Southern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Barry Hinson announced that he has hired former Hawaii and Marquette assistant Brad Autry to fill the opening on his staff. The position opened up three weeks ago when SIU’s associate head coach Tom Hankins left for a head-coaching position at Central Oklahoma. Autry coached last season on
Charleston Southern Dirt…
I have now heard from multiple sources that there are three candidates for the vacant assistant spot at Charleston Southern. From what I have heard, all three candidates have already interviewed. The names that I have heard are: Thomas Butters – Video Coordinator Charleston Southern. Joined the CSU staff prior to last season. Worked in
OFFICIAL: Iowa State Names Steve Prohm Head Coach
Steve Prohm, the 2012 Basketball Times National Coach of the Year who compiled a 104-29 record in four seasons as the head coach at Murray State – has been named the 20th head coach in Iowa State men’s basketball history, announced today by Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard. Prohm will be formally introduced at
OFFICIAL: Harris Named Head Coach at UMass-Boston
Thanks to some great sources for getting HoopDirt.com out in front of this one. We first reported back on May 31st that Jay Harris had been hired as the head coach at UMass-Boston. It was made official today… Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation, Special Projects and Programs Charlie Titus has named Jason Harris as
Basketball HQ Monday: Two Minute Magic Basketball Shooting Drill
This shooting drill is named after the Orlando Magic because they use it in their workouts to see how well a player can shoot the basketball. It is instructed in this video by NBA skill development coach Ryan Pannone. The goal of this type of drill is to not only get up a high number of
Saturday Dirt – 6/6/15
Two schools who will name head coaches next week… Shaw University (NC) – NCAA DII – Joel Hopkins will be named as the new head coach at Shaw. HoopDirt.com first mentioned Hopkins as the “hot” name here back on 5/12 (Daily Dirt – 5/12/15). Hopkins was the head coach at Shaw in the early 2000’s
OFFICIAL: Earl Names Staff at VMI
We’ve been talking about this one for a while here at HoopDirt.com. Back on June 1st, we mentioned that Steve Lepore, Chris Kreider, and Jason Slay would be hired by Dan Earl as assistant coaches at VMI. It has now been made official. All three have been named as assistant coaches for the Keydets. Lepore
Siena Dirt…
I have heard that Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos will hire Ben Asher as the Saints new director of basketball operations. Asher has been a graduate assistant under Mark Gottfried for the past two seasons. Before that, he worked as manager for Bob Huggins at West Virginia. The New York native has also previously worked
Rob Jones Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Richmond
Richmond men’s basketball’s Rob Jones has been promoted to associate head coach, head coach Chris Mooney announced today. “Rob has been with us for all of my years here at Richmond,” Mooney said. “He has played an integral part in our success over the last decade, and has worked diligently to help our student-athletes, our
Fox Named DBO at Louisiana Tech
Having already brought on board an associate head coach and an assistant coach, Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol announced Friday the hiring of Andy Fox as the new director of basketball operations. Fox comes to LA Tech from Tulane where he has spent the past five years with head coach Ed Conroy as an
HOT: Patrick Beilein Named Head Coach at LeMoyne
Le Moyne College Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Matt Bassett announced this morning the hiring of Patrick Beilein as the eighth head men’s basketball coach in program history. Beilein replaces Steve Evans, who was promoted to Associate Director of Athletics last month after a 15-year tenure in charge of the Dolphins. Beilein, the
Wright State Dirt…
I can confirm that Wright State head coach Billy Donlon has hired Patrice Days as an assistant. Days has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Abilene Christian. Prior to that, he has been an assistant at Arlington Country Day School (FL), and Vermont Academy. Days also has DI administrative experience – he