Jim Platt, who has a combined 32 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience as a head or assistant coach, has been named an assistant coach for Saint Louis men’s basketball. Among Platt’s experience are nine years as a head coach. He spent five years at the helm at Charleston Southern (2000-05) and four years
William Jessup University Adds Two
William Jessup University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Aaron Muhic announced the addition of George Hernandez and Tyler Brown to the Warriors coaching staff. Hernandez, a native of Stockton, CA, has eleven years of coaching experience at the high school and Junior College level. He joins the Warriors after seven years as an assistant coach at
HOT: Extension for NC State’s Gottfried
The NC State Board of Trustees has approved new contracts for men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried. Gottfried’s annual salary remains at $750,000. His supplemental compensation was increased from $450,000 to $1.2 million, which moves him from ninth to third among the 12 ACC men’s basketball head coaches in annual guaranteed compensation. The term of his
BREAKING: Texas Tech’s Gillispie resigns
Texas Tech Head Men’s Basketball Coach Billy Gillispie has submitted his letter of resignation to Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt, citing health concerns as his reason for leaving the men’s basketball program. Hocutt has accepted the resignation. "Billy has decided to focus on his health and we wish him a full recovery," Hocutt said. "We
Daily Dirt – 9/19/12
Busy day today – here’s what I’ve got… • I have heard that Dartmouth assistant Ricky Moore is headed to UConn in a still to be determined role. Moore is a former UConn captain who was part of the 1999 National Championship squad. He had been on Dartmouth’s staff for the past two seasons •
Felician College staff update
Felician College assistant men’s basketball coach Ivan Lewis of Prospect Park has been promoted to associate head coach, Golden Falcon head coach David DeFerrari released today. DeFerrari also announced the hiring of Eric Powe of Randolph as an assistant and Don Sellari of North Caldwell as the program’s strength and conditioning specialist. Lewis is entering
Surgery for UNC’s Williams
University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams underwent a roboticpartial nephrectomy at UNC Hospitals this morning to remove a tumor from his right kidney. Dr. Eric Wallen, professor of urology at UNC, and co-surgeon Dr. Mathew Raynor led the surgical team, which took three and a half hours to complete the operation. Doctors
HOT: Extension proposed for EMU’s Murphy
Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy is on his way to getting a contract extension. The Eastern Michigan Board of Regents is set to approve a new deal as early as this week. Some of the highlights are: • $210,000 Base salary (no change from current deal) • $25,000 annually for radio show • Enhanced
Daily Dirt – 9/18/12
A couple of quick things today… • I can confirm that Carl Nash has been hired as the top assistant at Humboldt State. Nash is a veteran coach who has been an assistant at Auburn, the associate HC at Georgia Southern, and the head coach at Chipola JC. He was most recently coaching professionally in
Centenary College Hires Coach
Centenary College named Brendan Twomey its new head coach. Twomey joins the Cyclones after a four-year coaching career at Steven’s Institute of Technology where he served as the Associate Head Coach. Prior to working at Stevens, Twomey served as the Game Scout Video Coordinator for the NBA, analyzing and editing game film for the NBA,
Harris added to Jacksonville St. staff
Jacksonville State men’s basketball coach James Green has hired coaching veteran Eugene Harris to his staff, the fifth-year coach announced on Tuesday. Harris, a native of Scottsboro, Ala., has over two decades of coaching experience in the Southeast, including stops at Auburn and Alabama. He most recently served as the head coach at Florida A&M
Miller named Associate HC at Auburn
Former Missouri assistant, Ryan Miller, has been named Auburn Associate Head Basketball Coach, head coach Tony Barbee announced Tuesday. Miller, who spent two months at Missouri, coached the previous five years from 2007-12 as an assistant coach at New Mexico under head coach Steve Alford. He was a part of the most successful five-year period