Campbell director of athletics Hannah Bazemore has announced University of Florida assistant John Andrzejek as the Fighting Camels’ head men’s basketball coach. Andrzejek (An-der-shek) comes to Buies Creek after spending the last two seasons at Florida, helping the Gators to a No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA tournament and an SEC championship. “I am beyond excited to welcome
JUCO DIRT: Norman fired as Head Basketball Coach at Highland CC (IL)
Luke Norman, Highland Community College’s men’s basketball coach, was fired Wednesday in a 4–2 Board of Trustees vote. He had been on paid leave since February 28 after a post-game brawl involving his team. Despite strong community support, the board held a special meeting to decide his fate today. According to a report from WFIR,
D2 DIRT: Molloy set to open
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have now heard from multiple sources that Charles Marquardt is no longer the head basketball coach at D2 Molloy University (NY). Marquardt has been at Molloy for the past 31 seasons where he went 340-513 (.399). The veteran head coach also captured four Coach of the Year awards during his
D2 CSU Pueblo mutually parts ways with Head Basketball Coach Matt Hammer
Colorado State University Pueblo Athletics and head men’s basketball coach Matt Hammer have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately. Hammer, who recently completed his sixth season at the helm of the program, was the eighth head men’s basketball coach in the school’s four-year era that began in 1963. In his six seasons with the ThunderWolves, Hammer
Boucher resigns as Head Basketball Coach at D2 Westmont College
After five seasons as head coach of the Westmont College Men’s Basketball program, Landon Boucher has announced his decision to step down, prioritizing his growing family over coaching. A former Westmont player himself, Boucher met his wife, former Westmont soccer standout Aolani Rueff, at the college, and they have a five-year-old son, with another child
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Meador named Head Basketball Coach at Chico State
As the Chico State men’s basketball team prepared to embark on the 2024-25 campaign, they saw a transition of power at the head coaching position with three-year assistant coach Cevin Meador handed the reigns the week before their first regular season trip. Despite the quick turnaround, Coach Meador has shown his readiness to take on
D3 DIRT: Kettel resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Keystone
Andrew Kettel has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Keystone College. Kettel spent the past two seasons as KC’s head coach, where he posted a 24-25 record (13-11 this past season). No official announcement yet from the college, but Kettel posted the following on social media:
REPORT: Will Wade to NC State
According to multiple reports, including ones from O&G Triangle Media’s Joe Giglio and CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, NC State will hire McNeese State’s Will Wade as its new head basketball coach. Wade will replace Kevin Keatts, who was let go a few weeks ago after a disappointing ACC season despite a Final Four run the
Chicago State set to hire current SWAC Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Chicago State intends to hire Alcorn State head coach Landon Bussie, with the official announcement coming tomorrow. Bussie was reportedly a finalist last year before Chicago State promoted assistant Scott Spinelli to the position. Spinelli resigned from the position after just one season a
Daily Dirt – 3/19/25
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) More on the Shake-Up at Lincoln Memorial and Some Hot Candidates Clearly a crazy situation at D2 Lincoln Memorial, where Jeremiah Samarrippas was not renewed (still no official statement from LMU, however). For those of you who don’t follow me on X, this was my take: Obviously, there are lofty and
Navy’s DeChellis announces retirement
Ed DeChellis has announced he will retire after 14 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at the Naval Academy and 29 years as a collegiate head coach. DeChellis coached more games (426) at Navy than any other coach in school history, surpassing Ben Carnevale (417) earlier this year. “It has been a great honor to serve
D2 DIRT: Hotaling out as Head Basketball Coach at New Haven
Ted Hotaling is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at New Haven. No official announcement yet, but he had been 404’d from the website. Hotaling had spent the last 14 seasons as the Chargers head coach, where he went 218-184 (.542). This past season, New Haven went 12-17 (7-13 NE-10). More on this move