Former Bowling Green head coach Chris Jans issued an apology today following an incident that led to his dismissal. The statement reads as follows: “On March 21st I made a mistake for which I sincerely apologize. After our final loss of the season I went to a bar to be amongst friends, became intoxicated and
Oats named interim head coach at Buffalo
Athletic Director Danny White has announced that Nate Oats will serve as Interim Head Coach of the State University of New York at Buffalo men’s basketball program. He replaces Bobby Hurley who recently departed to become the head coach at Arizona State. Oats has spent the last two seasons as the lead assistant and recruiting
Daily Dirt – 4/10/15
Some Friday “dirt”… I can confirm through multiple sources that Tony Sheals is no longer the head coach at DII Virginia Union. Sheals was hired last April after spending the previous season as the head coach at Saint Augustine’s University. He has also been the head coach at Delaware State and Bethune-Cookman. VUU went 10-17
Tennessee-Chattanooga Dirt…
Some names are beginning to surface in the search to replace Will Wade at Tennessee-Chattanooga. Parker is handling the search, and they are in the very early stages with this one. I have now spoken to multiple people surrounding this one, and the names that I am hearing are: Rod Balanis – Assistant Coach Notre
BREAKING: Bobby Hurley named head coach at Arizona State
Statement from Ray Anderson, ASU Vice President for University Athletics: I am thrilled to announce Bobby Hurley as the new head men’s basketball coach at Arizona State University. We conducted an exhaustive search and after numerous discussions with many of basketball’s most knowledgeable and respected individuals, one thing became clear: Bobby is the right person to lead
Pickelman Assumes McMurry Hoops Coaching Reins
McMurry University Director of Athletics Sam Ferguson has announced that Zach Pickelman has been selected as the University’s new men’s basketball head coach. Pickelman is the 16th men’s basketball head coach in McM school history. Pickelman will be very familiar to – as well as him having a familiarity of – the McMurry faithful, serving on the men’s basketball coaching
DePaul Dirt…
I can confirm through a great source that DePaul will name Rick Carter as their new associate head basketball coach. Carter has most recently been an assistant on Chris Mack’s staff at Xavier and has also worked at Michigan State, Fairfield, Western Michigan, and Missouri. He and new Blue Demons head coach Dave Leitao have
OFFICIAL: Ganot named head coach at Hawaii
We had this as a rumor last night – it has been made official this afternoon… Eran Ganot has been named the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman announced during a press conference Thursday. “We are pleased to welcome Eran Ganot as he returns to the University
Daily Dirt II – 4/9/15
Busy day so far today – here is round 2 of the Daily Dirt… I have heard from a good source that Columbia State CC (TN) head coach Brian Collins is in the mix to join Steve Forbes staff at East Tennessee State. Collins spent three seasons as an assistant at Cumberland University (TN), and
OFFICIAL: Dave Bliss hired at SCU
We had this as a rumor earlier this week. It has now been made official… Southwestern Christian University announced the hiring of Dave Bliss as its new men’s basketball coach. Bliss, a veteran coach who has won over 500 games at college basketball’s highest level, becomes just the third men’s basketball coach in SCU history. He replaces
Daily Dirt – 4/9/15
Still kicking the bugs out of the new site. Seems like we’re all good now! Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that New Mexico assistant Drew Adams is departing to join Brian Wardle’s new staff at Bradley. Adams had been at New Mexico for the past four seasons, and
Hawaii Dirt…
Multiple sources have reported that St. Mary’s (CA) associate head coach Eran Ganot will be named as the next head coach at Hawaii. He would replace Benjy Taylor who served as the interim head coach this past season. Taylor led Hawaii to a 22-13 record this season, and many believed that he would get the