Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon officially announced the appointment of Barry Rohrssen as an assistant coach on Friday evening. Rohrssen begins his duties immediately. A former Pitt assistant for seven years from 1999-2006, Rohrssen played a vital role in Pitt’s dramatic rise to prominence. During a five-year period, he helped guide Pitt to a 133-33
Truman State staff update
Truman men’s basketball assistant coaches Todd Lorensen (Iowa Wesleyan) and Matt Fitzpatrick (Alabama-Birmingham) have each accepted new positions and will be leaving the Truman program, head coach Matt Woodley announced Tuesday. Lorensen was named the head men’s basketball coach at Iowa Wesleyan College, an NCAA Division III exploratory program located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He
Daily Dirt – 5/3/13
Today’s dirt… • It sounds like Harvard assistant Brian Adams may be headed to Marist to join new head coach Jeff Bowers staff. Before joining the Harvard staff two seasons ago, he worked as a video guy for the Celtics. It seems that he has parlayed his NBA connections to hook up with Bower (a
Wright Named Assistant at Ball State
Billy Wright, a Richmond, Ind., native with coaching experience at both the college and high school levels, has been hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ball State. Wright, a former head coach at Pike High School in Indianapolis, comes to Ball State after serving most recently as the associate head coach at Western
Daily Dirt – 5/2/13
Final numbers from April are in…smashed our March total of 387,000 hits by getting almost 530,000 last month! Thanks to all of our readers for visiting us daily. We will keep working hard to get you the most up-to-date coaching info that is out there. Also, we have some big changes on the horizon –
OFFICIAL: Davidson joins N. Colorado staff
I mentioned last month that Casper College (WY) head coach Joel Davidson was going to join the staff at Northern Colorado – it is now official… Northern Colorado men’s basketball coach B.J. Hill has announced that Joel Davidson will be joining his staff after an illustrious and successful coaching career at the junior college level.
HOT: Extension for Toole at Robert Morris
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Andy Toole has received a three-year contract extension at Robert Morris. Toole is 68-36 in his three seasons at RMU – his squad knocked off Kentucky in the first round of this years NIT. No terms of the contract have been made public. The official announcement from Robert Morris
Loeffler Named Assistant @ Loyola (MD)
A veteran of the Patriot League, Josh Loeffler has joined the men’s basketball staff at Loyola University Maryland as an assistant coach, Head Coach G.G. Smith announced today. Loeffler, who spent the 2012-2013 season as the director of basketball operations at Rutgers University, was an assistant coach at Lafayette College where he helped Fran O’Hanlon’s
Siena staff update
We blogged about these hirings as "rumors" a few weeks ago. Now that they are official, we wanted to pass along the official statement: Luke D’Alessio and Lucious Jordan have been hired as assistant men’s basketball coaches at Siena. They begin their new duties immediately. D’Alessio just finished his third season under head coach Jimmy
McRoy named AC @ UTPA
The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that 16-year coaching veteran Elwyn McRoy is now an assistant coach for the Broncs men’s basketball team. At the NCAA Division I level, McRoy has been an assistant coach at Iowa State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern and Southern University. He has received
UMass Lowell rumors…
The search to replace Greg Herenda at UMass Lowell is underway – but very unclear at this point which way it is headed. There are a ton of names being thrown around – I’ve heard Al Skinner (former Boston College head coach), Pat Duquette (Northeastern associate head coach), Jim O’Brien (Emerson College head coach –
Tapp resigns at IU South Bend
Chad Tapp, the head coach of Indiana University South Bend men’s basketball team since 2010, resigned from his position Tuesday morning, IU South Bend Executive Director of Athletics & Activities Gary Demski announced. Tapp has accepted the head men’s basketball coaching position at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. The Scots are members of the National