Author Archives: The DirtKing

Lafayette Basketball Staff Update

Lafayette men’s basketball head coach Fran O’Hanlon announced the addition of Sean Hanna to the program as the Director of Basketball Operations earlier this week. Hanna takes over for Andrew Radomicki, who has been promoted to Assistant Coach within the program. Hanna spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at his alma mater,

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Rockford University Basketball Staff Update

Rockford University head men’s basketball coach Jeremy Reigle has officially announced his coaching staff for the upcoming season. Coach Reigle will be joined by assistant coaches Chris Davis, Nicolas Ramos and Rufus Williams. Coach Davis and Coach Williams are both brand new to Rockford, having coached last season at Briar Cliff University and William Penn

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Altany named Assistant Basketball Coach at EFSC

Zach Altany has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Eastern Florida State College. Altany comes to EFSC after two seasons as an Assistant Coach at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA. Prior to Oglethorpe, Altany was a Graduate Assistant Coach for two seasons at Division II Georgia College in the Peach Belt Conference.

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Emporia State Basketball Staff Update

Emporia State University head coach Craig Doty added two familiar faces to his coaching staff for this season. Justin Harley and Brandon Schwebke, both former players of Doty, have joined the Hornet staff. Justin Harley arrives in Emporia by way of Graceland University where he finished his senior season and earned his bachelor’s degree this

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USC Aiken adds Glover to Men’s Basketball Staff

Andrew Glover has been named as an assistant coach at USC Aiken. Glover returns to USC Aiken after spending the last two seasons as an assistant boys basketball coach at Gray Collegiate Academy in West Columbia, S.C. under Dion Bethea. At Gray Collegiate, Glover helped the War Eagles to back-to-back region and state championships in

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Curtin elevated to Assistant Coach at Hofstra

Hofstra Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich announced today that he has promoted Colin Curtin to the position of assistant coach.  “Colin is a hard-working and extremely loyal coach who is well-prepared and ready for this new position,” commented Mihalich. “Colin is a student of the game and has dedicated himself to being a great coach and we are

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D1 DIRT: Staff movement at NJIT

I have heard from a great source that NJIT Director of Basketball Operations Joe Gutowski will be elevated to assistant coach. He will replace Stephen Sauers who resigned earlier this summer. Gutowski has been at NJIT for the past two seasons. He is a former Hoop Group staffer who also spent time as an assistant at

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Smith named Associate Head Basketball Coach at Oakland

Oakland University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Greg Kampe announced Jeff Smith has joined the program as the associate head coach. Smith spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant coach at Central Michigan from 2012-19. “Although we lost a veteran coach in Dan Hipsher, we have gained another veteran coach in Jeff Smith,” said Kampe.

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D1 DIRT: Hawaii assistant headed to Cal Baptist

I have heard from a great source that Cal Baptist will name Hawaii’s Adam Jacobsen as an assistant coach. Jacobsen had been on the Rainbow Warriors staff for the past four seasons, and was part of the program’s first-ever win in the NCAA Tournament in 2015-16. Before joining the UH staff, he spent fourteen seasons

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