Lancaster Bible College, and the Lancaster Bible College Athletic Department, have announced the hiring of Jon Mack as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Mack, who has been the Head Coach at NAIA Division I Southwestern Christian University in Bethany, Oklahoma the past two seasons, becomes the 14th head coach in Lancaster Bible Men’s Basketball history. Prior
Daily Dirt – 5/23/19
Thursday’s DIRT…. I have heard that Lennie Acuff will round out his new staff at Lipscomb with Kevin Carroll and Tyler Murray. Carroll spent the past two seasons as an assistant at VMI and was the head coach at DII Maryville University before that. Murray was most recently on the staff at Furman and was
Austin Shaver joins Longwood Basketball Staff
Calling on a coach with more than a decade of experience, with the majority of those years at successful Division I programs in the Commonwealth, Longwood men’s basketball head coach Griff Aldrich announced the hiring of Austin Shaver as assistant coach Tuesday. A former assistant coach at William & Mary under Tony Shaver and graduate
Kennesaw State Basketball Staff Update
Kennesaw State men’s basketball head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim finalized his coaching staff Wednesday, announcing the additions of Ben Fletcher, Tanner Smith, Pershin Williams and Griffin McHone. Fletcher will serve as the men’s basketball Associate Head Coach while Smith and Williams, both local Georgia products, have been named Assistant Coaches. McHone will serve as the new
Kansas State Basketball Staff Update
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced a pair of promotions to his coaching staff as Jermaine Henderson has been elevated to assistant coach and former Wildcat Shane Southwell has been selected as the director of student-athlete development. Henderson, who served as the director of student-athlete development the past two seasons (2017-19), has 20 years
Cantamessa named Head Basketball Coach at Greensboro College
Greensboro College Chief Operations Officer and acting Director of Athletics, Dr. Robin Daniel, announced the hiring of Jim Cantamessa as Greensboro College’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. “Jim is an unassuming and humble individual who’s behind the scenes contributions to men’s basketball and our athletics program did not go unnoticed,” Daniel said. “The Greensboro
Nimley added to Charleston Southern Basketball Staff
Charleston Southern head men’s basketball coach Barclay Radebaugh is welcoming back another one of the Buccaneers’ all-time greats to the coaching staff as he announced the addition of Saah Nimley as an assistant coach on Wednesday morning. Nimley takes the place of former teammate Arlon Harper who left CSU following the 2018-19 season to pursue
OFFICIAL: Peckinpaugh resigns as Head Basketball Coach at WJU
Following up on some DIRT from last night. Wheeling Jesuit University has released the following statement on the resignation of head basketball coach John Peckinpaugh: Citing family and personal reasons, John Peckinpaugh will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at Wheeling Jesuit University. Peckinpaugh has accepted a coaching job at Noblesville High School in
Daily Dirt – 5/22/19
Some mid-week DIRT…. I have heard that Julius Allen will join Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. The pair had previously worked together from 2007-09 at Binghamton. Allen is a veteran assistant who has also worked at South Florida, Howard, Northeastern, Towson, McNeese State and Long Island University. I can confirm that BJ Ivey
Taylor rejoins McCaffery; Named assistant at Iowa
University of Iowa Head Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff, replacing the position previously occupied by Andrew Francis. Taylor joins the Hawkeye staff as an assistant coach after 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including head coaching stints at Ball State, Lehigh, and Belmont Abbey. McCaffery
OFFICIAL: Reinert named Head Basketball Coach at CSI
The College of Southern Idaho welcomed its new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Reinert Tuesday at a press conference. Reinert is no stranger to Golden Eagle Basketball, having coached against CSI from 1994-2002 while he was the head men’s coach at Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University). “I’m really excited to be here,”
DII DIRT: Wheeling Jesuit opens
After just one season, John Peckinpaugh is out as the head coach at Wheeling Jesuit, and will return to his home state of Indiana where he will take over at Noblesville HS. Peckinpaugh went 9-21 (7-15 Mountain East) in his only season at WJU. He took over prior to last season after spending time as