Multiple sites are reporting that Louisville assistant Richard Pitino, the son of Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, will replace Isiah Thomas as head coach at Florida International. Pitino has been an assistant at Florida, Duquesne, Northeastern and College of Charleston, as well as working under his father for a total of three seasons in two stints
HOT RUMOR: Tennessee State set to hire
Tennessee State has found their next basketball coach. TSU President Dr. Portia Shields just tweeted, "TSU has selected the Men Tigers Basketball coach. Hooray!!!!". She didn’t mention who the choice was, but according to multiple sources, it is current assistant Travis Williams. Williams was a part of former TSU head coach John Cooper’s staff since
Beers resigns at LBC
Lancaster Bible College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Pete Beers stepped down on Thursday after 12 seasons at the helm for the Chargers. Beers informed his players of the decision on Thursday morning and said it was time for someone who could devote more time to the program to come aboard. Beers finishes with a career
Daily Dirt – 4/13/12
A few quick items as we cruise on into the weekend…. I can confirm that Towson DBO Duane Simpkins is headed to UNC-Greensboro where he will join Wes Millers staff. Simpkins is a former Maryland standout who spent one season at Towson. Before Towson, he was the head coach at St. Albans (DC) for four
Southern Mississippi rumors
Here is an early list of potential candidates rumored to replace Larry Eustachy at Southern Mississippi. I’ve had a lot of great sources contribute to this list – seems like a job that a lot of people are talking about. • Bob Marlin – Head Coach Louisiana-Lafayette. He is a Mississippi native who graduated from
UNCG staff additions
New UNCG men’s basketball coach Wes Miller has made his first hires, bringing in former Rice University assistant Mike Roberts as his associate head coach and former North Carolina teammate and assistant strength and conditioning coach Jackie Manuel as an assistant coach. Roberts comes to UNCG after four years as an assistant coach at Rice
OFFICIAL: Boone to Delta State
We reported this as a rumor yesterday – it’s now been made official. Jim Boone is the new head coach at Delta State. Boone will be introduced formally to the University and Cleveland community at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17. Here’s the link to the official announcement. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college
Lamar State-Port Arthur candidates
There are 136 applicants for the vacant Lamar State College – Port Arthur job, and some pretty interesting names on the list. Among the candidates are former DI head coach Scott Edgar (Murray St., Duquesne, SE MO), former Texas Tech assistant Chris Beard, and former Tennessee State head coach Nolan Richardson III. It sounds like
BREAKING: LSU hires Johnny Jones
Johnny Jones, a member of two LSU NCAA Final Four teams as a player and assistant coach, was named on Friday as the 21st men’s head basketball coach at LSU by LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. Jones, 51, has served the last 11 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at
OFFICIAL: Williams promoted at TSU
Thanks to some great sources for getting us out in front of this one! Here is the official statement from Tennessee State announcing the promotion of Travis Williams. He replaces John Cooper who departed for Miami (OH) earlier this month. http://www.tsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92743&SP…… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt II – 4/13/12
Two more quick things that I just heard…. It sounds like Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenburg is losing another assistant. Word on the street is that James Johnson is headed to Clemson to replace Rick Ray (newly hired head coach at Mississippi State). Greenburg lost assistant Robert Ehsan and DBO Jeff Wilbrun to UAB
HOT RUMOR: Boone to Delta State
It sounds like Delta State will hire West Virginia Wesleyan head coach Jim Boone. According to my source, the announcement will take place this afternoon. Boone, who was a DI head coach at Eastern Michigan and Robert Morris, went 22-9 this past season (his first at WVWC). He is 430-328 in 26 seasons as a