DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition
A couple of JUCO head coaches on the move…. I first alluded to this one back on 5/15 (DAILY DIRT) – it’s now a done deal. Chipola College (FL) head coach Brendan Foley is headed to Buffalo as an assistant. In his 2 seasons at Chipola, he went 45-15 (18-10 this past season). He spent
OFFICIAL: Lamanna Hired as Whitman Men’s Basketball Coach
After an extensive national search, Whitman Athletics has hired John Lamanna as the next head coach of Whitman College men’s basketball. “I am very humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to lead Whitman’s men’s basketball program into its next chapter,” said Lamanna, who began his coaching career at Washington State University under head coach
D3 DIRT: Whitman set to hire current NAIA head coach
I have confirmed through multiple sources that D3 Whitman College (WA) will hire John Lamanna as their new head men’s basketball coach. Lamanna has spent the past five seasons at NAIA Ave Maria University (FL) where he has served as the head coach and Director of Athletics. This past season, Lamanna led the Gyrenes to
Mandelbaum hired as assistant men’s basketball coach at Lander
Lander head men’s basketball coach Omar Wattad has announced the hiring of Ben Mandelbaum as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the Bearcats for the 2020-21 season. “I’m really fortunate to have Ben on staff,” said Wattad. “His abundance of relationships and ability to evaluate are major assets in recruiting. He’s extremely intelligent, very organized,
Battle joins ETSU Basketball Staff
East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced the hiring of Turner Battle as an assistant coach on Thursday. Battle comes to Johnson City with 13 years of coaching experience, which includes stints at Buffalo (2007-13), Chattanooga (2013-14) most-recently at UAB (2014-20), where he spent the last four years as an associate
Florida College Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Florida College Head Coach Chase Teichmann announced Thursday that he added Jesse Repay, Bryan Doze, and Robert Rayle as assistant coaches to the Falcon’s coaching staff for the upcoming season. “I’m really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Teichmann. “All three guys are from different parts of the country and are coming
D3 DIRT: Shay out at Pitt Bradford
I can confirm that Ryan Shay has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Pitt Bradford. Shay had been the Panthers head coach for the past two years where he compiled a 5-45 record, including a 1-24 (0-20 AMCC) mark this past season. Before being hired at UPB, he served as a D3
JUCO DIRT: Dyersburg State CC (TN) opens
I can confirm that David Anderson has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at Director of Athletics at NJCAA D1 Dyersburg State Community College (TN). This past season was Anderson’s first at DSCC. His Eagles opened the year on a 14-game winning streak on their way to 24-4 (15-3 TCCAA) record. Before being hired
OFFICIAL: Ryan hired to lead MGCCC basketball program
Tim Ryan has officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. This was first reported by HoopDirt.com back on May 14th (JUCO DIRT). MGCCC released the following announcement earlier today: After an exhaustive national search, Mississippi Gulf Coast has hired Tim Ryan, who already has an NJCAA
NC State Basketball Staff Update
NC State men’s basketball head coach Kevin Keatts announced Tuesday that he has added Mike Summey (assistant coach), Steve Snell (director of basketball operations) and Chris Zupko (assistant director of basketball operations) to the Wolfpack’s coaching staff. “I’m thrilled to announce three quality hires for our basketball program,” Keatts said. “These are three coaches that
OFFICIAL: Link out at Clayton State; Egnatz named Interim Head Coach
Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported on Monday (D2 DIRT). Here is the announcement by Clayton State on the change of leadership in their men’s basketball program: Clayton State University Athletics announced that James Link, head men’s basketball coach, has left the program. Lance Egnatz, the associate head men’s basketball coach, will