Author Archives: The DirtKing

BREAKING: Mike Davis headed to Detroit Mercy

Texas Southern’s Mike Davis will become the next head basketball coach at Detroit Mercy. Fox 26 in Houston was the first to confirm this. According to the report, “Coach Davis informed me late this afternoon that he was going to accept the head coaching position at Detroit Mercy,” said Dr. Charles McClelland, vice president for

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Appalachian State Announces Two-Year Extension for Men’s Basketball Coach Jim Fox

Appalachian State Director of Athletics Doug Gillin has announced a two-year contract extension for men’s basketball head coach Jim Fox that will be effective through the 2020-21 season. The extension was approved Tuesday by Chancellor Sheri Everts and the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees. “Our men’s basketball program has made progress under Coach Fox’s leadership as they

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Hardy Adds Assistant Basketball Coach at Loyola (MD)

Maryland native Brenden Straughn has joined the Loyola University Maryland men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, the Greyhounds’ new head coach, Tavaras Hardy, announced today. Straughn, who played collegiately at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, has coached at the high school and AAU level in the Washington, D.C., area for the past five years.

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Huggins, Martin Join NABC Board of Directors

West Virginia University head coach Bob Huggins and University of Missouri head coach Cuonzo Martin have accepted invitations to join the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors. The appointment of Huggins and Martin to the board is effective immediately. “Bob Huggins and Cuonzo Martin are two of college basketball’s most well-respected coaches

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Daily Dirt: JUCO EDITION – 6/5/18

Some things that I’ve heard from the JUCO level… I have heard from multiple sources that Rock Valley College (IL) brought five guys to campus: Matt Bowen (former head coach Minnesota Duluth), Rob Buss (former head coach Kishwaukee College), Rusty Elmore (assistant coach Moberly Area CC), Preston Ingram (assistant coach Angelo State), and Tim Sandquist

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Maryland Basketball Staff Update

I mentioned the staff changes in a tweet late last week. They’ve now been made official… Maryland basketball head coach Mark Turgeon announced today that assistant coach Dustin Clark is leaving his position at Maryland after seven years to pursue an opportunity back in his native Texas. Additionally, Matt Brady has been promoted to assistant

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