Author Archives: The DirtKing

Western Kentucky Staff Update

Western Kentucky head coach Ray Harper announced Tuesday the additions of William Monts as Director of Basketball Operations and Martin Cross as Video Coordinator. Monts spent the last two seasons as the head coach and Sports Information Director at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., where he led the Owls to the USCAA National Tournament in both seasons. Prior to Warren

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Daily Dirt – 7/22/15

Crazy time for the DirtKing – busy week of camp, then sprinting out of there every evening to coach my 11-year old in the State Baseball Tournament.  Completely exhausting few days so far this week, but there is a TON of “dirt” to get caught up on – here’s what I’ve heard… I have heard that Indiana

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Belmont Abbey Names Ryan Saunders Assistant

Barry University men’s basketball assistant coach Ryan Saunders resigned to take a similar position at Belmont Abbey in Charlotte, North Carolina. Saunders, whose family lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., spent the past 12 years at Barry as a player and coach. He has been a member of all five NCAA Tournament teams in the program’s

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Cameron Henderson Named Assistant at Central Oklahoma

New Central Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Tom Hankins announced that Cameron Henderson would be taking over as assistant coach for the Bronchos. Henderson comes to UCO from Connors State, where he served as assistant coach the past three seasons. The Cowboys went 79-18 during Henderson’s tenure and qualified for the junior college national tournament twice.

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DII DIRT: USC-Aiken Update…

The search at USC-Aiken is winding down, and is now down to two finalists.  I have heard that the final four candidates wrapped up on-campus interviews last week, and a decision could come as early as tomorrow.  I have heard that two of the candidates, both current DII head coaches, have pulled out of the

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St. Catharine (KY) Adds Assistant

Head Coach of the Patriot Men’s Basketball team, Joe Krupinski, has announced the hiring of Jamie Jackson as assistant coach. “We are excited to add Jamie Jackson to our staff as we start a new beginning for St. Catharine basketball,” noted Krupinski. “As a Kentucky native, he enjoyed a very good career both at Bellarmine

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Bilal Batley Named Head Coach at Paris JC

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

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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

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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

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