff Update

I first mentioned these moves back on August 20th (NJIT DIRT) – today they were officially announced by the college. Here’s the release by NJIT:  NJIT men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Kennedy has announced updates to his coaching staff as the squad has officially opened practice with the 2019-20 season a little more than one month away.  The

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Want a better coaching job? Do this…

One of the main reasons coaches get hired is because of relationships. Winning helps, but if you aren’t consistently adding value to the people who could hire you, you will probably become irrelevant or have to settle for a job you dislike. Here’s what do… Scott Savor – scottsavor.com

Barnes Completes CSU Bakersfield Basketball Staff

CSU Bakersfield’s men’s basketball Head Coach, Rod Barnes, proudly announced the completion of his 2019-20 coaching staff with the hiring of Brandon Barnes as an assistant coach for the Roadrunners. A familiar face around Bakersfield’s program, Barnes is making his return to CSUB after spending the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets’ NBA G-League

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