Mike Brown has been added to the Purdue Northwest University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. He joins the Pride after serving one season as an assistant coach at Maryville University in Saint Louis, Mo. Brown helped the Saints finish the season with a record of 20-8, an 11 game win improvement from the
Mississippi Gulf Coast Names Kyle Cooper Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has hired Kyle Cooper to be its new assistant men’s basketball coach under head coach Wendell Weathers. “I’m excited to be joining the Gulf Coast family,” he said. “I would like to thank Coach Weathers and Athletic Director Steven Campbell for this great opportunity. Gulf Coast has a rich tradition
Tyler Papadinis named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Rhodes College
Rhodes College Executive Director of Athletics Portia Hoeg has announced the hiring of Tyler Papadinis as head men’s basketball coach, effective August 15th. Papadinis is the seventh men’s basketball coach at Rhodes since World War II. He replaces Mike DeGeorge, who resigned to take another position in May. Papadinis arrives at Rhodes after spending the past three seasons at
Winston-Salem State Dirt…
Earlier this week, I reported that Ricky Wilson was no longer the head coach at Baton Rouge CC (JUCO DIRT). It now sounds like Wilson is headed to Winston-Salem State as an assistant coach. Wilson had spent the past six seasons at BRCC, and served on the staff at Southern Mississippi before that. He and
Von Washington Named Director of Basketball Operations at Western Illinois
Von Washington has been added to Western Illinois’ basketball program as the director of basketball operations. “I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to be apart of the basketball staff. I look forward to the opportunity to be able to learn and increase my knowledge of the game,” said Washington. “I also am excited
OFFICIAL: Lance Irvin Named Head Basketball Coach at Chicago State
Following up on my tweet from yesterday…it’s now been made official that Lance Irvin has been named as the head basketball coach at Chicago State. Irvin was first named as a candidate here by HoopDirt.com back on 6/4 (Chicago State Search Update). An official press conference will be held tomorrow 8/8. Here’s the press release
Taylor Lavery Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Central Wyoming
Taylor Lavery has been tabbed as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Central Wyoming College. He will be involved in all areas of the program, including day-to-day operations, recruiting, opponent scouting, player development and building and organizing travel plans. Prior to CWC, Lavery spent one season as an assistant at Holy Names University in Oakland,
Metropolitan State Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Metropolitan State University of Denver men’s basketball coach Michael Bahl announced Tuesday the addition of two assistants to his coaching staff. Jeremy Johnston joins the Roadrunners after spending the past three seasons as the head coach at Northwest Kansas Technical College. Brandon Cole comes to MSU Denver after one season as an assistant coach and
Michigan’s Beilein Undergoes Successful Heart Procedure
University of Michigan Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced this morning (Tuesday, Aug. 7) that U-M’s David and Meredith Kaplan men’s basketball coach John Beilein underwent a successful, scheduled double bypass procedure at U-M’s Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center. Beilein’s scheduled procedure was performed by Michigan Medicine’s Francis D. Pagani, M.D.,
JUCO DIRT: Change made at Baton Rouge CC
I can confirm that Ricky Wilson is no longer the head basketball coach at Baton Rouge Community College. Wilson had led the Bears for the past six seasons, and was named as the Louisiana Junior College Coach of the Year in 2012-2013 and 2016-2017 by the LABC. He worked for Larry Eustachy at Southern Mississippi
DII DIRT: Elizabeth City State Search Update
I have heard from multiple sources that there are at least four finalists for the vacant head coach position at DII Elizabeth City State University (NC). The names that I have heard are: Alfred Johnson – Head Coach Valley Forge Military College Dwayne “Redz” Saunders – Current Interim Head Coach ECSU Shawn Walker – Former
Jewell Named Men’s Basketball Graduate Assistant at Wisconsin
A former student-manager and assistant video coordinator at Creighton, Kevin Jewell joined the Wisconsin men’s basketball staff and will serve as a graduate assistant for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Jewell is enrolled in the educational leadership and policy analysis masters program and will assist UW’s director of basketball operations with scheduling and administrative duties.