It looks like Miami will name a new head coach in the next few days. Acting AD Tony Hernandez and search committee chairman Paul DiMare have recently met with Parker Executive search to narrow the names down. The coaches currently in the mix are: University of Alabama-Birmingham head coach Mike Davis Murray State head coach
BREAKING: Rice the choice at UNLV
BYU associate head coach Dave Rice will be named as the new head coach at UNLV. A source has confirmed that a 4:00pm Monday press conference has been scheduled to make the formal announcement. Rice was a reserve on the Rebels’ 1990 NCAA championship team and 1991 Final Four team and spent 11 seasons as
DirtKing back from the DL
The DirtKing has been on the DL for the last few days, but I’m back! Big thanks to Mr. Dirt for keeping the site running smoothly over the last few days. As Mr. Dirt told me last night, it’s good that we have a great health care plan here at HoopDirt! Anyway, here are some
Fresno State Rumor
We are hearing that Texas assistant Rodney Terry will be named the next head coach at Fresno State. Terry just finished his 9th season on Rick Barnes’ bench. We will keep you updated when this becomes official.
Assistant Rumors???
Now that Texas assistant Rodney Terry is the head coach at Fresno State look for Rick Barnes to consider rehiring his former assistant Rob Lanier. Lanier is currently an assistant at Florida. David Cason is another assistant who could be looking to move up. Look for him to go after the openings at Vandy and
Princeton Names
The last 3 Princeton coaches have all been alums. Here are some alums that we hear are interested in the job Brian Earl- 1999 Ivy League player of the year, just completed his fourth year on Sydney Johnson’s staff Mike Brennan- four year starter, current assistant at Georgetown, also was an assistant at Princeton for
Eastern Michigan Fires Coach
Eastern Michigan men’s basketball coach Charles Ramsey has been fired after six seasons. Ramsey compiled a 68-118 record with the Eagles, including a 37-62 mark in the Mid-American Conference. Eastern was 9-22 overall and 5-11 in the MAC in 2010-11.
Lewis and Clark State Rumors
We are hearing a few names for the LCSC job George Pfeifer- former Montana State University Billings coach, also was the head coach at LCSC Jared Phay- Has been the head coach at Northern Idaho for the past 7 seasons Jim Roffler- has spent the last 20 years as the head coach at Lower Columbia
Kent State Removes Interim Tag
As excepted (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/b4dcc214/kent-state-update/…) Rob Senderoff has been named head coach at Kent State. Senderoff was placed with the interim tag after former coach Geno Ford left to take the Bradley job. Senderoff has been the associate head coach for all three years under Ford, and also had a previous three-year stint as a Kent State
UNLV Finalists
There are four finalists for the vacant UNLV job. They are: Ernie Kent – Former head coach Oregon Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach St. John’s Dave Rice – Associate head coach BYU Reggie Theus – Assistant coach Minnesota Timberwolves UNLV director of athletics Jim Livengood will have final interviews with these four, and have
DINNER DIRT
Busy day today; a lot of assistants have been hired so check out the news section for the updates. Here is some other dirt that is going on. Some early names for Eastern Michigan are: Tony Harvey – Texas Southern Todd Lickliter – Former Butler and Iowa coach Tony Jones – Former Tennessee asst coach
Manhattan Rumor
We have heard that Long Island head coach Jim Ferry has been offered the job at Manhattan. We had Ferry as a candidate a few weeks back (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/3261a8cc/manhattan-update/…). Ferry also was a finalist for the Fairfield job. We will keep you posted if this becomes official.