Ted Van Dellen, who owns the fifth-most coaching victories in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history, announced his retirement as the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh head men’s basketball coach. Van Dellen guided the Titans to 358 wins and five National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) postseason appearances. The only WIAC coaches to compile more victories are UW-Eau
Friday night rumors
Two Friday night quick hitters…. • Rutgers DBO Jim Carr is headed for a spot on Dan Hurley’s staff at URI. Sounds like he will move from the DBO role to an assistant spot. Carr has been at Rutgers for 13 seasons. • It sounds like Marist head coach Chuck Martin will add Davidson Day
Doane hires new coach
Doane College Athletic Director Greg Heier announced today the hiring of Jim Weeks as head men’s basketball coach for the Tigers. Weeks, a 1985 Doane graduate, joins the Tiger coaching staff following a long tenure at Beatrice High School. In 26 years, 24 at Beatrice, Weeks won 441 games and lead Beatrice to three state
Duquesne rumors
A bunch of names have started to surface in the quest to replace Ron Everhart at Duquesne. Here are some that I’ve heard. Orlando Antigua – Assistant Coach Kentucky. Knows the Pittsburgh area – played at Pitt (1991-1995) and spent five seasons as an assistant there. Was also an assistant to John Calipari at Memphis.
Schreiner head coach resigns
Schreiner Men’s Basketball head coach Drew Miller announced his resignation yesterday. His wife has just accepted a job at the Pentagon – his family will be relocating to the DC area. A search for the next head coach will begin immediately. The job will look to be filled no later than May 1. Stay with
OFFICIAL: Tulsa hires Manning
The University of Tulsa has reached an agreement in principle with University of Kansas Assistant Coach Danny Manning on becoming the school’s 29th head basketball coach, Director of Athletics Ross Parmley announced this morning. Manning, 46, is currently coaching with the NCAA Final Four-bound Kansas Jayhawks, thus the official news conference introducing Manning as the
Kansas State rumors
Here are some of the names that have started to surface as the quest to replace Frank Martin at Kansas State begins. Tim Jankovich – Head Coach Illinois State. He is a Kansas State alum (’82), who is 104-64 in his 5 seasons at Illinois State (21-14 this season). Has also been the head coach
Illinois Press Conference scheduled
The University of Illinois has called an 1 p.m. CT press conference at Assembly Hall to introduce its new men’s basketball coach. The press conference is open to the public, will be televised live on the Big Ten Network and will be streamed live on fightingillini.com. It is not a very well kept secret that
Drew Agrees to Contract Extension
Valparaiso University announced today that head coach Bryce Drew has agreed to a multi-year contract extension. In his first season as head coach Drew was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year and guided the Crusaders to 22 victories and a berth in the postseason NIT. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball
OFFICIAL: Groce takes over at Illinois
We been talking about this one for a few days. No big secret here. Here’s a link to the official statement and a video of John Groce’s introductory press conference at Illinois: http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/03291… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
OFFICIAL: SUU hires Robinson
We reported this as a "Hot Rumor" this morning – it’s now official. LSU assistant Nick Robinson is the new head coach at Southern Utah. Here’s the official release: http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95898&SP… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
OFFICIAL: Hinson to SIU
Kansas DBO Barry Hinson has officially been named as the head coach at Southern Illinois. Just wanted to pass along the official release: http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032812aac… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.