The Northwood University athletic department has announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Lonnie Griffin. “I would like to thank Lonnie Griffin for his dedication to our men’s basketball program and his work here at Northwood,” said Northwood Athletic Director Jeff Curtis “We wish him and his family the best going forward.” Griffin recently
Pepperdine names Schilling Head Basketball Coach
Pepperdine University has appointed coaching and player development veteran Ed Schilling to serve as the Head Coach of the Waves men’s basketball program. During his 13 years as an assistant at UMass, Memphis, UCLA, Indiana and Grand Canyon, his teams went a combined 304-134 and participated in eight NCAA Tournaments- including appearances in the Final Four
D3 NEWS: Peth announces retirement as Head Basketball Coach at Wartburg
Dick Peth, Wartburg College’s head men’s basketball coach, announced today he will retire from his coaching position. He is the second longest tenured coach in program history and longest serving current head coach in the Athletics Department. “I want to express my gratitude to Wartburg College, the athletic department, my fellow coaches and most importantly,
Rice Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Rice Men’s Basketball Coach Rob Lanier has named Chris Kreider as the associate head coach and Josten Crow and Andre Owens as assistant coaches. All three were on Lanier’s staff at SMU last season. Chris Kreider Kreider begins his second stint on South Main and his sixth season working with Lanier, including the last two
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Pressman named Head Basketball Coach at Florida National
Interim no more. After leading Florida National University’s men’s basketball team (10-14) to its first ten-win season since 2019-2020, Daniel Pressman will be the fourth coach in program history. Pressman served as an assistant coach at the start of the 2023-24 season and was elevated to interim head coach following the departure of Marcos Molina
Townsend named Assistant Basketball Coach at New College of Florida
New College of Florida has added Scott Townsend as the assistant men’s basketball coach at head coach of the varsity reserve program. Townsend had most recently been the head boys basketball coach at Bradenton Christian School.
D2 NEWS: Gannon promotes Bazzoli to Head Basketball Coach
Gannon University Director of Athletics Lisa Goddard McGuirk announced Tuesday that Easton Bazzoli has been named the 21st head coach in the 80-year history of the Gannon men’s basketball program. Bazzoli will be formally introduced at a press conference Thursday, April 4, in the Old Main Boardroom, beginning at 10 a.m. Bazzoli is a familiar face, serving
OFFICIAL: Levinson named Head Basketball Coach at Nebraska Kearney
Mentioned this move in today’s DAILY DIRT. Here’s the official release from Nebraska Kearney announcing the hiring of Marty Levinson: Marty Levinson has been hired as head men’s basketball coach at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Director of Athletics Marc Bauer announced today. UNK will formally introduce Levinson April 5 (Friday) at 9 a.m. in the Health
Plona named Head Basketball Coach at Western Kentucky
Hank Plona has been named the 17th head men’s basketball coach at Western Kentucky University, Director of Athletics Todd Stewart announced on Tuesday. In eight seasons as a head coach, Plona has won 86.5% of his games and led Indian Hills (Iowa) Community College to eight consecutive ICCAC regular-season titles, six postseason conference titles and the
DAILY DIRT – 4/2/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… Multiple sources are saying that South Alabama head coach Richie Riley is the leader at Morehead State. Riley served as an assistant coach at NAIA Pikeville from 2006-09 when Morehead AD Kelly Wells was the head coach there. In addition to his six seasons as
NAIA NEWS: Deer named inaugural Head Basketball Coach at Columbia College (SC)
Director of Athletics Glen M. Crawford has announced the hiring of Jake Deer as the first head coach of the inaugural men’s basketball program that is set to begin play in 2024-25. “Jake is the perfect addition to our team at Columbia College,” Director of Athletics Glen Crawford shared. “His dedication to his players and
Lutz named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Chad Weiberg has hired Steve Lutz as the school’s 21st head men’s basketball coach, pending board approval. “Coach Lutz is known as one of the hardest-working coaches in the business,” Weiberg said. “He has worked at all levels of college basketball and has deep ties to this part of the country,