Author Archives: The DirtKing

Panola College (TX) Staff Update

New Panola College (TX) head coach Grant McMillan has finalized his staff for the upcoming season.  McMillan has officially hired Adam Blaylock and Ricardo Johnson as assistant coaches. Adam Blaylock: Prior to Panola College, Blaylock was the top assistant at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska for head coach Dan Anderson. He began coaching at Northeast

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USC Dirt…

I have now heard from two great sources that USC head coach Andy Enfield will add Martin Bahar to his staff as the Director of Scouting and Video Operations.  Bahar was most recently an assistant at Fairfield, where he had been on Sydney Johnson’s staff since 2011. He also worked for Johnson at Princeton and

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Chase Richardson Named Assistant Coach at Troy

Troy men’s basketball head coach Phil Cunningham announced on Thursday the hiring of Chase Richardson as an assistant coach. Richardson worked with Cunningham at Western Kentucky and replaces current East Mississippi Community College head coach Billy Begley. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Coach Cunningham for entrusting me with this great opportunity

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Chattanooga Staff Update

Chattanooga Mocs Head Men’s Basketball Coach Matt McCall had an eventful few months since arriving on April 13 in the Scenic City as the 19th hoops leader in program history. Part of that has been assembling a staff to keep the Mocs fortunes rising. “We’re very excited about our staff,” McCall stated. “We believe we

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Daily Dirt – 7/2/15

Some things that I’ve heard as we cruise in the the 4th of July Weekend…. “Hot” name for the opening at Winona State is Wisconsin Green Bay assistant Randall Herbst.  The Winona State alum joined Linc Darner’s staff this past spring.  He also worked with Darner at Florida Southern, and has been a head coach

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Hollender Joins UMKC Men’s Basketball Staff

UMKC men’s basketball announced Wednesday that Chris Hollender has joined the staff as an assistant coach. He comes to UMKC after three seasons on the staff at Mississippi State. Hollender coached a three-year stint in the same capacity at Evansville, his alma mater, prior to his time at MSU. He was a college teammate of

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Williams Named Head Coach at Harris-Stowe State

Harris-Stowe State University has hired Alfred Williams as its head coach of the Hornet’s men’s basketball program, the school announced today. Williams, 31, has served on head coach Dannton Jackson’s staff at his alma mater Xavier University of Louisiana for the past six seasons (2009-15). During Williams’ tenure as an assistant coach, the Gold Rush

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Jackson State Staff Update

Ben Walker and De’Suan Dixon have been named as assistant coaches of the Jackson State men’s basketball program. Walker comes to JSU following a successful stint as an assistant coach with the Butler Grizzlies. In his only season with the Grizzlies, Walker helped Butler win the Jayhawk West Conference title and reached the NJCAA Division

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Jay Bowen Joins Austin Peay Staff

Austin Peay State University’s newest assistant basketball coach isn’t new to the Governors at all, and certainly not to head Coach Dave Loos. Jay Bowen, who served as the Governors basketball assistant in 2001-02, is back at APSU for a second time and a third with APSU’s head coach. He replaces Bubba Wells, who resigned

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Baba Diallo Named DBO at DePaul

DePaul basketball coach Dave Leitao announced today that Baba Diallo has been added to the staff as assistant director of basketball operations. Diallo spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Tulsa. “Baba will be a valuable asset for our program in this support role,” said Leitao. “After working with him last year

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