University of Illinois head coach John Groce announced the hiring of Paris Parham as assistant coach. A Chicago native, Parham comes to Illinois after five years as an assistant at Illinois State. We first reported this as rumor on 6/27 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/485fd8e0/daily-dirt-6-27-12/…“>http://hoopdirt.com/blog/485fd8e0/daily-dirt-6-27-12/……). Here’s the link to the official release: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/485fd8e0/daily-dirt-6-27-12/…“>http://hoopdirt.com/blog/485fd8e0/daily-dirt-6-27-12/…… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest
Miami (OH) staff update
Miami (OH) head coach John Cooper has filled two spots on his staff over the past few days… Trey Meyer was named as an assistant coach. Meyer was on Coach Cooper’s staff at Tennessee State the last three years, spending two years as a graduate assistant while earning his master’s degree from TSU in 2011
Edgewood names head coach
Edgewood College has named Justin Meyer the sixth head men’s basketball coach in the school’s history. Meyer has been on the Eagles’ coaching staff for a total of 11 seasons serving at various times as an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and head assistant coach, before being promoted to his current position of associate head coach
Missouri S&T names assistant
Aaron Coombs, an assistant coach at Northern Oklahoma College for the past two seasons, has been named by Missouri S&T as its new assistant coach for the university’s men’s basketball program. Coombs will fill the position previously held by Joey Goodson, who resigned to accept an assistant coaching post at his alma mater, Saint Francis
Daily Dirt – 7/5/12
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable 4th. With the exception of a brief ER visit and some stitches for one of our Little DirtBags, we had a great day! Here’s some "dirt" as we head into the July live period… • I can confirm that former San Francisco head coach Jessie Evans has
Daily Dirt – 7/3/12
A few things that I’ve heard as we get ready to celebrate July 4th… • I have heard from multiple people that Missouri State assistant Kyle Smithpeters will become the new head coach at John A. Logan College. Before joining the MSU staff last spring, Smithpeters spent four years as an assistant at JALC. He
Webster promoted at Tennessee
Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin announced Tuesday that he has promoted Tracy Webster to associate head coach. Webster, who, like Martin, is entering his second season with the Volunteers, has previously held the title of assistant coach since his hiring on April 5, 2011. A three-time All-Big 10 selection during his collegiate playing career at
Extension for North Dakota’s Jones
University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Brian Faison announced today that head men’s basketball coach Brian Jones has been signed to a three-year contract extension that will take him through the 2014-15 season. The deal also includes a pair of options that could extend Jones through the 2016-17 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the
OFFICIAL: Smithpeters to JALC
Confirming what I blogged about earlier today…Kyle Smithpeters has officially been named as the head coach at John A. Logan College. Here’s the link to the official release: http://news.jalc.edu/index.php/2012/07/smithpeters-named-new…#more-12718 Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Presbyterian adds assistant
Presbyterian College men’s basketball Head Coach Gregg Nibert announced the hiring of Brooks Savage as assistant coach. Savage replaces Quinton Ferrell, who left recently to become as assistant coach at The Citadel. Savage comes to PC after a one year stint as an assistant coach at Northwest Florida State College. Aside from coaching, Savage was
BREAKING: Harvey out at Texas Southern
We’ve been hearing rumors about this for the past week or so, but it’s finally been confirmed…. Tony Harvey as out as the head coach at Texas Southern. He "resigned" officially today, but the move has been talked about for a while. According to my sources, Keith Legree has been named as the acting head
UPDATE: RMU names Gallo assistant
Robert Morris University men’s basketball head coach Andrew Toole announced today the hiring of Joe Gallo as an assistant coach with the Colonials. Gallo comes to Robert Morris after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., under head coach Paul Cormier. We first mentioned this in the