North Carolina A&T head men’s basketball coach Jay Joyner announced the hiring of three assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations on Wednesday. Ray Martin, Will Jones and Marque Carrington will serve as Joyner’s assistants as he heads into his first full season as the Aggies head coach. Adrian Powell will serve as the
DIII DIRT: Penn State Altoona set to name new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm that the next head coach at DIII Penn State Altoona will be LaGrange College (GA) associate head coach David McGreal. He will replace former NBA player Doug West who became the head coach at his alma mater Altoona HS earlier in the spring. McGreal has spent the past five seasons on the
HOT: Terrence Stewart Named Head Basketball Coach at DII GCU
Director of Athletics and Recreation Laura B. Liesman announced today that Terrence Stewart has been tabbed as the new head coach of the Georgian Court University Men’s Basketball program. “On behalf of everyone at Georgian Court University, I am delighted to introduce Terrence as the head coach of our men’s basketball program,” said Liesman. “Coach
Jayden Olson Promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at North Dakota State
North Dakota State’s Jayden Olson has been promoted to associate head coach of the Bison men’s basketball team, head coach David Richman announced Wednesday. Olson is entering his third season at NDSU after joining Richman’s staff in April 2014. “Coach Olson has made a tremendous impact on our program and our culture in two short
Rick Karius Named Director of Basketball Operations at South Dakota
Rick Karius has been named as the new director of basketball operations for University of South Dakota head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith. Karius has spent the last two years in the profession, including one year each at Bradley and Green Bay. “Rick brings a wealth of experience to USD that will help our program
Dwayne Killings Named Assistant Basketball Coach at UConn
UConn men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie has announced the addition of Dwayne Killings to the Huskies’ coaching staff as a fulltime assistant coach. Killings has experience dealing with every level of basketball from AAU ball through the NBA. For the past five years (2011-2016), he has been an assistant coach on the staff of
Canisius Dirt…
I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now
Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned former Canisius assistant Mike Iuzzolino will join Andy Toole’s staff at Robert Morris. Iuzzolino was not retained at Canisius when Reggie Witherspoon took over this past spring. He had been an assistant with the Golden Griffins for the past two seasons, and had also worked as the DBO at New Mexico. Iuzzolino
Matt Croci Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at DIII Wittenberg University
Wittenberg athletics has removed the interim tag from head men’s basketball coach Matt Croci, officially making him the 19th head coach in school history, the university announced on Tuesday. Croci accepted the position of interim head coach after the resignation of long time head coach Bill Brown on June 2. With 18 years of coaching
Josh Wolfe Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Western Illinois
Western Illinois men’s basketball head coach Billy Wright announced that Josh Wolfe has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2016-17 season marks Wolfe’s fourth year on the Leatherneck staff. “I would like to thank Coach Wright for this honor,” said Wolfe. “I am extremely humbled to serve as the associate head coach at Western Illinois University.
Taylor Land takes over as St. Edward’s Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach
St. Edward’s University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andre Cook has announced the addition of former Hilltopper, Taylor Land as his new assistant coach. Land has been a player/coach for the Rockingham Flames in Australia’s State Basketball League since 2014. As a coach, Land served as an assistant since arriving in Rockingham, while also holding the
Bruce Evans Returns to North Florida Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff
University of North Florida head men’s basketball coach Matthew Driscoll announced the hiring of coaching veteran Bruce Evans as an assistant coach for the Ospreys. Evans, who was a part of Driscoll’s original UNF coaching staffs from 2009-12, returns to North Florida following a four-year stint as the Director of Player Development at Georgia Tech