After 24 years as the Edinboro men’s basketball coach and 31 years overall as a head coach, Greg Walcavich announced his retirement. Walcavich was hired as Edinboro’s head coach in 1989 after a highly-successful two-year stint at West Virginia Wesleyan. His tenure at Edinboro has been earmarked by winning basketball teams. He surpassed Jim McDonald
BREAKING RUMOR: Young fired at Georgia Southern
Two separate sources have now confirmed with me that Georgia Southern has fired head coach Charlton C.Y. Young. In four seasons at GSU, young went 43-84 (14-19 this season). He is a Georgia Southern alum who was previously an assistant at Auburn. More on this as it develops. **UPDATE – GSU has scheduled a 9:30am
OFFICIAL: Laing done at Campbell
The administration of Campbell University announced today that Robbie Laing will not return as head coach of the men’s basketball team. The search for a new head coach will begin immediately. Bob Roller, Director of Athletics "Robbie Laing helped transform Campbell basketball over the past decade into a team that was competitive on the court
Emory & Henry’s Russo resigns
Emory & Henry College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Paul Russo has resigned effective March 29, Director of Athletic Myra Sims announced Monday. Russo served at the helm of the Wasps’ program for the past six years, compiling a 42-112 record. Russo, a 2003 Emory & Henry graduate and four-year letterwinner for the Wasps, saw two
BREAKING: Troy’s Maestri announces retirement
Legendary men’s basketball coach Don Maestri announced his retirement Saturday evening following Troy’s quarterfinal game at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Maestri has served as the head coach at Troy University for the past 31 years. Maestri, who was inducted in the inaugural Troy University Sports Hall of Fame class and has the court in
Grundman resigns at Marywood
Marywood University Director of Athletics and Recreation Dr. Mary Jo Gunning has announced that veteran coach Eric Grundman has resigned his post as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Grundman, who has coached the men’s basketball squad for the past 12 seasons, will remain at the University as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation and Head
Daily Dirt – 3/8/13
End of the week "dirt"… • I have heard that Trent Eager, who was the interim head coach at Alabama Southern CC, was given the position on a full-time basis this morning. He was hired last August just before school started. Before ASCC, he was the head coach at Monroe County HS (AL). He played
Kennesaw State rumors
Sounds like two more assistants are out at Kennesaw State. My sources have told me that Darryl Slack and Marty McGillian are no longer with the program. They were both hired prior to this season after Mike Smith and Tim Morris left the staff. Kennesaw head man Lewis Preston will now be entering year three
Daily Dirt II – 3/7/13
A busy day today in the "dirt" world. A few more things that I’ve heard since this mornings blog… • Another name to add to the list at Fairleigh Dickinson…Northwestern assistant Fred Hill. He is a NJ guy who spent four seasons as the head coach at Rutgers (2006-10). Was an assistant at FDU, Seton
Corban (OR) hires coach
Former Warrior player and head coach Steve Masten returns for his second stint as head coach of Corban’s men’s basketball team, as announced Wednesday by the University’s administration. "Corban Athletics couldn’t ask for a better gift from a Warrior alumnus than to have Steve Masten re-take the reins of our men’s basketball program," said Tim
Daily Dirt – 3/7/13
Some early morning “dirt”… • Cameron head coach Wade Alexander has abruptly resigned. Assistant Nate Gamet has been appointed as the interim head coach. Alexander’s resignation came on Tuesday – the day before Cameron was to play in their league tournament (a game in which they wound up losing). They still have NCAA tourney hopes
Fairleigh Dickinson rumors…
As I mentioned earlier today, I have started to hear a lot of names surrounding the vacancy at Fairleigh Dickinson (which is now confirmed as open). This is a pretty “hot” job right now, mostly because there are a bunch of guys with strong NYC / NJ recruiting ties who are trying to get involved.