Eastern Illinois Vice President for Student Affairs and Interim Athletic Director Dan Nadler has announced contract extensions for Panther men’s and women’s head basketball coaches Debbie Black and Jay Spoonhour. Both coaches are now under contracts that will keep them in charge of their respective programs through the 2016-2017 basketball season. "I’m happy to announce
Delta College names Blackbourn head coach
Delta College Director of Athletics Shelly Raube has named former Benedictine College assistant Kyle Blackbourn as the Pioneers next men’s basketball head coach. "We are looking to build a Championship Culture within our men’s basketball program and Kyle is the right coach for the job. His passion, excitement and energy to develop young men is
HOT: Cronin inks new deal at Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics Mike Bohn announced Monday that the university and head men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin have agreed to a new contract through the 2020-21 season. The new seven-year deal replaces the extension Cronin, entering his ninth year with the Bearcats, signed a year ago. "Mick Cronin’s genuine passion for the
Daily Dirt – 6/23/14
Some “dirt” to start the week… •Two names that I have heard surround the vacancy at Black Hills State (SD) are Augustana (SD) assistant head coach Jeff Trumbauer and Sheridan College (WY) head coach Steve Smiley. Trumbauer has been at Augustana for the past four seasons, and was the head coach at Jamestown (ND) before
Arkansas State Dirt…
I have heard that Arkansas State head coach John Brady will hire Mike Scutero as an assistant coach. He will replace Jeff Clapacs who recently departed to become the DBO at Bowling Green. Scutero has spent time at both Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee State. He has also worked as an assistant at Odessa College
Slay named assistant at ETSU
East Tennessee State men’s basketball head coach Murry Bartow announced Thursday that assistant coach Jason Slay has been added to the Buccaneers’ staff. Slay, who spent last season as an assistant at Tennessee State University, was also the Director of Basketball Operations for Georgia Southern University during the 2012-13 season. Prior to his college coaching
Furman Dirt…
I’ve got it from a very good source that Furman will hire VCU video coordinator Dwight Perry as an assistant coach. Perry has been at VCU for the past two seasons, and was an intern at Stanford before that. He also spent three years as a member of the team at Kentucky. Look for the
Sherman resigns after one month on the job at Gordon State
Garett Sherman arrived on the Gordon State College campus in August, 2012, to begin the new women’s basketball program. Along with the coaching position, he would teach a variety of classes in the Health and Physical Education Department. The combination seemed to be the perfect fit since he already had classroom experience and a solid
Daily Dirt – 6/20/14
A bunch of things to close out the week… • I have heard that Oakland Video Coordinator / Player Development assistant James Hellekjaer will become an assistant at Saginaw Valley State. He started at Oakland in 2009 as a GA and was promoted to Video Coordinator a year later. He was a manager for the
Taylor Tabbed as Basketball Coach at St. Catharine
Matt Taylor has been two separate tenures as assistant basketball coach at University of Pikeville. In between those stints he was an assistant at St. Catharine College. Now Taylor will even the score with a return to St. Catharine. But for the first time since his graduation from Alice Lloyd, Taylor will now be the
Daily Dirt – 6/19/14
The DirtKing is back among the living today (kind of…). I had surgery on Tuesday to repair an old water skiing injury. Apparently I’m not as tough as I used to be – this one kicked my butt! Here are a bunch of things that I heard while recovering over the past 48 hours… •
OFFICIAL: Nebraska Wesleyan Hires Wellman
Nebraska Wesleyan University announced today the hiring of Dale Wellman as the new men’s basketball head coach. He becomes the 23rd head coach in the history of the NWU basketball program. Dale Wellman comes to Nebraska Wesleyan after spending the past six seasons as the head coach at Alfred University, a NCAA Division III Institution