First-year Brown head men’s basketball coach Mike Martin ’04 has rounded out the Bears’ coaching staff with the addition of former Boston College star Dwayne Pina and former Williams College assistant coach Kevin Snyder. The duo join associate head coach TJ Sorrentine, now in his fifth year at Brown, to complete the Brown basketball coaching
Belmont Abbey adds assistant
Former Georgia Bulldog forward Cleveland Jackson has been named assistant men’s basketball coach and head junior varsity coach at Belmont Abbey College. Jackson rejoins the coaching ranks after a two year absence in which he served as a family counselor and therapist for at-risk youth in Warner Robbins, Georgia. During this time, he also ran
Mansfield Hires Assistant
Will Cabrera has been named the full-time men’s basketball assistant coach at Mansfield University. Cabrera comes to Mansfield after serving as an assistant coach at Messiah College for the past three seasons. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
King named AC @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men’s basketball staff has added Yaphett King as an assistant coach, Head Coach Willis Wilson announced today. King comes to the Island University after spending the last four seasons as the head coach at Redlands Community College. King led Redlands to 72 wins in his tenure as the team’s
GSW hires assistant
Georgia Southwestern State University head men’s basketball coach Mike Leeder has named William Monts the team’s assistant coach for the 2012-13 academic year. Monts replaces Stephen Cox who left the program in the spring to become the head men’s basketball coach at Thomas University. Monts comes to GSW from Anderson (S.C.) University where he served
BREAKING: Eastern Michigan’s Murphy to Orlando Magic
MLive.com’s Graham Couch is reporting that Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy is departing for a job with the Orlando Magic. The former Syracuse assistant has only been at EMU for one season (14-18). He has no pro experience – he spent seven seasons at SU, and two at Kent State. He has also been
Daily Dirt – 8/13/12
Finally back from vacation. Trying to catch-up on a ton of things… • Crazy situation at Villanova with Doug Martin being forced to resign over a resume flap (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/ef11f6f4/hot-martin-resigns-at-vill…). I’ve got to give credit to one of our readers here…three days before Dana O’Neil broke the story on ESPN, someone sent us all the info
Reed joins Georgia Southern staff
Georgia Southern Head Men’s Basketball Coach Charlton Young is proud to announce the addition of Cliff Reed to the Eagle coaching staff. Reed comes to Statesboro following a 10-year stint as the head coach at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla. While with the Wildcats, Reed amassed a 125-166 record including the Wildcats’ first seasons
HOT RUMOR: Mizzou to name assistant
Multiple sources are reporting that Missouri will hire Western Michigan assistant Rick Carter to replace recently departed assistant Ryan Miller (Auburn). In addition to his time at WMU, Carter has also worked at Fairfield, and his alma mater Michigan State. An official announcement is expected when Mizzou returns from its trip to The Netherlands next
Douma named head coach at Central (IA)
After piloting high school teams to eight conference titles in the past 12 years, Craig Douma is looking to build on the Central College men’s basketball championship tradition as its new head coach. Douma, a two-time NAIA all-America honoree at Northwestern College, was the coach at Carroll High School the past six years after spending
Hughes named HC @ Rosemont
The Rosemont College Department of Athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of Bob Hughes as the Head Coach of their Men’s Basketball program. Hughes inherits a team in its fourth season of competition and a squad that competed in the post-season for the first time in 2012. Hughes most recently was an Assistant Coach
HOT: Martin resigns at Villanova over resume issue
Recently hired Villanova assistant Doug Martin has resigned due to inaccuracies in his resume. In a statement released by the university, Head Coach Jay Wright said, "I have always known Doug to be a good person and coach. He has taken responsibility for his mistake and will move on successfully! We all wish Doug well."