I’ve mentioned this several times over the past two weeks. Just wanted to pass along the statement from Lynn now that Jeff Price has officially been named as the head coach. Looking to return the men’s basketball program to its glory days, Lynn University Director of Athletics Dr. Kristen Migliano turned to a familiar face
BREAKING: Neal named head coach at New Mexico
We mentioned this yesterday – it’s now official. New Mexico has promoted Craig Neal to replace Steve Alford as the Lobos head coach. A 3:00pm press conference has been scheduled for tomorrow to officially introduce him. We’ll bring you more after the presser.
HOT RUMOR: Patsos accepts Siena job
Multiple sources are saying that Loyola (MD) head coach Jimmy Patsos has accepted the job at Siena. We first mentioned Patsos involvement with Siena back on March 15th (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/ac0907a6/siena-rumors/…). It sounds like the announcement will come sometime tomorrow.
BREAKING: Biedenbach resigns at UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone has announced today that head men’s basketball coach Eddie Biedebach has resigned to accept an assistant coaching position at UNC Wilmington with Buzz Peterson. “We are grateful and thankful for the great job that Eddie Biedenbach has done with our men’s basketball program,” stated Cone. “He has
OFFICIAL:CBU Tabs Croy
California Baptist University Director of Athletics Dr. Micah Parker has announced Rick Croy as the Lancers’ new men’s basketball head coach at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Croy, who becomes the 12th coach in program history, spent the past three years as the lead assistant coach at NCAA Division I St. Mary’s. During his time
Daily Dirt II – 4/2/13
A few more things that I’ve heard today… • New South Alabama head coach Matthew Graves is starting to assemble his staff. I’ve heard that Butler DBO Darnell Archey and former Butler standout Ronald Nored will be joining his staff. Archey is a Butler alum who has been on the Bulldogs staff for the past
BREAKING: Enfield to USC
The USC Athletic Department has just sent the following Tweet: OFFICIAL: Please welcome Andy Enfield (@CoachEnfield) to the #TrojanFamily as the new head coach of @USC_Hoops. #DunkCityUSC https://twitter.com/USC_Athletics/status/318928024315764736… Looks like FGCU’s Sweet 16 runs was a good thing for Enfield! More on this after the official statement is released from USC.
Furman rumors
The search to replace Jeff Jackson at Furman is starting to heat up. The three names that I’ve heard that are believed to be involved there are: • Barclay Radebaugh – Head coach Charleston Southern. He is a former Furman assistant (1990-1994), and has also been an assistant at Miami, South Carolina, Winthrop, Wofford, and
Schaef resigns at SWOSU
Southwestern Oklahoma State University has begun the process of selecting a new head men’s basketball coach following the resignation of Charlie Schaef. Schaef served as the Bulldogs head coach since 2009, leading SWOSU to a record of 57-57 in four seasons. Schaef coached six players who earned all-conference honors at SWOSU and he led the
Former Toledo coach Nichols passes away
Former University of Toledo head coach Bob Nichols passed away on Thursday. Nichols coached at UT for 22 seasons from 1965-87, leading the Rockets to the NCAA Tournament in 1967, 1979 and 1980. The 1979 squad advanced to the Sweet 16 with a win over Iowa on a last-second jumper by former head coach Stan
OFFICIAL: Byington named HC @ Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein announced today that he has named Mark Byington head coach of the Eagle men’s basketball program. No stranger to Georgia Southern, Byington spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Conference rival College of Charleston, including seven as Bobby Cremins’ top assistant. He was named interim
Daily Dirt – 4/1/13
April is finally here! March was a crazy – we want to thank all of our readers for giving us our most successful month in history…we had over 385,000 hits on HoopDirt! I’ve got a feeling that April will be even busier! Here are a few things that I’ve heard to kick off the month…