West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has named Trent Michaels, a two-time WVU graduate, as director of men’s basketball operations for the Mountaineers. It will be Michaels’ second consecutive season in the role, and his third season on the Mountaineer men’s basketball staff. He served as the operations coordinator during the 2022-23 season. In his
Stetson extends Donnie Jones through 2030
Stetson University Director of Athletics Jeff Altier has announced the extension of Men’s Basketball Head Coach Donnie Jones through the 2030 season. “While my tenure as Athletic Director is coming to an end, I am thrilled to be able to put Stetson Basketball in a great position for the future by extending Donnie Jones‘s contract to the end of
Tiffin promotes Balentine to Head Basketball Coach
Desmond Balentine has been named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Tiffin University. Balentine recently completed his second season with the Tiffin program in 2023-24 as the Associate Head Coach. Balentine started his coaching career at his alma mater Incarnate Word as a Graduate Assistant. In addition to his assistant coaching responsibilities, Balentine would take on duties of
D3 DIRT: Martin resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Coe, will become D1 Assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Bryan Martin has resigned after 12-seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Coe College, and will become an assistant at an unnamed D1 school (working on that one now). No official announcement from Coe yet, but Martin posted the following: Martin, who went 166-134 (.553) during his tenure at
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Wichser named Head Basketball Coach at Wisconsin Whitewater
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletic Department has announced the hire of Jarod Wichser as the next head coach of the Warhawk men’s basketball team. Wichser served as the interim coach last season. A press conference is scheduled for Monday, April 29 in Williams Center Room 183BC beginning at 3:45 p.m. “I would like to thank Chancellor King, Athletic Director
D2 DIRT: Northwood intends to hire current D2 Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have now heard from multiple sources that D2 Northwood University (MI) intends to hire D2 Tiffin University head coach Tom Church to take over their men’s basketball program. Church officially resigned from Tiffin earlier today. Church has spent the past six seasons at Tiffin, and has also served as the
Idaho State adds Reese as Assistant Basketball Coach
Akil Reese has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Idaho State. No official statement by the school, but this was released on social media: The Los Angeles native played at both Western Oregon, Fullerton College, and Cal State Monterey Bay. He most recently served as an assistant coach at Clovis North (CA)
Schoemann hired Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Rice
Rice Men’s Basketball Coach Rob Lanier has named Jack Schoemann as Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Schoemann spent last year in the same role at SMU. He joined the Mustangs after serving as a graduate assistant at Cal State Bakersfield in 2022-23, where he played for the Roadrunners from 2019-22. As a graduate assistant,
JUCO NEWS: Robert Kirby named Head Basketball Coach at Three Rivers College
Three Rivers College has named Robert Kirby as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at. TRC released the following statement announcing the move: Three Rivers College tapped into one of the brightest moments in the college’s history when it selected the next coach of the Raiders men’s basketball team. TRC announced Monday it has hired
Haslam named Assistant Basketball Coach at Oregon State
The Oregon State men’s basketball team has added Chris Haslam to its staff as an assistant coach, head coach Wayne Tinkle announced Tuesday. “We’re excited to add Chris to our staff” Tinkle said. “He brings a ton of experience, both as a recruiter and a coach on the court. Chris has had success at Montana State and
BYU adds Dunson as Assistant Basketball Coach
BYU men’s basketball head coach Kevin Young announced on Tuesday the addition of Brandon Dunson as an assistant coach. “I’m thrilled to add Brandon Dunson to my staff at BYU,” Young said. “He’s the total package as a basketball coach. He’s extremely bright and has an incredibly bright future. Brandon is someone our players and
Blackwell named Assistant Basketball Coach at Siena
New Siena Men’s Basketball Head Coach Gerry McNamara has announced his second staff hire. Former Syracuse star Ryan Blackwell, who possesses more than a decade of highly successful coaching experience at both the professional and high school ranks, has been named an assistant coach. “Ryan has a wealth of knowledge and experience as a head coach,” said McNamara.