Posted this as a rumor a few weeks ago….it’s now official. Nevada Smith has been named as the head coach at Keystone College. Smith had spent the past five seasons as an assistant at Ithaca. He replaces Jason Leone who became the head coach at Oswego State last month. Here’s the official release: http://www.gokcgiants.com/news/2011/9/7/MSOC_0907114002.aspx… Stay
Daily Dirt – 9/12/11
Busy weekend – here are some of the things that I’ve heard…. According to a great source, Nima Omidvar has been hired as the video coordinator at NC State. Omidvar spent last season as an assistant at Bowie State. Before that, he was a GA on Bobby Lutz’ staff at UNC-Charlotte (Lutz is now an
Norfolk State hires assistant
Wilson Washington will join the Norfolk State coaching staff on a part-time basis this season. A Norfolk native, Washington was a three-time All-American in the 1970s while playing for Old Dominion. Washington was a third-team Division II All-American and NCAA Tournament MVP in 1975, when he helped the Monarchs win the Division II national title.
HS vet joins VWC staff
Ben Moore has joined the staff at Virginia Wesleyan College as an assistant. Moore spent 24 seasons as the head coach at Newport News’ Warwick High School for 24 years (261-263). He resigned from that position earlier this year to accept a teaching promotion as the lead teach in the health and physical education department.
Daily Dirt – 9/9/11
Here some things that I’ve heard over the past few days…. From multiple sources….former Seton Hall assistant Dermon Player has been offered the Union County College job. Player has a ton of connections in the NY/NJ area. He has also worked on the staff at St. John’s and spent time with some big-time AAU programs
Yale promotes assistant
Jamie Snyder-Fair, who has spent the last two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Yale, has been promoted to full-time assistant coach. Snyder-Fair came to Yale from Washington & Lee where he helped the team make its first appearance in the ODAC championship game in 20 years. In his one season at W&L, the
John Jay officially hires Fenn
I blogged about this last week. Just wanted to pass along the official release about the hiring of Otis Fenn at John Jay College (NY): http://www.johnjayathletics.com/news/2011/9/9/MBB_0909115214… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Brayden Carr Foundation Coaches Clinic
I originally posted this last month. Since it is a such an important event, I thought that I should get it up again (especially now that it is less than a month away)…… I wanted to pass along the info for the Brayden Carr Foundation’s Coaches Clinic on September 30th at Rutgers. For those of
Daily Dirt – 9/7/11
Here’s today’s dirt…. I’ve heard that Cal Baptist has added Troy Johnson to its Men’s Basketball staff. Johnson has had stops at San Jose State University, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Western New Mexico and was the head coach at Merritt College in Oakland. CBU is has made the transition to NCAA DII and is a member
Former Texas Tech assistant to ABA
Former Texas Tech assistant Chris Beard has been named as the head coach of the ABA’s South Carolina Warriors. Beard had been an assistant to both Bob and Pat Knight at TTU. He was retained by Billy Gillispie this spring, but left the staff in June. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching
Daily Dirt – 9/6/11
Fall is here! It’s great to have all of our guys back on campus. We are getting ready for the season, but the dirt never stops! Here’s what I heard over the weekend…. Sounds like Bryant College assistant Kevin Kurbec is headed back to Providence College. Kurbec worked at PC from 1998-2008 in various administrative
Stewart promoted at Bowie State
Bowie State assistant coach Larry Stewart has been promoted to associate head coach. Stewart enters his third year on the Bowie State staff. A standout player at Coppin State from 1987-1991, Stewart led the Eagles to their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1990 and first ever National Invitational Tournament in 1991. He was a