Author Archives: The DirtKing

William & Mary Basketball Staff Update

William & Mary head men’s basketball coach Brian Earl announced the hiring of Max Ginsberg and Alex Mumphard as assistant coaches and the retention of assistant coach Jimmy Fenerty and director of basketball operations Kyle Pope to the Tribe staff on Thursday.   Ginsberg joins the Green and Gold with extensive Division I experience at Holy Cross and most recently under Earl at Cornell. Mumphard possesses

Continue Reading →

Beaury named DBO at Siena

New head coach Gerry McNamara has completed his first Siena Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff with the announcement of Ryan Beaury as Director of Basketball Operations. “Ryan brings such a versatile skill set,” said McNamara. “He’s a Swiss Army knife. He’s great on the court with the players, does incredible film breakdowns, and has an infectious personality. He’s a young coach

Continue Reading →

Gardner-Webb Basketball Staff Update

Gardner-Webb Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeremy Luther has announced the return of three former Runnin’ Bulldogs to round out his inaugural coaching staff. Jake Delaney returns to the program as Associate Head Coach, while Christian Turner and Adam Sweeney return as assistant coaches. Additionally, Luther has retained Tannor Kraus as an assistant coach and Director of Player

Continue Reading →

Washington State Basketball Staff Update

Jerry Brown and Donald Brady were named assistant coaches for the Washington State men’s basketball team, WSU Head Coach David Riley announced. Brown and Brady both coached with Riley last season at Eastern Washington, guiding the Eagles to the Big Sky Conference Championship. Brown spent the last seven years working in college basketball after completing a playing career

Continue Reading →

MEAC DIRT: UMES set to open

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Jason Crafton is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Maryland Eastern Shore. It sounds like he informed his team of his departure in a meeting yesterday. Crafton has spent the past four seasons as the head coach at UMES, where he went

Continue Reading →

Margenthaler agrees to new 5yr contract at Minnesota State

Minnesota State officials have announced today that they have reached an agreement on a new five-year contract extension with men’s basketball head coach Matt Margenthaler. The new contract, which becomes effective July 1, 2024, will replace Margenthaler’s current agreement. No other terms were available. “We are pleased to offer this long-term contract extension to Coach Margenthaler,

Continue Reading →

Jones inks 3yr extension at Texas Southern

The Texas Southern University Board of Regents has approved a three-year contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Kevin Granger announced Friday. The extension will keep Jones as head coach of the Tigers through the 2029 season. Since Jones’ arrival at TSU in 2018, the Tigers have participated in five consecutive

Continue Reading →