Nyack Basketball Head Coach Jason Crafton announced today the additions of Isaiah Roberts and Thomas Tesar to his coaching staff. Roberts, who just completed his playing career at Nyack was named Assistant Coach while Tesar will assume the role of Director of Basketball Operations. As an Assistant Coach, Roberts will be heavily involved with player
Spencer promoted to associate head coach at SC State
South Carolina State men’s basketball head coach Murray Garvin announced the promotion of assistant Ken Spencer to associate head coach. Spencer, who is entering his third season as a member of the SC State basketball staff, will – among other duties – coordinate recruiting, and academics, for the Bulldogs and also be responsible for developing
Late Night Dirt – 7/22/14
Looks like it’s going to be late night dirt all week. Another looooong day at camp – can’t believe it’s only Tuesday. Here are some things that I’ve heard… • I have heard from a great source that there are five finalists for the job at Hobart. It sounds like all five have interviewed on
University of New Mexico Hires Strength Coach
Head coach Craig Neal and the University of New Mexico men’s basketball program have announced the hiring of Jeremy Anderson as the team’s strength and conditioning coach. Anderson joins the Lobos after spending the previous three seasons with the strength and conditioning department at the University of Virginia. “We are really looking forward to having
St. Bonaventure Hires Assistant
Jerome Robinson has joined the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Mark Schmidt announced. Robinson worked at Eastern Michigan the past three years under head coach Rob Murphy. He was the Director of Player Development and Video Coordinator last season, and the Lifeskills Coordinator prior to that. Last season,
Late Night Dirt – 7/21/14
A late night update…The DirtKing is running his camp this week – going to be a wild one. A bunch of snot nosed 9-year old kids…ugh! Here are some things I’ve heard while dealing with peanut allergies, epi–pens and, ADHD (in the old days, camp was just about basketball)… • I have heard that Penn
OFFICIAL: Williams Hires App
We had this the other day, it’s now… Kevin App, has been selected as the 12th coach in the history of the Williams College men’s basketball program, it was announced Saturday by Williams Director of Athletics Lisa Melendy. App spent the 2008-09 season as an Eph assistant under former head coach Mike Maker, who resigned
Schwartz Promoted at Fresno State
After helping change the culture of the Fresno State men’s basketball program both on and off the court, Michael Schwartz has been promoted to associate head coach, Bulldogs’ head coach Rodney Terry announced Monday. "We have one of the best young basketball minds in the business," Terry said of Schwartz. "He has really helped us
OFFICIAL: Carey to Hawaii
We reported this as a rumor earlier in the spring. It’s now official… University of Hawai’i men’s basketball head coach Gib Arnold announced the addition of Senque Carey as an assistant coach for the Rainbow Warriors. Carey, who has coached at the Division I level for nearly a decade, will serve as the program’s recruiting
Williams Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that the leader at Williams is Army assistant Kevin App. The former Cornell player started his coaching career as an assistant at Williams (2008-09). He has been at Army since 2010 and also spent one season as an assistant at his alma mater. It sounds like an announcement
UMC Adds Beamish to Coaching Staff
The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball program announced the addition of Bryan Beamish as assistant coach. Beamish will join Head Coach Dan Weisse and Assistant Coach Mike Annese on staff for the Golden Eagles for the 2014-15 season. Beamish comes to UMC after one season as a graduate assistant under Jim Larranaga at NCAA
Yale Dirt…
I can confirm that Yale assistant Jamie Snyder-Fair has departed the staff after four seasons. He is currently involved with a bunch of DIII jobs – RPI, WIlliams, and Hobart. Snyder-Fair is a DIII guy, having played at Colby and has also worked at Washington and Lee, and Vassar. Yale head coach Joe Jones has