North Dakota State’s Jayden Olson has been promoted to associate head coach of the Bison men’s basketball team, head coach David Richman announced Wednesday. Olson is entering his third season at NDSU after joining Richman’s staff in April 2014. “Coach Olson has made a tremendous impact on our program and our culture in two short
Rick Karius Named Director of Basketball Operations at South Dakota
Rick Karius has been named as the new director of basketball operations for University of South Dakota head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith. Karius has spent the last two years in the profession, including one year each at Bradley and Green Bay. “Rick brings a wealth of experience to USD that will help our program
Dwayne Killings Named Assistant Basketball Coach at UConn
UConn men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie has announced the addition of Dwayne Killings to the Huskies’ coaching staff as a fulltime assistant coach. Killings has experience dealing with every level of basketball from AAU ball through the NBA. For the past five years (2011-2016), he has been an assistant coach on the staff of
Canisius Dirt…
I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now
Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned former Canisius assistant Mike Iuzzolino will join Andy Toole’s staff at Robert Morris. Iuzzolino was not retained at Canisius when Reggie Witherspoon took over this past spring. He had been an assistant with the Golden Griffins for the past two seasons, and had also worked as the DBO at New Mexico. Iuzzolino
Matt Croci Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at DIII Wittenberg University
Wittenberg athletics has removed the interim tag from head men’s basketball coach Matt Croci, officially making him the 19th head coach in school history, the university announced on Tuesday. Croci accepted the position of interim head coach after the resignation of long time head coach Bill Brown on June 2. With 18 years of coaching
Josh Wolfe Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Western Illinois
Western Illinois men’s basketball head coach Billy Wright announced that Josh Wolfe has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2016-17 season marks Wolfe’s fourth year on the Leatherneck staff. “I would like to thank Coach Wright for this honor,” said Wolfe. “I am extremely humbled to serve as the associate head coach at Western Illinois University.
Taylor Land takes over as St. Edward’s Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach
St. Edward’s University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andre Cook has announced the addition of former Hilltopper, Taylor Land as his new assistant coach. Land has been a player/coach for the Rockingham Flames in Australia’s State Basketball League since 2014. As a coach, Land served as an assistant since arriving in Rockingham, while also holding the
Bruce Evans Returns to North Florida Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff
University of North Florida head men’s basketball coach Matthew Driscoll announced the hiring of coaching veteran Bruce Evans as an assistant coach for the Ospreys. Evans, who was a part of Driscoll’s original UNF coaching staffs from 2009-12, returns to North Florida following a four-year stint as the Director of Player Development at Georgia Tech
Lackawanna College Names Brian Coyle Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Lackawanna College and its Athletic Department have announced that it has hired Brian Coyle as their Head Men’s Basketball Coach. No stranger to Lackawanna Basketball, he served as an assistant coach during the 2014-2015 season. On learning of his selection as Lackawanna’s next head basketball coach, Coyle said, “I am looking forward to returning to
Greg Herenda Inks Five-Year Extension at FDU
Fairleigh Dickinson University has announced that head men’s basketball coach Greg Herenda has signed a contract extension to remain at the helm of the Northeast Conference Champion Knights through the 2020-21 season. “I am extremely excited, thankful and appreciative of this commitment to me and my family by President Christopher Capuano, Metropolitan Campus Provost Robert
OFFICIAL: Kuntz Named Head Coach at Post University
Thanks to great sources who had us out in front of this one on Saturday (DII DIRT). It’s now been made official – Post University has named Mark Kuntz its new head men’s basketball coach. Kuntz joins the Eagles after spending the previous four years as the assistant coach at the University of New Hampshire.