Author Archives: The DirtKing

Coastal Carolina Men’s Basketball Staff Update

New Coastal Carolina head basketball coach Justin Gray has added Jayson Gee as the associate head coach / chief of staff, Ryne Lightfoot as an assistant coach / defensive coordinator, and Zach Freesman as an assistant coach / offensive coordinator. All three were with him at Western Carolina. Bio’s are below: Jayson Gee CCU is

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Chadron State does not renew the contract of Men’s Basketball Head Coach Shane Paben

Chadron State College Interim Athletic Director Ted Tewahade announced Tuesday that men’s basketball head coach Shane Paben will not have his contract renewed. “Coach Paben has brought success to the men’s basketball program at Chadron State College,” Tewahade said. “We thank him for time and dedication to Chadron State College.” Chadron State finished the 2023-24 season with

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OFFICIAL: Smart named Head Basketball Coach at Pacific

Following-up on reports from earlier today. Texas Tech assistant Dave Smart has officially been named as the head basketball coach at Pacific. Here’s the release from the school: Widely regarded as the most successful Canadian college basketball coach of all time, Dave Smart was named Head Coach of the Pacific men’s basketball program Wednesday by

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REPORT: Pacific to hire Texas Tech’s Smart

The Field of 68’s Goodman is reporting that Pacific has hired Texas Tech assistant Dave Smart. Before joining the TTU staff, Smart spent 18 seasons as the head coach at Carleton University, where he amassed 656 wins. More on this one once it’s official.

OFFICIAL: Cuonzo Martin returns to Missouri State as Head Basketball Coach

After an extensive national search, Missouri State University has selected Cuonzo Martin as its next men’s basketball head coach. The man who orchestrated Missouri State’s only Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship run during his first tenure in Springfield will be formally re-introduced to Bears fans during a news conference on Monday. The news conference will start

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Jeremy Shulman named Head Basketball Coach at UT Martin

University of Tennessee at Martin athletic director Kurt McGuffin has found a proven winner to lead the Skyhawk men’s basketball program, hiring Jeremy Shulman as the 13th head coach in program history.           A formal press conference and public reception to officially introduce Shulman will take place next week with dates and times to be announced at a

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DAILY DIRT – 3/27/24

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Some names that I’ve heard who have interviewed at Pacific are: Dayton associate head coach Ricardo Greer, former Stanford head coach Jerrod Haase, and USC associate head coach Chris Capko. Interesting fact…Pacific AD Adam Tschuor was the senior associate athletic director at Dayton before being hired

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McMillan inks contract extension at Samford

After leading Samford to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 24 years, head men’s basketball coach Bucky McMillan has been signed to a contract extension, the university announced Tuesday. “I want to thank Dr. Taylor and Martin Newton for their confidence in the direction of the program as I am extremely grateful for the contract extension,” McMillan said.

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