We’ve blogged about both of these already – they’ve now been made official. Just wanted to pass along the release: American University men’s basketball head coach Mike Brennan has completed his coaching staff hires. Former Maine assistant coach Nate Philippe will assume the same role at AU while former George Washington assistant coach Greg Collucci
Coleman named assistant at NDSU
North Dakota State head men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips announced the hiring of Freddy Coleman as assistant coach for the Bison on Thursday, June 13. Coleman replaces Jason Kemp, who was hired as an assistant coach at Toledo in May. Coleman was the top assistant at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., the past two years
Ohio State rumor
Multiple sources are reporting that Ohio State head coach Thad Matta will elevate Greg Paulus from video coordinator to assistant coach. He would replace Chris Jent who departed last week for a job with the Sacramento Kings. Paulus is a former player at Duke who also had a stint as an assistant at Navy. The
Hillsdale College staff update
With the departure of former assistant coach Dan Evans to Ohio Dominican University, the Hillsdale College men’s basketball coaching staff has undergone a few changes. Longtime assistant coach Brian "Pistol Pete" McCauley remains as assistant coach, while Luke Laser, who had served for three seasons as a part-time assistant coach, has been promoted to a
HoopDirt is back on Facebook!
As you all know, we are basketball coaches, not computer guys! I think we have done a nice job "tweeting" our info on Twitter, but Facebook has been a conundrum for us. We first created a normal FB page, but have been capped at 5,000 friends. That page has since been deleted and it has
Loyola Marymount rumor
Word on the street is that Loyola Marymount assistant Jason Levy has departed and will become an assistant to Reggie Theus at Cal State Northridge. He had been at LMU for the past five seasons. I have heard that Colorado Director of Player Development Tom Abatemarco will be his replacement on Max Good’s staff. Abatemarco
Hawaii Hilo rumor
I blogged about the second group of three finalists at Hawaii Hilo on Monday night: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5ac790be/hawaii-hilo-update/… It now sounds like a choice has been made and this long, strange search, is coming to an end. Multiple sources are reporting that Central Washington associate head coach G.E. Coleman has been offered the job and is expected
Richmond staff update
Former Spider standouts Ryan Butler and Kevin Smith have been hired as Director of Basketball Operations. “I am thrilled to welcome Ryan Butler and Kevin Smith back to our program,” head coach Chris Mooney said. “Both of them had great college basketball careers and had a tremendous impact on Richmond Basketball. They always have represented
Northwestern hires assistant
Chris Collins has announced the addition of a familiar face to his coaching staff as Brian James has joined Northwestern as an assistant coach. James served as Collins’ coach during his high school career at Glenbrook North where he helped Collins gain McDonald’s All-America status as well as the title of Illinois’ Mr. Basketball. "We’re
Blaney Announces Retirement at UConn
After 12 years on the University of Connecticut men’s basketball coaching staff and 43 years overall as a college basketball coach, George Blaney has announced his retirement. Blaney, 73, served as UConn’s associate head coach under former coach Jim Calhoun and also as an assistant coach for Calhoun and last year for first-year head coach
OFFICIAL: McCarthy to Towson
Former Northeastern assistant coach Jim McCarthy will join the Towson University men’s basketball coaching staff, Tiger head coach Pat Skerry announced on Wednesday. McCarthy, who helped guide the Huskies to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title in 2012-13, joins Skerry’s staff as an assistant coach. “We’re excited to get someone of Jimmy’s caliber
Daily Dirt – 6/12/13
Some things to start the day… • It sounds like new UMass Lowell head coach Pat Duquette has settled on his staff. According to multiple sources, the assistant coaches will be Biko Paris, Mike Harding, and Nick Leonardelli. Paris played at Boston College when Duquette was an assistant there. Harding is the former head coach