Brendan Twomey was promoted to Associate Head Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology. Twomey is in his fourth year as a member of Coach Hurley’s staff and has currently helped guide the Ducks to a record of 12-2 to start to the 2011-12 season, including a 4-0 mark in Empire 8 play. Stay with HoopDirt
Seibert named VC at Iowa
Al Seibert has been named video coordinator for men’s basketball at the University of Iowa. He replaces Ryan Bowen who accepted a spot with the Denver Nuggets last month. Seibert was 43-94 in his five seasons as the head coach at New Haven. He has also been an assistant at Hartford and Western Kentucky. Stay
New England Dirt – 1/17/12
Here are a few things that I’ve heard from snowy New England…. New Wheelock College head coach Matt LeVangie (hired on 1/6 – http://hoopdirt.com/news/75bdd968/wheelock-names-levangie-he…) has hired two assistant coaches. Dan Heppert and Mike Kernan have been brought on board – they are both former players at DII Stonehill College where LeVangie was an assistant for
Daily Dirt – 1/10/12
Today’s dirt…. Last week I blogged that that Kevin Emerick was out as the head coach at Lincoln Trail CC – I can now confirm that report. Emerick has indeed been suspended and Wasbash Valley assistant Mike Ray has taken over. Apparently Emericks employment status will be reviewed at the January Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
Morgan State suspends Bozeman
Morgan State head coach Todd Bozeman has been suspend for allegedly punching one of his players in the face in the final two minutes of Saturday’s game at South Carolina State. Here’s a link to the Baltimore Sun article with a pretty detailed account of what went down: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/b…
Jackson gets 500th
Western Washington coach Brad Jackson won his 500th game against Saint Martin’s University on Thursday, Jan. 5. Jackson is now the fifth basketball coach to win 500 games in Washington State. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Guiot becomes winningest Bearcat coach
Southwest Baptist University coach Jeff Guiot passed Jerry Kirksey in total wins with the Bearcats’ 80-69 victory over Washburn University Tuesday in Bolivar. Guiot has recorded 147 wins and 78 losses as he coaches in his eighth season at SBU. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Wheelock names LeVangie head coach
Matt LeVangie has been named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Wheelock College. He served as an Assistant Coach for the last three years at Division II Stonehill College. Prior to Stonehill, LeVangie was the Associate Head Coach at Lasell College for three campaigns – he also spent two seasons as the Associate Head Coach at
BREAKING: McDonald fired at Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky has confirmed that they have fired head coach Ken McDonald. Assistant Ray Harper will assume the duties as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. Before this season, McDonald accepted a $100,00 pay cut to remain as the head coach, so this is not an unexpected move. Last night’s loss
Daily Dirt – 1/5/12
A few things that I’ve heard from the JC’s…. Chris DeFelice has resigned at Montgomery College-Takoma Park after a 6-1 start due to family health issues. He will be replaced for the remainder of the season by Tim Thomas. Thomas has been an assistant at both Howard University and Bowie State. Also, I’ve heard that
Daily Dirt – 1/4/12
I hope everyone had a great New Year….now back to the grind. It’s early January – that means things will be heating up on HoopDirt soon! Here are a few things to start the new year…. It’s obviously VERY EARLY in the search at UNC-Greensboro, but a couple of names keep popping up. Former South
Coaching legend Bartow passes away
Gene Bartow, the Hall of Fame coach and father of UAB Athletics, passed away Tuesday evening at his home in Birmingham. The legendary former UAB basketball coach and athletic director was 81 years old. He had been battling cancer since being diagnosed in April 2009. One of the most respected figures in intercollegiate athletics, Bartow