Bryan Bagwell checked all of the search committee’s boxes to become the new men’s basketball coach at Louisburg College. Bagwell boasts plenty of experience — 16 years worth — and he also has served as a head coach for two years at Lenoir Community College in Kinston. Bagwell is also extremely familiar with the ins
DePaul Dirt…
I can confirm that DePaul head coach Dave Leitao has hired Marc Hsu as an assistant coach. He replaces Bill Courtney who departed for a spot at Miami back in June. Hsu had spent the past two seasons on the staff at Western Kentucky, and served as an assistant at New Mexico State before that.
Former Yellow Jackets standout Elder joins Pastner’s staff
Former Georgia Tech player B.J. Elder, a standout member of the Yellow Jackets’ 2004 NCAA runner-up team, has joined the men’s basketball staff as associate director of player personnel, head coach Josh Pastner announced. A veteran of 10 years in European professional basketball following his stellar Tech career, Elder, 36, joins the staff following three
Texas A&M Dirt…
I can confirm that Vince Walden has joined Buzz Williams’ new staff at Texas A&M as an assistant coach. This is the second move this off season for Walden, who left Arkansas State back in April to become an assistant at Elon. Walden had spent the past two seasons working for Mike Balado at Arkansas
JUCO DIRT: Coastal Bend set to name new head coach
I have heard from a great source that Coastal Bend College (TX) will promote assistant Marcus Thompson to the role of head coach. He will replace Carliss Robinson who became an assistant at Salem University at the end of June. Thompson has been at Coastal Bend for one season. The Texas native and 2014 Our
Michigan Basketball Administrative Staff Update
University of Michigan David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Coach Juwan Howard announced the hiring of Jay Smith as the Wolverines’ director of player personnel and development. In addition to Smith’s return to U-M, Howard retained Chris Hunter as the program’s director of basketball operations and added David Metzendorf as the video analyst and Jaaron
Carroll to resign as Assistant Coach at URI
The University of Rhode Island Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach John Carroll remains on sick leave. Head Coach David Cox and Coach Carroll are hoping that his health improves so that he can continue to be an integral part of the URI men’s basketball coaching staff. In the event that Coach Carroll’s health will not allow
Keep Pursuing Your Dream, but Have a “Plan B”
It was my dream for as long as I can remember to be a college basketball coach. I saw myself as the head coach of a successful team, a staple of the campus and surrounding community, where everyone smiled and waved to me and called me “Coach.” I didn’t know where it was going to be,
Weber resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Rockford University
The Rockford University athletic department announced today that Andrew Weber has resigned his position as head men’s basketball coach effective immediately. Weber spent the last eleven years at Rockford University, two as a player and nine as a member of the RU men’s basketball staff, including the last four and half years as the program’s
Haring named Director of Basketball Operations at Dayton
University of Dayton men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant has announced that James Haring has joined the Flyer staff as Director of Basketball Operations. Haring, 27, comes to UD from Jacksonville State where he was Coordinator of Basketball Operations since 2017. “We are excited to add James to our program,” Grant said. “He brings a wealth of experience
OFFICIAL: Cleveland State fires Dennis Felton
Earlier today, I mentioned the situation at Cleveland State – it’s now been made official that Dennis Felton and his staff have been dismissed. Here’s the official statement from the university: Following an evaluation of the men’s basketball program, Scott Garrett, CSU’s director of athletics, has announced that head coach Dennis Felton and his staff
Cleveland State Dirt…
Following up on my TWEET from earlier this morning… Last night, I heard from multiple sources that Cleveland State head coach Dennis Felton had been yanked from the road, and told that he would be meeting with new AD Scott Garrett today. It is unclear if Felton will remain as the coach after the meeting,