Murray State head men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon announced the hiring of Casey Long who joins the Racers as assistant coach. Long comes to Murray State after serving on the staff of Coach Will Wade for the past two seasons at VCU (2015-17). Prior to that, he was an assistant at his alma mater, Chattanooga
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Lance Loya is no longer the head basketball coach at DIII Mount Aloysius College (PA). Loya is currently working on his third book “The WE Gear”, and stepped away to devote more time to work on it. He had been the head coach at the college since 2006, where he compiled
HoopDirt.com mentioned this move in the Daily Dirt on 5/10…it’s now been made official, former Butler University standout Tyler Lewis has joined the Furman men’s basketball staff as the program’s video coordinator. “Tyler is an excellent addition to our staff,” said Furman Head Coach Bob Richey. “His blend of character, playing experience at the highest
Following up on some “dirt” that HoopDirt.com first published on May 19th… Two new assistant coaches have joined the VMI basketball coaching staff for the 2017-18 season, head coach Dan Earl announced. Joining the staff are Kevin Carroll and former VMI alumnus and standout shooting guard Austin Kenon. Carroll and Kenon fill the vacancies created
UCF men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins announced the hiring of Vince Taylor as an assistant coach for the Knights on Friday. Taylor is a veteran assistant coach, who has worked at both the collegiate ranks and in the NBA. He also played professionally for 13 seasons after a standout career at Duke. “We’re extremely
A former Cougar standout on the basketball court and 20-year coaching veteran, Bennie Seltzer returns to Pullman to join Ernie Kent’s staff as an assistant men’s basketball coach, Kent announced Friday. “I’m very excited to announce Bennie Seltzer as our newest assistant coach at Washington State University,” Kent said. “Bennie was an outstanding player at
San Francisco State has promoted assistant Vince Inglima to interim men’s basketball coach for the 2017-18 season, announced Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie on Friday. “I’m glad that Vince has agreed to serve as interim head men’s basketball coach for next season. He will help keep the continuity within the program as we move forward,”
Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball coach Lamont Paris announced three new members to his first staff. It includes completing his on-court staff with Ohio University assistant Aaron Fuss being offered and accepting the position. Fuss spent nine seasons with the Bobcats. He started as the director of basketball operations before ascending to assistant coach in 2012.
Catching up on some things as we cruise into Memorial Day weekend… I have heard that John Groce will name Eastern Florida State College assistant coach Cole Pittis as the Director of Basketball Operations at Akron. Before joining the EFSC staff, Pittis worked as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Keith Dambrot at Akron.
Brandon Lincoln, who completed his third season as a Montana State men’s basketball assistant coach this spring, has accepted the position of head coach at Providence High School in Burbank, California. “I couldn’t be happier for Brandon,” Bobcat head coach Brian Fish said. “He did a great job for us and will be a tremendous
HoopDirt.com can confirm through a great source that DIII SUNY Maritime will name Mike Berkun as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Frank McQuail who spent the 2016-17 season as the interim head coach for the Privateers. Berkun has spent the past three seasons on the staff at DII Daemen College (NY), serving
Jake Presutti, who has served as video coordinator for the Marquette University men’s basketball program the last three seasons, has been promoted to director of basketball operations, head coach Steve Wojciechowski announced Thursday morning. Presutti, whose official title will be Director of Basketball Operations & Video Coordination, will continue to manage the program’s video operations
