Damon Stoudamire will leave his position as an assistant at Arizona to re-join the staff at Memphis. The former NBA and Arizona star was an assistant at Memphis from 2011 to 2013 before returning to his alma mater. Stoudamire confirmed the move on Twitter with the following Tweets: I tell you the last 72
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OFFICIAL: Konkol Named Head Coach at Louisiana Tech
In a press conference on Monday, Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland introduced former University of Miami assistant coach Eric Konkol as the new head coach of Bulldog Basketball. The announcement of the 18th head coach in program history comes 11 days after the job became open with former LA Tech coach Michael White accepting
JUCO Dirt…
Some things I’ve heard from the Junior Colleges… The search to replace assistant coach Josh Sash at State Fair CC (MO) is on. The three names that I’ve heard are: Adam Short (assistant coach Missouri West Plains), Evan Lavery (assistant coach Rock Valley College), and Matt Sherman (assistant coach William Jewell College). Sash became an
DII DIRT: Rockhurst Finalists
According to multiple sources, there are four finalists at DII Rockhurst University (MO). They are in the hunt to replace Bill O’Connor who retired back in March after 21-seasons at the school. From what I have heard, the final group includes: Dave Bezold – Former head coach Northern Kentucky. Spent 11-seasons as the head coach
OFFICIAL: Cornell Assistant Sears Hired at Montclair State
HoopDirt.com first reported Cornell Assistant Marlon Sears involvement at Montclair State back on May 6th (Daily Dirt – 5/6/15). He has now been officially hired as the 15th head coach in the history of the program. Sears comes to Montclair State following five seasons at Cornell University under head coach Bill Courtney. He became Courtney’s
Small College Dirt – 5/17/15
Sitting at my oldest son’s AAU tournament all weekend. Here are two quick things that I’ve heard while watching him bury three’s, but be afraid to go hard to the basket… Multiple sources have told me that new Randolph-Macon head coach Josh Merkel will hire Josh King and Dave Matturro as assistant coaches. King is
Central Florida Dirt…
I have now heard from multiple sources that Harvard assistant Christian Webster will become an assistant at Central Florida. He will replace Tim Thomas who departed the UCF staff earlier this spring. Webster is a 2013 Harvard graduate who just wrapped up his second season on Tommy Amaker’s staff. As a player, Harvard won at least
Norm Parrish Named Assistant at Hawaii
University of Hawai’i men’s basketball head coach Eran Ganot announced the second addition to his coaching staff with the hiring of Norm Parrish as assistant coach for the Rainbow Warriors. Parrish comes to Hawai’i after four seasons as the Director of Operations at the University of Utah and brings 20 years of experience as the
HOT: Miami Assistant Konkol the Choice at Louisiana Tech
Multiple media outlets are now reporting that Miami assistant Eric Konkol will become the next head coach at Louisiana Tech. Konkol as been an assistant to Jim Larranaga at UM for the past four seasons – he also spent seven seasons with Larranaga at George Mason. He wil replace Michael White, who took over for Billy
Daily Dirt – 5/15/15
Busy Friday here at HD….here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Sounds like there’s some movement on the administrative staff at Northern Arizona. I have heard that Director of Basketball Operations Landon Cosby has departed. He joined the NAU staff in 2014 after spending three seasons as an assistant at Salt Lake CC.
Arizona’s Miller Named Head Coach of USA U19 Team
USA Basketball announced that University of Arizona head coach Sean Miller has been named head coach of the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Championship Team. Billy Donovan was originally named head coach before departing the University of Florida for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. As an assistant to Donovan and working alongside Ed Cooley