NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck Person has avoided prison in a bribery scandal that has touched some of the biggest schools in college basketball. Person was sentenced on Wednesday to 200 hours of community service during the two years the Probation Department will supervise him. Judge Loretta A. Preska
Blake Named Assistant Basketball Coach at EKU
Patrick Blake has joined the Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach A.W. Hamilton announced on Wednesday. Blake comes to EKU following four successful seasons as an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina University. He helped the Chanticleers transition into the Sun Belt Conference with back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2015-16 and
McIntosh Named Assistant Director of Basketball Operations at Northwestern
Sullivan-Ubben Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Collins announced that former Northwestern standout Bryant McIntosh is returning as the program’s assistant director of basketball operations. “We are really excited to bring Bryant back home,” said Collins. “He is one of the all-time great players in Northwestern history and was a big part of us reaching our
Daniels added to Weber State Basketball Staff
Weber State men’s basketball head coach Randy Rahe has announced the hiring of Eric Daniels as an assistant coach to join the Wildcats. Daniels comes to Weber State from Utah Valley University, where he spent the past four seasons on the coaching staff. He also brings 11 years of coaching experience to Weber State. He
Bagwell named Head Basketball Coach at Louisburg College
Bryan Bagwell checked all of the search committee’s boxes to become the new men’s basketball coach at Louisburg College. Bagwell boasts plenty of experience — 16 years worth — and he also has served as a head coach for two years at Lenoir Community College in Kinston. Bagwell is also extremely familiar with the ins
DePaul Dirt…
I can confirm that DePaul head coach Dave Leitao has hired Marc Hsu as an assistant coach. He replaces Bill Courtney who departed for a spot at Miami back in June. Hsu had spent the past two seasons on the staff at Western Kentucky, and served as an assistant at New Mexico State before that.
Former Yellow Jackets standout Elder joins Pastner’s staff
Former Georgia Tech player B.J. Elder, a standout member of the Yellow Jackets’ 2004 NCAA runner-up team, has joined the men’s basketball staff as associate director of player personnel, head coach Josh Pastner announced. A veteran of 10 years in European professional basketball following his stellar Tech career, Elder, 36, joins the staff following three
Texas A&M Dirt…
I can confirm that Vince Walden has joined Buzz Williams’ new staff at Texas A&M as an assistant coach. This is the second move this off season for Walden, who left Arkansas State back in April to become an assistant at Elon. Walden had spent the past two seasons working for Mike Balado at Arkansas
JUCO DIRT: Coastal Bend set to name new head coach
I have heard from a great source that Coastal Bend College (TX) will promote assistant Marcus Thompson to the role of head coach. He will replace Carliss Robinson who became an assistant at Salem University at the end of June. Thompson has been at Coastal Bend for one season. The Texas native and 2014 Our
Michigan Basketball Administrative Staff Update
University of Michigan David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Coach Juwan Howard announced the hiring of Jay Smith as the Wolverines’ director of player personnel and development. In addition to Smith’s return to U-M, Howard retained Chris Hunter as the program’s director of basketball operations and added David Metzendorf as the video analyst and Jaaron
Carroll to resign as Assistant Coach at URI
The University of Rhode Island Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach John Carroll remains on sick leave. Head Coach David Cox and Coach Carroll are hoping that his health improves so that he can continue to be an integral part of the URI men’s basketball coaching staff. In the event that Coach Carroll’s health will not allow
Keep Pursuing Your Dream, but Have a “Plan B”
It was my dream for as long as I can remember to be a college basketball coach. I saw myself as the head coach of a successful team, a staple of the campus and surrounding community, where everyone smiled and waved to me and called me “Coach.” I didn’t know where it was going to be,