After more than 1,000 wins spanning 43 years as the coach of the Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls men’s basketball program, legendary Coach Danny Miles announced today that he will retire effective July, 2016. A local, state and nationally recognized coach, Miles has led the Hustlin’ Owls to more wins than any men’s basketball coach in
Loenser promoted at Iowa State
Iowa State graduate assistant Nate Loenser has been promoted to director of player development, a move announced by head coach Fred Hoiberg today. Loenser moves into the role, which was previously held by assistant coach Charlie Henry, after spending the 2013-14 season as a graduate assistant for the Cyclones. “Nate has been a great asset
Mitchell tabbed as head coach at Vorhees (SC)
Derrick Mitchell enters into his first season as the head men’s basketball coach at Voorhees College. Mitchell was appointed to the position in July of 2014 Prior to coming to Voorhees, Mitchell served as assistant coach of the women’s basketball team at Division II Southern Arkansas University. While at Southern Arkansas University (SAU), he assisted
McBride named assistant at UIS
University of Illinois Springfield head men’s basketball coach Bill Walker has hired Rich McBride as his assistant coaches for the 2014-15 season. A standout in the Springfield community, McBride comes to UIS after four seasons as assistant coach at his alma mater Lanphier High School. Former Illinois basketball guard earned All-Big Ten honorable mention as
College of Idaho staff update
College of Idaho men’s basketball coach Scott Garson has announced his staff for the upcoming 2014-15 season, including new assistant coach, Colby Blaine. Blaine will be joined by returning assistants Jeff Lavender and B.J. Humphreys to make up the four-man staff. Former assistant coach, Garry Matlock, retired earlier this month after a long and distinguished
Daily Dirt – 7/16/14
DK on the go today…Here’s what I’ve heard: • I can confirm that Will Worosylla is no longer the head coach at Scottsdale CC (AZ). He had been at SCC for the past four seasons, and has also been an assistant at Glendale CC and Fullerton JC. Assistant coach Mark Bunker has taken over as
Former DI head coach becomes AD
Former Western Kentucky, Jacksonville, and North Florida head coach Matt Kilcullen has been named as the Athletic Director at Mercy College (NY). He had been working on the administrative side of the house after getting out of coaching in 2009. Here’s the official release from Mercy: Mercy College has hired Matt Kilcullen, Jr. as Director
Pugliese named assistant at Wisconsin-Platteville
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville head men’s basketball coach Jeff Gard has announced the hiring of John Pugliese as assistant coach for the Pioneers. "I’m thrilled with what John brings to our staff, both on and off the court, in terms of coaching, recruiting and mentoring these young men," said Gard. "I have a tremendous amount
Tennessee Tech Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Tennessee Tech is former Georgia and Marshall head coach Ron Jirsa. The spot opened up last month when TTU assistant Brian Kloman left for a spot on Pat Kelsey’s staff at Winthrop. In addition to his time as a
Memphis hires Lawson as assistant
Keelon Lawson, recently the boys basketball head coach at Hamilton High School in Memphis, has been named an assistant coach for the University of Memphis men’s basketball program, Tigers head coach Josh Pastner announced Wednesday. “We’re excited about Keelon joining our staff,” said Pastner. “Keelon is a great fit for our program. We welcome Keelon
C.J. Lee added as assistant at Marist
Marist head men’s basketball coach Mike Maker has announced the hiring of C.J. Lee as an assistant coach. Lee spent the past four seasons on the staff of Head Coach John Beilein at the University of Michigan. This past season, he served as Director of Program Personnel. From 2010-13, Lee was the program’s Administrative Specialist.
Daily Dirt – 7/15/14
Busy day for the DirtKing – sorry for the late update. Had a recruit on campus this morning, a “big boy” meeting this afternoon, then hit the Little League fields with the Little DirtBags this evening. Finally have a few minutes to myself – here’s what I’ve got… • Trent Wolf has been hired as