Author Archives: The DirtKing

Akbar Waheed Named Assistant at Hofstra

Hofstra University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich announced today that Akbar Waheed has joined the Pride coaching staff as an assistant coach. Waheed replaces Shane Nichols, who departed for a similar position at Murray State. “Akbar will be a tremendous addition to an already strong staff here at Hofstra,” commented Mihalich. “Akbar was on

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Charleston Southern Dirt II…

I can confirm that Joey Murdock has been hired as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern.  Murdock has been an assistant at Pensacola State College (FL) for the past five seasons.  Before that, he was a GA under Jeff Lebo at Auburn and also spent time as a high school coach in Florida.  He was one of

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Virginia Staff Update

Virginia men’s basketball head coach Tony Bennett has promoted assistant coach Ron Sanchez to associate head coach. Bennett also promoted Vic Sfera to director of scouting/recruiting and recently added Orlando Vandross as the director of recruiting/player development. Sanchez has served as an assistant coach at Virginia for the last six seasons after holding the same

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B180 Basketball Fundamental Skills Program Improves Basketball Players’ Academic Reading Skills

The B180 Basketball Fundamental Skills Program Improves Basketball Players’ Academic Reading Skills Average 20 and 10 = Improve 20 Lexile Levels in 10 days www.b180basketball.com What Makes the B180 Basketball Fundamental Skills Program the Most Complete Basketball Skills Training Program Ever Put On Cards According to a recent report by CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/ student athletes’ reading

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Southwestern (TX) Names Zac Graham Assistant

Southwestern University Director of Athletics Dr. Glada Munt and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Janson Hightower announced that Zac Graham will be the assistant coach for the men’s basketball team. Graham comes to Southwestern after serving two seasons as the graduate assistant at St. Edward’s University. Graham was a part of the coaching staff that guided

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Adam Williams Named Assistant at Longwood

Adam Williams, former guard at the University of Kentucky and Marshall University, joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, Longwood head coach Jayson Gee announced. The son of collegiate hall of fame player and coach Tex Williams, Adam Williams comes to Longwood after a three-year stint as assistant director of basketball operations

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OFFICIAL: Lafayette Staff Finalized

HoopDirt.com has mentioned these moves over the past month.  They have now been finalized by Lafayette head coach Fran O’Hanlon. O’Hanlon announced the return of Matt Blue and the addition of Jimmy Fenerty, as well as the promotion of Pat Doherty as he finalized the program’s staff on Monday. Doherty, entering his seventh season on

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Taylor Resigns at Paris JC (TX)

Paris Junior College will soon be missing a basketball coach, but not for long, according to Paris Junior College president Dr. Pam Anglin. “Coach Chuck Taylor is leaving us for a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team in North Carolina,” said Dr. Anglin. “We will miss him but we’re thankful for the time he’s

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Western Kentucky Dirt…

I have heard from a great source that William Monts has been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at Western Kentucky.  Monts has spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Warren Wilson College (NC).  Before becoming the head coach at WWC, Monts was an assistant at Georgia Southwestern State, and before that spent

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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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