During the Central Florida’s home game against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, UCFKnights.com had a chance to follow Head Coach Donnie Jones from the time he arrived at the CFE Arena to his post game press conference. Checkout his entire day in the video below. Story and Video by Chip Fontanazza
Happy New Year from HoopDirt.com!
Wishing all of our readers a happy and healthy 2016! Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. ~Helen Keller
Cross Becomes All-time Wins Leader at UT Arlington
Scott Cross now sits alone as UT Arlington’s all-time winningest coach after the Mavericks stormed back to beat Georgia State 85-70 Wednesday night in the Sun Belt opener at College Park Center. Cross improved to 163-130 in his 10th season as head coach, surpassing Eddie McCarter (162-199) who coached from 1992-2006. Cross played for and
Wyoming’s Larry Shyatt Receives Reprimand from Mountain West Conference
Wyoming men’s basketball head coach Larry Shyatt has been issued a public reprimand for his comments made earlier today critical of the recent decisions by the Mountain West Board of Directors regarding the MW Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The public criticism was in violation of MW Sportsmanship Rule Sections 4.2-e and 4.4.5. It is
HOT: Steve Wojciechowski Receives Extension at Marquette
Marquette University head men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski’s contract has been extended through the conclusion of the 2021-22 campaign, Vice President & Director of Athletics Bill Scholl announced Tuesday afternoon. “We are thrilled with the direction the program is heading under Steve’s leadership,” Scholl said. “This extension not only illustrates our commitment to what Steve
Western New Mexico Assistant Matt Enriquez Named Mustangs Women’s Interim Head Coach
Having turned around the Western New Mexico University women’s basketball program in just three-plus seasons, Rusty Kennedy will be moving on after resigning as the head coach of the WNMU women’s basketball program effective immediately to pursue an athletic director position at Midway University in Kentucky. WNMU Hall of Famer and current men’s basketball assistant
Week 6: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for week 6 of the college basketball season. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season. The
OFFICIAL: Pasiak out at Onondaga CC
One month after being suspended over allegations of misconduct, Dave Pasiak is officially out as the head basketball coach at Onondaga CC. There has been no official statement by OCC, but Pasiak’s name has been removed from the athletics website. Pasiak did release the following statement: Onondaga Lazers basketball has been my life for over
Merry Christmas from HoopDirt.com!
From the HoopDirt.com family to yours…we wish you a Merry Christmas! Hopefully you can take some time this holiday season to appreciate all that is good (and take a few hours to watch Elf!). Merry Christmas! ~HoopDirt.com
Win #400 for Augustana’s Grey Giovanine
Augustana head coach Grey Giovanine won the 400th game of his career last night with a 76-58 victory over George Fox University. Giovanine, who was named HoopDirt.com’s DIII Coach of the Week last week, won 80 games at Division I Lamar before his school-record 320 wins at Augustana. Tabbed as the 2015 Basketball Times National Coach of the Year after
Daily Roundup – 12/23/15
New Mexico DBO Cody Hopkins has been placed on paid leave as UNM conducts an internal investigation into the use of his university credit card. In a statement released by New Mexico VP for Athletics Paul Krebs, he said “We are working closely with Internal Auditing in assessing recent transactions from Hopkins’ purchasing card. We
NCAA Announces Sanctions on Violations at Hawaii
Sanctions on the University of Hawaii men’s basketball program were announced Tuesday morning by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The penalties stem from an investigation that began in January of 2014 after Hawaii self-reported several violations within its men’s basketball program. Since the investigation started, Hawaii has released head coach Gib Arnold, and new head