Robert Morris Illinois Head Men’s Basketball Coach Al Bruehl has announced that the 2016-2017 season will be his last on the Eagles’ bench, as he is retiring from collegiate coaching at the end of the year. The legendary coach will remain active with RMU Athletics as Director of Basketball Operations, overseeing both the RMU Men’s
HOT: Fresno State, Rodney Terry agree on contract extension through 2021
Rodney Terry, who is in his sixth season as Fresno State’s head men’s basketball coach, has committed to a new 5-year contract, which was finalized on Wednesday, through 2021. “It is an incredible honor to be the head coach here at Fresno State and I’m very excited about what we have built,” Terry said. “We’re really
HoopDirt.com Tracker: 2016-17 Coaching Changes
HD Tracker: 2016-17 Coaching Changes HoopDirt.com’s popular Coaching Changes Tracker returns (yes, already!) to reflect coaching changes made during the 2016-17 season, as we begin to look ahead to the 2017 coaching carousel. Yet again, the HD staff will be tracking head coaching changes at all levels of college basketball (NCAA DI, D2, D3, NAIA
Lamar’s Tic Price wins #200
Sophomore Nick Garth scored 22 points to lead the Lamar University men’s basketball team to a milestone victory Monday night over Liberty, 82-65. The win was LU head coach Tic Price’s 200th career victory. “Tonight is not about me but Lamar University,” said Price. “When I woke up this morning, I wasn’t thinking about getting
HOT: Concordia-Moorhead Men’s Basketball Coach Rich Glas To Retire, Grant Hemmingsen Hired
Concordia-Moorhead men’s basketball coach Rich Glas announced his retirement in a press conference on Monday in Moorhead, MN. Glas, who is in his ninth year at Concordia, will end his 37-year career as a college head coach at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season. “I’m not retiring from coaching basketball until this season is done,”
WEEK 5: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by The Hoop Group
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 5 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by The Hoop Group. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by the Hoop Group which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2016-17 college basketball season. Nominations for next week’s award
HOT JUCO DIRT: Dave Clarke Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Owens CC (OH)
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Owens Community College head coach Dave Clarke has resigned from his position effective immediately. Clarke was in his sixth season as the head coach at OCC – his team is currently 8-4 (1-1). In his first five seasons, Clarke had guided the program to a 118-44 record. He had led his
Kelly Wells becomes all-time wins leader at UPIKE
Kelly Wells became the all-time basketball wins leader at the University of Pikeville as his team dismantled visiting Bob Jones (S.C.) 77-53 on Friday night at the East Ky. Expo Center. Former women’s basketball coach Bill Watson held the record, leading the Bears to 242 wins in his 16 seasons, before Wells grabbed win number
Win #800 for West Virginia’s Bob Huggins
With yesterday’s 112-67 rout of UMKC, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins became just the 10th coach in NCAA Division I history to win his 800th career game. Huggins now joins a college basketball who’s who of coaches that includes Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Calhoun, Jim Phelan, Eddie
BREAKING: Morehead State Head Coach Sean Woods Resigns
Morehead State Director of Athletics Brian Hutchinson has released the following statement regarding head coach Sean Woods and the men’s basketball program: Morehead State University has been involved in an extensive administrative review resulting from an incident reported to the institution by members of the men’s basketball team. The investigation was conducted independently from the
BRIAN BARONE: Self Awareness in Coaching…First Five Minutes
Most of us are in the middle of our season right now so let’s keep this light. I am about to compare game planning to emptying a dishwasher. Yep… You can lose a game in the first five minutes, but you can’t win a game in the first five minutes. This is what I would call
Rollie Massimino Wins 800th Career Game
Keiser University head basketball coach Rollie Massimino won the 800th game of his career last night with a 77-47 trouncing over visiting Trinity Baptist. Massimino has now joined the prestigious 800 win club that includes two other active coaches in Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim (and soon to be West