Iona College men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess announced the promotion of Jared Grasso to associate head coach. Both Cluess and Grasso enter their second season in New Rochelle. Prior to Iona, Grasso spent four seasons at Fordham University, the final of which he served as interim head coach of the Rams. He also served
SC State assistant takes WBB job
Wesleyan College (GA) has named Mike Walton as the institution’s new head women’s basketball coach. Walton leads the Pioneers after concluding a three-year term on the coaching staff at NCAA Division I member South Carolina State University. Walton played at Rice University for former University of Memphis assistant and current Texas A&M-Corpus Christi head coach
Former PC coach Davis lands TV gig
Former Providence head coach Keno Davis has signed a deal to work as a color guy for the Big Ten Network. It is reportedly a 1-year pact. Financial terms of Davis’ deal with the Big Ten Network were not available. Davis was 46-50 in three seasons at Providence, and 28-5 in his only season at
UPDATE: St. Peter’s staff movement
A few things that have happened at St. Peter’s College recently… Brett MacConnell has been named as the Director of Basketball Operations. He had been an assistant at Holy Family last season, and worked at Delaware Valley before that. He replaces Kevin Simmons who spent one year in the DBO role. I have heard that
UPDATE: Southern Poly promotes assistant
Southern Poly has promoted assistant Tommy Dillon to head coach. I reported in September that head coach Jeff Jones was no longer the coach there (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b593968c/daily-dirt-9-28-11/…). Still not sure why Jones was released at such a late date, but I have heard some pretty interesting stories from few people close to the situation. Dillon is
Texas A&M’s Kennedy on Medical Leave
According to a statement released by Texas A&M, head coach Billy Kennedy is taking a medical leave of absence due to an undisclosed medical condition. Kennedy will have a series of tests run and will be evaluated by his physician before returning to coach the Aggies. Associate head coach Glynn Cyprien will be in charge
Liberty University Staff Update
Matt Olinger has been promoted to assistant coach at Liberty. Olinger is in his eighth year with the program, having previously spent three seasons as the director of basketball operations, two as a graduate assistant and two as a video coordinator Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Moss Named Assistant at Coastal Carolina
Former UNC Wilmington head coach Benny Moss has been named an assistant at Coastal Carolina. Before Wilmington, Moss served six seasons as the top assistant at UNC Charlotte. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Liberty Assistant Steps Down
Liberty Head Coach Dale Layer has announced that Myron Guillory has chosen to resign as assistant coach to pursue other career opportunities. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Let practice begin!
We’ve made it through the off-season….finally time to kick-off the 2011-12 season. With practices starting tonight and tomorrow, I wanted to wish all of the coaches out there good luck! I know that I am looking forward to getting out there with my own squad and I’m sure you all feel the same. This is
St. Louis Rumor….
According to a source, St. Louis head coach Rick Majerus has hired former Army and Evansville head coach Jim Crews as an assistant. Crews will replace Alex Jensen who became the head coach of the Cavs D-League team last week. In 24 seasons as a head coach, Crews holds a 353-349 record (294-209 in 17
UC Irvine assistant takes WBB job
Doug Oliver has been named a women’s basketball assistant coach at UC Irvine. Oliver spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the UC Irvine men’s program. He has over 35 years of coaching experience, had two stints as the top assistant at Stanford, the first from 1986-98 as a member of Mike