Former Forest Hills basketball coach Ben Chobhaphand has been named assistant coach at Nassau CC (NY). He replaces Bill O’Keefe on A.J. Wynder’s staff at NCC. Chobhaphand had previously served as the head coach at Forest Hills HS (NY), but was suspended this past season for recruiting violations. He is still fighting those allegations and
Rider staff update
Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett has completed his first coaching staff. Joining six-year veteran assistant Mike Witcoskie, who is now the associate head coach, are Assistant Coaches Louis Rowe and Michael Cotton, and Director of Basketball Operations John Griffin. Rowe comes to Rider from James Madison University where he first made a name for himself
HOT: Dambrot extended at Akron
University of Akron head men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot has agreed in principle to a new ten-year contract, President Dr. Luis M. Proenza and director of athletics Tom Wistrcill announced Friday. The contract is finalized and pending approval from the UA Board of Trustees. Dambrot, who has compiled a 184-87 (93-39 in Mid-American Conference play)
Dalton State finalists
Dalton State College (GA) is in the process of bringing back basketball. They have not had a basketball team in nearly 30 years, but expect to field one for the 2013-14 season (NAIA). New AD Derek Waugh (former head coach at Stetson) has put together an impressive group of finalists. The list was trimmed from
VGCC names head coach
Mike Rotolo, the longtime boys’ basketball coach at Southern Vance High School, has been named the new head coach of the Vance-Granville Community College (NC) Vanguards men’s basketball team. Rotolo will become the third head coach in the history of VGCC’s program, which is set to start its fifth season of play in the National
HOT: UW Superior names Eberhardt HC
Following a national search, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has named Paul Eberhardt its new men’s basketball coach. Eberhardt, a Wonewoc, Wis. native becomes the sixth head coach of the Yellowjackets in the past ten years. He takes over for Matt Siverling, who resigned his post in May to accept same position at the University of
Watkins named AC @ Coastal Georgia
The College of Coastal Georgia basketball program is bringing back one of its own to be the new assistant coach under longtime Mariners head coach Gerald Cox. Jesse Watkins, who played for Cox in the early 1990s, has accepted an offer to work under his former coach as the Mariners prepare for their second season
Daily Dirt – 7/16/12
Some mid-week “dirt”… • Ben Limback has resigned as the head coach at Concordia (MI) to focus solely on his responsibilities as the Director of Admissions at the school. Assistant Coach Matt Distelrath will be named as his replacement. Distelrath has been on the staff for the past five seasons and was a player at
Wheaton (IL) adds assistant
Wheaton College men’s basketball coach Mike Schauer has announced the hiring of Tony Bollier as the full-time assistant coach for the Thunder men’s basketball team. He replaces Owen Handy, who accepted the head coaching position at Anderson University last month. Bollier is a 2006 graduate of Wheaton College, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication. He
HOT: Purlee out at Knox
Rob Purlee, who spent four years as the head coach, announced he’s leaving Knox to take a position on the basketball staff at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Purlee joined the Prairie Fire men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant in 2006 under Coach Tim Heimann. Purlee was named the associate head coach in October
Monroe College Staff Update
Monroe College has made a few coaching maneuvers for the 2012-13 season. Dana Warner, who had been an assistant coach for four years, moved up to lead assistant coach. Chris Neely, previously a veteran youth and scholastic coach, will now coach Monroe’s junior varsity team and will also be the second assistant coach on Monroe’s
Mitchell named HC @ Illinois Tech
Enzley Mitchell IV has been appointed as the new head men’s basketball coach of the Illinois Institute of Technology men’s basketball team. Mitchell, who was hired as Director of Athletics in 2010 will hold both positions. Mitchell’s appointment as head men’s basketball coach follows the announcement last week of the reinstatement of men’s and women’s