Amherst College coach Dave Hixon has announced that Paul Halas and Kevin Hopkins ’08 will join the Lord Jeff coaching staff for the 2011- 12 season. Halas joins Amherst after a three-year coaching stint with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Hopkins graduated from Amherst in 2008, after graduation he signed to play professional basketball for the Osnabruck P4Two
USC Upstate hires assistant
USC Upstate head men’s basketball coach Eddie Payne has announced the hiring of Kente’ Hart as an assistant coach for the Spartan basketball program. Hart most recently served as an assistant basketball coach at Vincennes University during the 2009-10 season. Before making his way to Vincennes, Hart served as a student assistant coach at Carson-Newman
Corbin named assistant at Shenandoah
Shenandoah Head Men’s Basketball Coach Rob Pryor announced that he has hired Allen Corbin as his top assistant. Corbin, who played and coached at West Virginia University, joins the Shenandoah staff after two seasons at Division II Shepherd. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Vaughn (NY) hires coach
Vaughn College named Jon Hochberg Director of Athletics and Men’s Basketball Coach. Hochberg is the former head women’s basketball coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., where he compiled a record of 106-39 (.731 winning percentage) over five seasons. His 2009 team won the Empire 8 Conference tournament and qualified for the NCAA
Tusculum names head coach
Tusculum College has named Michael Jones as its new men’s basketball coach. Jones comes to Tusculum after serving the last 12 years as head coach at South Atlantic Conference member Brevard College. Jones replaces former Tusculum coach Jim Boone, who resigned last week after six seasons on the TC sidelines to accept a similar position
Okla. City adds assistant
Oklahoma City University has added Lance Madison to its men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach. Madison comes to OCU after two seasons as men’s basketball assistant coach at Hutchinson (KS). He has also worked at Cowley CC, UTPA, UTSA, Redlands CC, Olney Central, and Vincennes. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball
NYC "Dirt"
A few rumors from NYC…. I’ve got it from a great source that Shay Berry has been offered the head job at Hunter College. The hiring will not be made official until it is approved by HR at Hunter/CUNY. Berry worked at Five-Star for the past few years and was an assistant at Dartmouth before
Daily Dirt – 8/8/11
Finally back from vacation….it feels funny to not be wearing flip-flops any more. Here are a few things that I’ve heard over the weekend…. I’ve heard that UNC-Asheville assistant Kotie Kimble will accept a spot on the staff at William and Mary. He had been at UNCA for the past four seasons, and was an
Montevallo adds assistant
The University of Montevallo has announced the hiring of Stetson Hairston as assistant men’s basketball coach. Hairston comes to Montevallo after spending last season as the assistant at Chipola College. Before joining the Indians, he served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Southwestern Illinois College where the team was 55-9 in two years. Prior
Blackburn (IL) names coach
Jason Baribeau has been named head men’s basketball coach at Blackburn College and began work on August 1. Baribeau comes from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln Nebraska, where he served as the top assistant for the previous four years. During his time at Nebraska Wesleyan, Baribeau developed nine All-Great Plains Athletic Conference performers and coordinated
Daily Dirt – PART II – 8/8/11
A few more things that I’ve heard today…. Providence DBO Carmen Maciariello has accepted an assistant spot at Boston University. Maciariello was an assistant under new Providence head coach Ed Cooley at Farifield for the past three seasons. His hiring completes Joe Jones staff at BU. Jones had previously hired Yale assistant Curtis Wilson, Williams
Bethel assistant resigns
Danny Randolph has resigned from his position has Head Women’s Golf Coach to take the same position at NCAA Division II Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Randolph, who was also an assistant men’s basketball coach at Bethel will concentrate his efforts on women’s golf at Lynn. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball