Author Archives: The DirtKing

DAILY DIRT: D1 staff’s starting to take shape

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of new basketball staff’s starting to take shape over the past few days. Some I’ve mentioned already, some are new. Wanted to compile them all in one place: Central Arkansas: Had this on Monday (DAILY DIRT), but wanted to add it to this list. New Central Arkansas head coach

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Heady named Head Basketball Coach at UIndy

The University of Indianapolis has named Scott Heady as its next head coach of the Greyhound men’s basketball program. A UIndy alumnus, Heady takes over after spending the last seven years as the head coach at crosstown Marian University. Heady will be the 12th head coach in UIndy men’s basketball history. One of the most respected head

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JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Salt Lake CC opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Kyle Taylor is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Salt Lake Community College. Word on the street is that he has accepted an assistant spot on a D1 staff (stay tuned for that one). *UPDATE: He’s headed to Coastal Carolina. Taylor had been at SLCC

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Montana State’s Logie inks new 4-yr contract

Montana State men’s basketball coach Matt Logie has signed a new four-year contract with the Bobcats, MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello announced.  “I couldn’t be more excited to get this extension completed and keep Coach Logie at MSU as the head men’s basketball coach,” Costello said. “He is a proven winner and he demonstrated

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Norton named assistant basketball coach/director of player development at West Virginia

West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has named Nick Norton as assistant coach/director of player development for the Mountaineers. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Norton spent the last three seasons on DeVries’ staff at Drake, helping the Bulldogs to an 80-26 (.755) record with two NCAA Tournament appearances and two Missouri Valley Conference titles. “Nick

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Saint Anselm Men’s Basketball Coach Keith Dickson announces retirement; Chris Santo ‘15 named new Head Coach

After 38 years and 719 victories across 37 seasons, Saint Anselm College head men’s basketball coach Keith Dickson announced his retirement on Wednesday. Former Hawks standout Chris Santo ’15, who served as assistant coach under Dickson from 2016-20, has been named the 11th head coach in program history. Dickson steps away from the program he took over in 1986,

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Riley named Head Basketball Coach at Washington State

Washington State University Interim Director of Athletics Anne McCoy announced Tuesday that David Riley has been named the 20th men’s basketball coach in Washington State history. Riley, the back-to-back Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, agreed to a six-year contract and will be formally introduced at a press conference Thursday, April 4. Details of

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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

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