UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford has hired three new assistants to help in his first season coaching the Bruins. Duane Broussard follows Alford to Westwood from New Mexico, where he spent 10 years on the staff, including the last five with Alford. Ed Schilling was head coach the last four years at Park Tudor High
Bellarmine’s Davenport signs extension
Bellarmine University announced today that it has renewed and extended an agreement with men’s basketball coach Scott Davenport that will keep him in his current position for an additional five years. “The development of our men’s basketball program to a nationally competitive level is attributable to the leadership of Coach Davenport and his staff,” said
OFFICIAL: McGeehan to Campbell
Kevin McGeehan, who helped lead the University of Richmond to five post-season berths in the last six years, has been named head men’s basketball coach at Campbell University. In a Thursday afternoon press conference at the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center, the former associate head coach at Richmond was introduced by Director of Athletics
HOT: Holtmann signs extension at GWU
Gardner-Webb University announced a contract extension Thursday for Big South Conference Coach of the Year Chris Holtmann through the 2018 season. Holtmann, 41, recently completed a tremendously successful third season in charge of the Gardner-Webb program. Terms of the contract and extension will not be disclosed. "I am very excited about the direction and culture
Hastings College adds assistant
Chip Bahe will join Hastings College as Assistant Coach for the Hastings College Bronco Men’s Basketball team, effective June 1, 2013. Since 2002, he has served as Head Coach for Boys Basketball at Millard North High School outside of Omaha where his teams went 138-106 and earned four bids to the Nebraska State Basketball Tournament.
OFFICIAL: Hofstra hires Mihalich
Joe Mihalich, who has guided the Niagara University Men’s Basketball team to five postseason appearances since 2003-04, has been named the 12th head coach in the history of the Hofstra University Men’s Basketball program. The announcement was made today by Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz and Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway. Mihalich
Hofstra press conference
Hofstra has scheduled a 12:00 press conference to announce the new men’s basketball coach. They have not said officially who the choice is, but I can confirm that it will be Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich. Here’s the link to watch live: http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109667&S… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Marist rumor
Multiple sources have told me that former NBA head coach and GM Jeff Bower is the choice at Marist. We first reported his involvement at Marist last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/4b8a66b6/daily-dirt-4-4-13/…). According to my sources, Norfolk State head coach Anthony Evans was #2, and Davidson’s Jim Fox was #3. Bower served as an assistant at Marist from
Longwood press conference
Here is the link to watch Jayson Gee as he is formally introduced as the head coach at Longwood. It is scheduled to start at 11:00am. http://www.bigsouthsports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?mid=51… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Ball State press conference
Here’s the link to watch today’s press conference at Ball State – James Whitford will be formally introduced as the new head coach. It is scheduled for an 11:00am start time. http://www.nmnathletics.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Furman rumors
I have heard from multiple sources that the search at Furman has been narrowed to three – Williams College head coach Mike Maker, Gardner-Webb head coach Chris Holtmann, and Colorado State assistant Niko Medved. With the interviews complete, the hiring is expected to be made official in the next few days. I have heard from
Minnesota Adds Two
University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino today announced the first members of his staff, assistant coaches Mike Balado and Kimani Young. Balado comes to the Twin Cities after spending one season on Coach Pitino’s staff at Florida International University (FIU). While at FIU, Baldo assisted with all aspects of the program, most