Stillman College assistant Jamaal Jackson has officially been tabbed as the interim head coach at Bluefield State. On Tuesday, I reported that he was the choice (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/aa274a97/bluefield-state-update/…) – it is now a done deal. I have heard from a source that former head coach Jimmy Voight is still in a battle with the college over
Hawaii staff update
University of Hawai’i men’s basketball head coach Gib Arnold announced a pair of changes to his 2011-12 coaching staff. Benjy Taylor has been elevated to associate coach and Scott Fisher has been hired as an assistant coach. Taylor served as an assistant coach last year, while Fisher was previously the team’s director of operations. The
UNO staff update
University of New Orleans men’s basketball coach Mark Slessinger formally announced the additions of Kris Arkenberg and Kerwin Forges to his coaching staff. Arkenberg was an assistant at Panola JC last season. He began his collegiate coaching career as a student assistant at Division I IUPUI and also worked as an assistant at Lincoln Trail
New Mexico State adds assistant
New Mexico State has hired Keith Brown as an assistant basketball coach. Brown joined the Aggies after 14 seasons (1997-2011) at Cal State Bakersfield including six years as the head coach (2005-11). He helped the Roadrunners make the transition to NCAA Division I. Brown was promoted to head coach after serving as the head assistant
Williams Signs Contract Extension
UNC has extended Roy Williams contract through 2018. Williams is in his ninth season as head coach of the Tar Heels. His base salary will be $325,000, he will receive an expense allowance of $30,000 in 2011-12 and $40,000 in each of the next six years and he will receive supplemental income paid by the
Former BC Head Coach Skinner headed to BABC
Former Boston College head coach Al Skinner has found his next coaching gig. According to multiple people close to the situation, he will become a volunteer coach with the Boston Amateur Basketball Club. The BABC is one of the top AAU organizations in the country and this gives Skinner a good opportunity to work with
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Hires Assistant
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced the hiring of Kent Dernbach as its new assistant coach today. We posted this yesterday and now its official, click below for the press release. (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/b7927a28/columbus-day-dirt/…) Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt – 10/11/11
Less than a week until practice starts – I am definitely fired up! Here are some things I’ve heard so far this morning…. I’ve heard from multiple sources that Hawaii head coach Gib Arnold will promote DBO Scott Fisher to the role of assistant coach. He would replace Walter Roese who left the program at
DeMong named assistant at Lewis
Lewis University has named Adam DeMong as an assistant basketball coach. DeMong had spent the last two seasons on former Lewis head coach Jim Whitesell’s staff at Division I Loyola (IL). He also spent time as an assistant at Ohio. DeMong replaces Condric Sanders who resigned in August to accept a position at Division I
Bluefield State update….
According to a source close to the situation, Bluefield State is close to naming Stillman College assistant Jamaal Jackson as the next head coach. Jackson would replace Jimmy Voight who was dismissed last month (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/47335bd4/voight-out-at-bluefield-st…). Jackson has been at SC since 2008 and spent four seasons at Kentucky State before that. An official announcement is
St. Mike’s adds assistant
Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball head coach Michael Harding has announced the hiring of Jon Rock as the Purple Knights’ second assistant coach. A native of South Burlington, Rock was an assistant coach for the past four seasons at Norwich University (VT). Rock served as a varsity boys’ assistant coach at Rice Memorial High School,
St. Louis assistant to D-League
The Cleveland Cavaliers today announced that Alex Jensen has been named the first-ever head coach of their new NBA Development League franchise in Canton. Canton General Manager Wes Wilcox made the announcement. Per team and league policy, terms of the contract were not released. Most recently, Jensen served as an assistant coach at Saint Louis