Joe Balestrieri begins his first season on the Wake Forest basketball staff in 2014-15, serving as the program’s Video Coordinator. In his current role on the Demon Deacon staff, Balestrieri is responsible for managing the program’s video operations, including film cutups and exchanges. Balestrieri (pronounced bal-uh-STRARE-ee) came to Wake Forest in June 2014 after a
Mills named Director of Player Development at Wake Forest
Josh Mills is in his first season on the Wake Forest basketball staff in 2014-15, serving as the program’s Director of Player Development. In his current role, Mills serves as a mentor for Demon Deacon student-athletes in their academic and professional development. He also assists in recruiting by organizing and maintaining databases, sending mailouts and
Micallef Named Brooklyn’s Head Coach
The Brooklyn College Office of Recreation, Intramurals & Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the hiring of Rich Micallef as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach, effective immediately. Coach Micallef is no stranger to BC Athletics having spent four seasons on the Men’s Basketball team from 1980-1984 and graduating as Brooklyn’s all-time leading scorer with 1,740 career points,
Bennett Receives New 7-Year Contract
Virginia Director of Athletics Craig Littlepage announced Tuesday (June 3) the University has signed men’s basketball head coach Tony Bennett to a new 7-year contract through the 2020-21 season. The contract replaces an extension to Bennett’s original contract signed in 2012 that was scheduled to end following the 2018-19 season. "We are pleased with Coach
OFFICIAL: Bower resigns at Marist
After leading the Marist College men’s basketball program for one season, Jeff Bower has resigned his position as head coach. Bower will become the General Manager of the Detroit Pistons. “I have a lot of respect for Jeff and the job he did in his time at Marist,” Marist Director of Athletics Tim Murray said.
HOT RUMOR: Marist’s Bower headed back to NBA
Yahoo! Sports first reported, and I can now confirm, that Marist head coach Jeff Bower is close to finalizing a deal to become the GM of the Detroit Pistons. Bower took over at Marist last spring, and guided his squad to a 12-19 record. He had previously worked in the NBA as the head coach,
Franklin College adds assistant
Franklin College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kerry Prather has announced the addition of Brian Lebowitz as assistant coach to the men’s basketball program after a successful four-year playing career at Kenyon College (Ohio) from 2011-14. Lebowitz was a three-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference player and was selected team captain for his senior and junior seasons.
Daily Dirt – 6/2/14
Somethings that I heard over the weekend… • Word on the street is that Southern assistant Ryan Price is departing and will become an assistant at Prairie View A&M. Price had been at Southern since 2011 and has also worked at Arkansas-Ft. Smith, Henderson State, and Gannon. He is the son of current Lamar head
Ingle out, Sherman in at Gordon State
Garett Sherman has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Gordon State College. He replaces Izzy Ingle who has accepted a job as head basketball coach at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah. Sherman has been at Gordon State since 2012 serving as assistant coach to the men’s team and assistant professor of
DeCuire formally introduced as Griz head coach
Travis DeCuire (pronounced: Dee-cure) was formally introduced as the University of Montana’s 27th men’s head basketball coach today (Monday, June 2) at a press conference in the Max & Betty Swanson Grizzly Sky Club, located in UM’s Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena. DeCuire was initially named the Grizzlies’ new mentor on Saturday, May 31, by UM’s Director
Evergreen State hires head coach
After a nationwide search, The Evergreen State College has selected Tim Malroy as the fifth head men’s basketball coach in school history. “We were blessed with a very large number of applicants, and we had an outstanding finalist pool. Tim emerged from that strong field as the best fit for Evergreen,” said Matt Newman, Director
Official: Palmore to Coastal Carolina
I mentioned this last week as a rumor – it’s now official… Coastal Carolina Head Men’s Basketball Coach Cliff Ellis has named Stacey Palmore the program’s newest assistant coach. Palmore was most recently an assistant coach on Mark Fox’s staff at the University of Georgia. Palmore brings 21 years of coaching experience to Coastal and