University of Miami men’s basketball head coach Jim Larrañaga announced the elevation of graduate assistant Peter Matthews to Assistant Director of Recruiting and Player Development. Matthews, who will complete his Master of Science in education and sports administration at Miami over the summer, spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant with the men’s
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Monaghan named Assistant Basketball Coach at Wyoming
Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of Pat Monaghan to the Cowboy coaching staff on Friday. He brings 18 years of coaching experience to the Cowboys as he helped Wicks turnaround Green Bay a season ago. “I’m very excited to join coach Wicks in Wyoming and continue our vison that we started
D2 DIRT: Newberry opens; Taylor to become D1 assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Jason Taylor is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D2 Newberry College, and will be named as an assistant at Morehead State. Taylor had been the head coach at Newberry since 2019, where he has compiled a 65-61 (.561) record. He also worked as the
Ferguson named Assistant Coach/Director of Operations at James Madison
James Madison Head Coach Preston Spradlin has announced the hire of Dionte Ferguson as the program’s new assistant coach/director of operations for the 2024-25 season. Ferguson has previous ties to Spradlin’s program at Morehead State and joins the Dukes after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant at the University of Indianapolis. “I am excited to add Dionte
Hundley named Head Basketball Coach at Nichols College
Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack Hayes has announced the hiring of Tyler Hundley as the next Head Coach of the Nichols College Men’s Basketball team. Hundley, the three-time MASCAC Coach of the Year, comes to “The Hill” after six seasons at the helm of the Lancers of Worcester State University. “We are excited
Parker named Head Basketball Coach at RIT
RIT Executive Director of Athletics Jacqueline Nicholson announced Dominic Parker has been named Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball team. Parker brings a championship resume to Rochester following over 10 years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I, II, III and NJCAA levels, including a run to the NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals
Mineral Area CC announces Tony Irons as new Head Basketball Coach
Mineral Area College has hired Tony Irons as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Coach Irons replaces former Head Coach Greg Heiar, who accepted the head men’s basketball coaching position at Trinity Valley Community College in April. Coach Irons has been the head boys basketball coach at Vashon High School since 2015. In his nine seasons as head coach at Vashon, Irons has won seven Missouri State
Jadzak named Assistant Basketball Coach at Illinois College
Zack Jadzak has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Illinois College, it was announced today by Blueboys’ head coach Steve Schweer. “We are very excited to add Zack to our coaching staff. It is always our goal to surround our program with the best people we can. To be able to add a veteran coach
LaMonta Stone named Assistant Basketball Coach at Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery has started to put together his coaching staff as he announced that longtime Detroit native LaMonta Stone will join the Titans as an assistant coach. “I have known LaMonta for a long time and his passion and knowledge of the game will be a great asset to our student-athletes,” said
Utah State Basketball Staff Update
Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun has named Eric Haut as the program’s associate head coach, and hired Eric Daniels and Mantoris Robinson as assistant coaches. Press releases on all 3 hirings are below: ERIC HAUT Utah State head men’s basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun announced the hiring of Eric Haut (How-t) as the program’s associate
VMI hires Harrison as Assistant Basketball Coach
VMI head basketball coach Andrew Wilson announced Thursday the hiring of Paul Harrison as the team’s new assistant coach and defensive coordinator. Harrison comes to the Institute by way of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he had been on staff since the 2015-16 season, and he helped Bucknell raise banners in each of his first four seasons. Prior
Reynolds named Assistant Basketball Coach at Wyoming
Cowboy basketball head coach Sundance Wicks announced the addition of Nic Reynolds to the Cowboy coaching staff on Wednesday. The Peoria, Ill. native comes to Wyoming from Green Bay spending one season with Wicks as an assistant coach for the Phoenix. “Nic Reynolds has one trait that a lot of people preach, but very few