Multiple sources are reporting that Northern Colorado head coach Tad Boyle has been offered the head spot at Colorado and will accept the job. Boyle has done a great job at Northern Colorado – his team won 4 games his in first season, and last season (his fourth), the went 25-8. He beat out Steve
Southern Connecticut search
I have heard that Southern Connecticut has narrowed its search for a new head coach to three candidates. The are: Mike Donnelly – Head Coach Post University Bob Walsh – Head Coach Rhode Island College Joe Loughran – Head Coach Rutgers-Newark A decision is expected within the next week.
Gardner-Webb
We are hearing that former Gardner-Webb assistant and current Ohio assistant Chris Holtmann will be named head coach sometime this week. Holtmann has spent the last two seasons at Ohio. He was chosen from a group that included Belmont assistant Casey Alexander, ex-Charlotte assistant Rob Moxley and Virginia director of basketball operations Brad Soucie.
Appalachian State to Hire Capel
Multiple sources are reporting that Jason Capel will be the next head coach at Appalachian State. Jason just finished his first season at Appalachian State, which was his only experience as a coach. Capel helped the Tar Heels to the 2000 Final Four, played professionally in Serbia, Japan and Italy, as well as for Fayetteville
Clemson Staff Update
New Clemson coach Brad Brownell is rounding out his staff. He has recently hired Wichita State University assistant Earl Grant. Prior to Wichita State Grant spent 3 seasons at Marshall. Brownell also brought with him assistant Mike Winiecki and manager/video assistant Lucas McKay from Wright State. He also hired former Tulane assistant Dick Bender last
Hill Resigns
Rutgers head coach Fred Hill has officially resigned from his position. It’s been almost 3 weeks since Hill’s outburst at a Rutgers baseball game. He will walk away with a buyout of around 800k.
Dartmouth down to three
According to my source, Dartmouth has narrowed it’s search from five finalists to three. Apparently the DIII guys have been eliminated – Middlebury head coach Jeff Brown and Pomona-Pitzer head coach Charlie Katsiaficas are not in the final three (did I sound like Ryan Seacrest from American Idol?) The three remaining candidates are former Dartmouth
Interviews begin at Cornell
Cornell has begun interviewing candidates to replace Steve Donahue. I can confirm that Temple assistant Matt Langel interviewed for the job earlier in the week. Langel played at Penn under current Temple head coach Fran Dunphy – Steve Donahue was one of the assistants during that time. The Donahue hire worked out pretty well for
Early names at Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe AD Bobby Staub has already begun the process of searching for a replacement for Orlando Early who resigned yesterday. A few early names that have come up that appear to be involved with the job are: Kenny Natt – Former NBA player and coach. An alum of ULM. Keith Richard – Assistant at LSU.
Brown the choice at Holy Cross
Mt. St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown will be named as the next head coach at Holy Cross. An official news conference is expected early next week (with the Patriot’s Day holiday in Massachusetts on Monday, it sounds like Tuesday will be the day). I reported yesterday that Brown was on campus and interviewing for
A curve ball at UNC-Wilmington
Didn’t see this one coming…. After almost 80 days, UNC-Wilmington has decided to hire Appalachian State head coach Buzz Peterson. Peterson is 225-147 in 12 seasons as a head coach (App. St., Tulsa, Tennessee, Coastal Carolina, and back to App. St.) He has had two one year stints – winning 26 games at Tulsa in
Colorado search narrowed to three
The search for the next basketball coach at Colorado is apparently down to 3. They are: Steve McClain – Current Colorado associate head coach. Was interviewed on Thursday. Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach at Oregon. Former head coach at Metro State (Denver) and an assistant with the Nuggets. He’s interviewing today. Tad Boyle –