Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced Brandon Spayd will join the program in the role of Strength Coach / Operations for Men’s Basketball. Spayd will lead the strength and conditioning program for men’s basketball, while also overseeing a number of operations responsibilities for the program. Spayd fills the vacancy on the men’s
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Josh Davis Named Director of Basketball Operations at Mercer
Mercer head basketball coach Bob Hoffman announced Thursday that Josh Davis has been appointed as the program’s next Director of Basketball Operations. Davis comes to Macon after spending five years as an assistant coach at Limestone College, a Division II institution in Gaffney, South Carolina. He was an integral part of a five-year run for
Charleston Southern Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that there have been some staff changes made on Barclay Radebaugh’s staff at Charleston Southern. Assistant Coach Joey Murdock has resigned in order to become the head coach at Milton (FL) HS. He had been on the CSU staff for the past two seasons, and spent five years at Pensacola State College
Jermaine Johnson Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Tennessee Martin
Jermaine Johnson, who has spent the last three seasons on the sidelines as an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin, has been elevated to the role of associate head coach. Since joining the Skyhawk program in 2014, Johnson has helped UT Martin post three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first
Brian Nigro Named Head Basketball Coach at Medgar Evers College
Brian Nigro, former head men’s basketball coach at Mount Saint Vincent College, has been selected as the new Head Men’s Basketball coach at Medgar Evers College. Nigro has totaled 96 wins as a head coach in his seven seasons. Nigro was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. and felt that coaching in the great city
Towson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Towson Head Coach Pat Skerry has hired Branden McDonald as an assistant coach. McDonald has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Manhattan, and worked as a GA at Pitt before that. He also coached with Team Takeover AAU. An official announcement is expected shortly.
Kent State Basketball Staff Update
Kent State men’s basketball head coach Rob Senderoff has announced the hiring of Brock Erickson as the program’s assistant coach and former Golden Flash Julian Sullinger as the team’s director of basketball operations. Erickson comes to Kent State after four years with MAAC powerhouse Iona. There, Erickson helped develop the Gael program into a postseason
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OFFICIAL: Mike Berkun Named Head Basketball Coach at SUNY Maritime
Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one back on May 25th. Mike Berkun has been officially introduced as Head Coach of the SUNY Maritime Basketball program. Berkun becomes the 15th individual to hold the head coaching position at Maritime dating back to the program’s inception in the 1940s. In
Daily Dirt – 5/31/17
Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Mount Saint Mary’s head coach Jamion Christian has added Harley Fuller as their graduate assistant. Fuller, who played at Florida International and then overseas, was most recently a HS coach in New York. Midland College (TX) has made their choice. A veteran head coach has been
Byron Taylor Promoted to Associate Head Coach at James Madison
After one season as an assistant coach for the James Madison men’s basketball team, Byron Taylor has been promoted to associate head coach for the 2017-18 season, as announced by Head Coach Louis Rowe. “This is a well-deserved move for Coach Taylor,” Rowe said. “He was a crucial part of our first season here at
Cal State Monterey Bay Names Isaac Williams Head Basketball Coach
After two highly successful stints at the helm of the Eastern Oregon program, Isaac Williams moves to the Central Coast to become the seventh head coach in the history of the Cal State Monterey Bay men’s basketball program. Williams takes the reins from Rob Bishop, who went 86–157 over the last nine seasons. Williams posted