Bilal Batley, who served as Paris Junior College’s assistant basketball coach in the Dragons’ 2013-2014 season that culminated in a trip to the national tournament, is returning as head coach. That year the team won both regular season and conference tournament championships, finishing with a record of 26-8 and ending the year in the Sweet
USC Staff Update
Pat O’Connell has been named Director of Basketball Operations and Martin Bahar has been hired as the Director of Scouting and Video Operations, it was announced by USC men’s basketball head coach Andy Enfield. O’Connell comes to USC from Towson where he served the past three seasons as the Director of Student-Athlete Development on the
Daily Dirt – 7/16/15
A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Eastern Wyoming has named Neal Sherbeyn as the interim head coach. He replaces Casey Jones who recently resigned. Sherbeyn spent last season as an assistant for the women’s team at EWC. Dixie State assistant Ryan Sanchez has resigned to pursue opportunities outside of basketball. He played at Dixie State
DIII Dirt: Assistants on the Move…
Musical chairs with a few DIII assistants… Wesleyan assistant Tim McLaughlin has headed to Rochester where he will become an assistant. The former BC manager had been at Wesleyan since 2013 and worked at Wentworth before that. Replacing McLaughlin at Wesleyan will be Bard College assistant Max Sass. He was a GA at Hofstra before joining
Rider Names Casey Brinn Director of Basketball Operations
Casey Brinn has been named the Director of Basketball Operations at Rider University, Rider men’s basketball coach Kevin Baggett announced. Brinn comes to Rider from Northwestern University, where he was a graduate assistant with the men’s basketball team. “I am very excited to have Casey joining our staff,” said Baggett, the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic
Raheem Mapp Promoted to DBO at Temple
Raheem Mapp, who has worked with the Temple University men’s basketball program in various capacities since 2006, has been promoted to Director of Men’s Basketball Operations, announced head coach Fran Dunphy. Mapp, who earned both his bachelor’s (2009) and master’s (2013) degrees in sport and recreation management from Temple, just completed his fifth year as
Mark Richmond Joins Fordham Staff
Mark Richmond, former assistant coach and director of basketball operations at East Tennessee State, has been named men’s basketball director of player development at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Jeff Neubauer. Richmond’s responsibilities will include assisting with the evaluation of video, development of practice and game schedules, and assisting Coach Neubauer
Gallaudet Names Kevin Kovacs Head Coach
Gallaudet University alum and former Bison student-athlete Kevin Kovacs has been selected as the new men’s basketball head coach as announced by Athletic Director Michael Weinstock. Kovacs will begin his new duties on August 17. “It is great to welcome Kevin back to the Gallaudet community. I love his energy and motivation that he will
NJIT Staff Update…
Kim Waiters, who will be in his first full time college coaching position, has joined the NJIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant, Highlanders head coach Jim Engles announced. Engles also announced the appointment of Andrew McGlynn as Director of Basketball Operations. Waiters got involved with coaching when he was an undergraduate at Robert Morris
Simmons Receives Extension at McNeese State
Dave Simmons has signed a three-year extension at McNeese State. Simmons, who will be entering his 10th season at McNeese, is the first coach in school history to take his team to back-to-back national postseason tournaments (2011 NIT; 2012 CBI). During his time at McNeese, he’s won 127 games and passed Wayne Cusic last season
Chrys Cornelius Named Assistant at Bethune-Cookman
Bethune-Cookman University Men’s Head Basketball Coach Gravelle Craig announced the appointment of Chrys Cornelius as assistant coach. Cornelius, 42, comes to B-CU from Wisconsin – Green Bay, where the Phoenix have won 95 games, including a 48-17 record the past two seasons. In 2013-14, Green Bay won the Horizon League and made an NIT appearance.
Terrence Commodore Joins Eastern Kentucky Staff
Kentucky native Terrence Commodore will join the Eastern Kentucky men’s basketball staff as Director of Player Personnel. Commodore’s duties at EKU will include planning recruiting schedules for staff, assisting in on-campus official visits by recruits, and serving as a liaison between players and the coaching staff. “TC will be instrumental in our on-campus recruiting and