FDU Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jack Castleberry announced the promotion of Josh Hayes to Associate Head Coach. The elevation comes ahead of Hayes’ third season in Hackensack. “We are incredibly lucky to have Josh on our staff,” said Castleberry. “I’ve had the privilege of working with him for four years and there is no one who’s counsel I trust
Purdue University Northwest names Ashton as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Purdue University Northwest Athletic Director Rick Costello has named Jordan Ashton as the next head coach for the men’s basketball program. “On behalf of the Purdue University Northwest Pride, I am excited to announce the appointment of Jordan Ashton as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach,” said Costello. “Jordan is a rising star in the coaching profession, with an impressive basketball background and
Spurlock named Assistant Basketball Coach at Penn
The University of Pennsylvania’s new John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Fran McCaffery, has announced the hiring of Tristan Spurlock to his staff as an assistant coach. Spurlock comes to University City following three seasons on McCaffery’s staff at the University of Iowa as the Hawkeyes’ director of player development/assistant coach. In his
Daily Dirt – 4/9/25
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I am on the run today but wanted to get a few quick things out there this am. Will have more later today… Veteran Coach Emerging as Frontrunner in Samford Search It sounds like the search at Samford is wrapping-up. Earlier this week, I mentioned former Stanford and UAB head coach
Wheeler named Assistant Basketball Coach at Iowa
By James Allan, Iowa Athletics Connor Wheeler has been named an assistant coach with the University of Iowa men’s basketball program, it was announced Tuesday by head coach Ben McCollum. Wheeler has eight years of coaching experience at Drake (2024-25), Southeast Missouri State (2022-24), Southern Illinois (2019-22), Southern Miss (2018-19) and Missouri (2016-18). “Connor is a great
D3 DIRT: Trinity (TX) to open; Smith taking D1 assistant job
I can confirm a Jeff Goodman report from earlier today that D3 Trinity (TX) head coach Jimmy Smith is headed to Stephen F. Austin as an assistant coach. Smith has been the Tigers head coach for the past five seasons, where he has gone 98-24 (.803). This past year, he led his team to a
Wingen to Retire After 35 Seasons as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at D3 Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University’s long-time head men’s basketball coach Tony Wingen has announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2025, after 35 seasons at the helm of the Tartan program. Wingen, who joined the university in 1990, retires as the winningest coach in Carnegie Mellon history, with 390 career victories. Under his leadership, the Tartans made three
UMary names Tighe as new Head Basketball Coach
In yesterday’s Daily Dirt, I teased the news that D2 UMary would hire a current NAIA head coach. Here is the official announcement from UMary announcing the move… Darren Tighe, a proven program builder with multiple national tournament appearances and conference championships to his credit, has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at
OFFICIAL: Settembre named Head Basketball Coach at New Mexico Highlands
I mentioned this move in yesterday’s DAILY DIRT. It’s now official – Tarleton State assistant Zach Settembre has been named as the head basketball coach at D2 New Mexico Highlands. Here’s the the release from NMHU: New Mexico Highlands University is excited to announce that Zach Settembre has been named the next head men’s basketball
Virginia Basketball Support Staff Update
University of Virginia Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ryan Odom announced Tuesday (April 8) the additions of Director of Operations Kelsey Knoche, Director of Analytics Matt Hart, Video Coordinator Billy Bales and Director of Recruiting Ahmad Thomas. Knoche, Hart, Bales and Thomas served in similar roles under Odom at VCU the past
D3 Guilford opens; Palombo headed to Longwood as an assistant
I teased this one back on 3/31 (DAILY DIRT)…it’s now official. Guilford College head coach Tom Palombo has joined the staff at Longwood. Here’s the announcement that the Lancers released on the move: New Longwood men’s basketball head coach Ronnie Thomas announced the hiring of long-time coaching veteran and mentor Tom Palombo to the Lancer basketball coaching
D2 DIRT: Florida Tech set to hire SoCon assistant as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on something that I first reported earlier this morning (DAILY DIRT)…. I have heard from multiple sources that D2 Florida Tech intends to hire Wofford Associate Head Coach Will Murphy as their new Head Coach. Murphy joined the Wofford staff as Director of Basketball Operations in June 2017, was promoted