Bethune-Cookman University Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ryan Ridder today announced his inaugural coaching staff. Dominique Taylor will join as Associate Head Coach while Jeff Clapacs and Woody Taylor will serve as assistant coaches for the 2017-2018 season. “I am excited about the staff we have been able to assemble.” Ridder said. “We were extremely patient
HoopDirt.com can confirm an ESPN report that Wofford Associate Head Coach Dustin Kerns will be named as the new head coach at Presbyterian. A 2:30 press conference has been scheduled for tomorrow to make the official announcement. Kerns has been on Mike Young’s staff for the past six seasons. He also spent six seasons as
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Billy Gillispie has returned as the head basketball coach at Ranger College. Back in December, Gillispie had announced that he was stepping away citing health concerns. He has now apparently gotten his health back in order, and will be back on the bench next season. It sounds like assistant coach Josh
Pat Kelsey announced that Mike Howland has been promoted to assistant coach after spending the last two seasons as the director of basketball operations. “Mike has done a phenomenal job in his time here at Winthrop and has earned this opportunity,” said Kelsey. “He has a very keen basketball mind and has a very bright
Virginia Military Institute head coach Dan Earl has lost two assistant coaches this off-season – Jason Slay became an assistant at Youngstown State, and Chris Kreider joined the staff at Rice. I have now heard from good sources that their replacements will be Kevin Carroll and Austin Kenon. Carroll was most recently the head basketball
HoopDirt.com has learned that Dodge City CC Head Coach Kyle Campbell will become an assistant coach at Sam Houston State. Campbell has been at DCCC for the last five seasons. This past year, his squad went 20-11 and were led by SHSU signee, and All-American honorable mention F Josh Boutte. Before becoming the head coach
On Thursday, Jordan Altman accepted the position of Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Cloud County Community College, pending approval by the Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees. If approved, Altman would become the fifth head coach in the program’s 51-year history. Altman comes to Concordia after spending two seasons as an assistant at Garden
Lamont Smith, head coach for the University of San Diego men’s basketball program, announced the hiring of two new staff members. Terrence Rencher joins the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Additionally, Lance LaVetter is coming onboard as Director of Basketball Operations. Terrence Rencher joins USD from the University of New Mexico where he was
Highland Community College has named Chad Boudreau as the new Highland Cougar Men’s Basketball head coach. He replaces Tone Boyle, who accepted a position as assistant coach at Eastern Illinois University after leading the Highland program for the past three seasons, earning a berth to the NJCAA National Tournament this past March. Boudreau comes to
Colorado Christian University has announced the hiring of Jeff Hironaka, who has served as the Head Coach of perennial DII Basketball Power Seattle Pacific University, Assisted at Washington State & Portland State Universities respectively, to lead the next era of CCU men’s basketball. “We are extremely excited to hire Coach Hiro, (Pronounced “Hero”) who is
Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams has announced the promotion of Steve Roccaforte to associate head coach. Roccaforte just completed his third season as an assistant coach with the program. He has nearly 30 years of Division I basketball coaching experience, including time as the head coach at Lamar University (2006-10). Known as
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Yale head coach James Jones will add Tobe Carberry to his staff as an assistant coach. He will replace Anthony Goins who became an assistant at Quinnipiac earlier this spring. Carberry spent last season as an assistant at LIU Brooklyn, and worked at Central Connecticut for two seasons before that. The
