Rainy River Community College head men’s basketball coach, Kristofer Babler, submitted a letter of resignation due to an impending overseas deployment as a member of the United States Army Reserve. I spoke with Coach Babler via email today and let him know that once he returns from deployment, myself and the entire HoopDirt community will
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Daily Dirt – 4/16/15
A few things that I’ve heard so far today… I have heard from a great source that VMI assistants Daniel Willis and Ryan Mattocks will be headed to The Citadel with Duggar Baucom. Willis has been with Baucom for the past ten seasons – eight at VMI, and two Tusculum. Mattocks joined the VMI staff
OFFICIAL: Huger Named Head Coach at Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University has tabbed one of its own to take over the reins of the men’s basketball program as 1994 BGSU graduate Michael Huger has been named the 17th head men’s basketball coach, it was announced today by BGSU Director of Athletics D. Christopher Kingston. Huger will be introduced at a Friday press
DII Dirt: UMary Finalists
I have heard that there are three finalists for the DII University of Mary (ND) job. The job opened when Jevin Budde resigned back on February 28th. Word on the street is that on-campus interviews are now complete and a decision could be made any day. It sounds like the final three are: Matt Fletcher
HOT RUMOR: Miami’s Huger in the mix at Bowling Green
Multiple sources including ESPN and The Toledo Blade are now reporting that Miami assistant Michael Huger will be the choice to replace Chris Jans at Bowling Green. Huger is a 1994 BGSU alum who has been at Miami with Jim Larranaga for the past three seasons. Huger also spent four seasons with Larranaga at George
Haith Adds Schwartz to Staff at Tulsa
The University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced Wednesday the addition of Michael Schwartz as an assistant coach for the Golden Hurricane basketball program. Schwartz comes to Tulsa after four years at Fresno State, where he served as associate head coach last season. Prior to his time at Fresno State, he worked with
OFFICIAL: Hill Named Head Coach at Simon Fraser
I’ve been talking about this one for a few days – it has now been made official: Simon Fraser University Senior Director of Athletics Dr. Milton Richards today named alumnus Virgil Hill head coach of the Clan men’s basketball program. Hill brings over 20 years of coaching experience at all different levels, including seven years
Treloar Named Associate Head Coach at LSU
LSU men’s basketball head coach Johnny Jones announced on Wednesday that John Treloar, who served 11 years as a college assistant, will be returning to the LSU staff as associate coach. Treloar, who served on the LSU staff from 2004-08, is presently finishing his fifth season as the Director of Player Personnel for the Phoenix
Simpson (IA) Names Bjorkgren Head Coach
Long-time high school boys basketball coach Brad Bjorkgren has been named the next men’s basketball coach at Simpson College, Director of Athletics Brian Niemuth announced Wednesday. Bjorkgren, a Simpson alum, served as the head coach at Urbandale High School for 27 seasons, winning nearly 400 games, nine Central Iowa Metropolitan League (CIML) Championships and appearing
OFFICIAL: Burkhamer to West Florida
I first mentioned that I heard Lander University (SC) head coach Jeff Burkhamer was the leader at West Florida on Monday (Daily Dirt II – 4/13/15). Burkhamer’s hiring has now been made official – here is the release from West Florida: The University of West Florida has hired Jeff Burkhamer to take over the men’s basketball
HOT: Toole Receives Extension at Robert Morris
Director of Athletics Craig Coleman, M.D., announced Wednesday at a press conference at the Charles L. Sewall Center that Robert Morris University has extended the contract of head men’s basketball coach Andrew Toole. Named the eighth head coach in program history in May of 2010, Toole is now signed through the 2019-20 season. “Andy has
OFFICIAL: McCann Named Head Coach at Palm Beach State
We’ve been talking about this one for a while. I mentioned back April 9th that Palm Beach State has removed the interim tag from head coach Martin McCann. The school has finally made it official and released the following statement: Palm Beach State has officially taken the interim tag from Men’s Basketball coach Martin McCann