Former Southern Arkansas head men’s basketball coach Eric Bozeman will take over the women’s basketball program at Northwestern Oklahoma State. Bozeman comes to NWOSU from Southern Arkansas University where he was the head men’s basketball coach from 2005-12. While there, Bozeman had an overall record of 73-116 and led the Muleriders to the Great American
BREAKING: Benford the choice at North Texas
According to multiple sources, Marquette associate head coach Tony Benford will be the new head coach at North Texas. A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday. Benford played at Texas Tech, and has had a ton of success recruiting Texas during his stops at Marquette, Nebraska, Arizona State, and New Mexico. He was also
Daily Dirt – 4/24/12
Today’s “Daily Dirt”….. Quick catch-up on some rumors from yesterday…. In yesterday’s first Daily Dirt (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/4db77d08/daily-dirt-4-23-12/…), I mentioned that St. Cloud State assistant Dan DeWitt was in the mix at Mayville State – he has now been officially hired. Here’s the official release from this morning: http://www.mayvillestate.edu/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=141… In the same blog yesterday, I talked about
Southern Mississippi search update
Southern Mississippi is going to be conducting interviews today and tomorrow in New Orleans. From a combination of great sources, here are the candidates that I believe will be interviewing. • Steve Barnes – Associate head coach Southern Mississippi • Phil Cunningham – Former Assistant Coach Mississippi State • Kermit Davis, Jr. – Head Coach
Silva the choice at UNE
University of New England Interim Director of Athletics Curt Smyth announced this morning (Apr. 23) that Ed Silva will become UNE’s next head men’s basketball coach. Silva will replace Jason Mulligan, who resigned in February. Silva comes to UNE from Elms College, where he put together a 206-111 record in 11 seasons at the head
Daily Dirt -4/23/12
Trying to catch-up after a busy weekend. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard…. • I have heard that North Carolina State operations staffer Levi Watkins is involved with an assistant spot on Jim Baron’s new staff at Canisius. Watkins has workied in various ops roles on the Wolfpack staff over the past
ODU Hires Assistant
ODU head basketball coach Blaine Taylor announced today the John Richardson will return to the Monarch program as an assistant coach after two seasons at Virginia Tech. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Northland hires Engen
We’ve been blogging about this job for a while….Northland (WI) has finally made thier choice. They have hired Stu Engen who will also serve as an assistant AD. Engen most recently coached at Minnesota State University-Moorhead (MSU-Moorhead) for eight seasons. He previously held head coaching positions at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L) (2000-2002), Upper
OFFICIAL: Virginia Tech releases Greenburg
Here’s the official statement from Virginia Tech on the firing of head coach Seth Greenburg: BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced this afternoon that Seth Greenberg has been released from his position of head men’s basketball coach. "I want to thank Coach Greenberg for his dedication and effort in leading Virginia Tech in
St. Thomas Removes Interim Tag
The University of St. Thomas announced today that John Tauer will become its head coach of men’s basketball after serving as interim head coach for the 2011-12 season. A four-year standout player and 11-year assistant at St. Thomas, Tauer led St. Thomas to a share of the conference title and the MIAC playoff championship this
Ohio Staff Update
Ohio Head Coach Jim Christian announced the promotion of Aaron Fuss to assistant coach and the addition of Chip Cunningham as director of basketball operations. A member of former head coach John Groce’s initial staff at Ohio, Fuss has been the Director of Basketball Operations since 2009. Cunningham served as video coordinator and graduate assistant
Mars Hill College Names Coach
Rick Scruggs has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Mars Hill College. We had this earlier today(http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/4db77d08/daily-dirt-4-23-12/…), now its official . Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.