I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day weekend. Here’s some “dirt” to start the week… • I have started to hear some names surrounding the vacancy created at West Alabama when Mark Downey departed to join Chris Jans staff at Bowling Green. The three names making the rounds are: former Southeast Louisiana head coach
PSU DuBois Hires Coach
Dylan Howard has been named head coach for the Penn State DuBois men’s basketball team following the departure of head coach Dave Bennett. Howard has served as assistant coach for six years. Bennett, who held the position for eight years, resigned this week to pursue other challenges, and continue to teach and instruct the game
Hoffman Agrees to Terms on Contract Extension
Mercer University Director of Athletics Jim Cole announced Monday that head men’s basketball coach Bob Hoffman has agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension. The most recent add-on to Hoffman’s deal secures his place at Mercer through the 2020-21 season. "We’re extremely excited to have gotten this deal done," Cole said. "Under Bob’s leadership,
Ball State adds assistant
Brian Thornton, an assistant coach at Winthrop and former Academic All-American at Xavier, has been named an assistant coach with the Ball State men’s basketball program. Thornton coached with Winthrop the past two years under head coach Pat Kelsey. He helped the Eagles to a 20-13 record this past season, marking the program’s first 20-win
Former IUPUI head coach takes HS job
Todd Howard has been named head boys basketball coach at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Howard started his coaching career more than twenty years ago, as an undergraduate assistant at the University of Louisville, and most recently served as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at IUPUI. “We are very excited about this opportunity,” said Howard. “I
Burman named DBO at Tulsa
The University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith added to the Golden Hurricane staff with the appointment of Brett Burman as the program’s Director of Basketball Operations, it was announced today. Burman, a Miami native and graduate of the University of Wisconsin, spent the last two years with the Detroit Pistons’ video department. He
OFFICIAL: Rosemond Hired at Georgia
Atlanta native Yasir Rosemond, a veteran of more than 10 seasons in collegiate coaching, was named as Assistant Basketball Coach at Georgia, according to an announcement Friday by head coach Mark Fox. Rosemond, 37, has built a reputation for success in recruiting and player development at each stop of his career thus far. Most recently,
Razorback State rumors…
Yesterday we had “dirt” from the Peach State, today we head a little bit further west to the Razorback State… •I have heard that Odessa College (TX) assistant Carlos Wilson is in the mix to join the staff at Arkansas State. Before coming to Odessa, Wilson was the head coach at Humble Christian Life Center
Southern Miss staff update
Southern Miss men’s basketball coach Doc Sadler announced the hiring of three members of his coaching staff this afternoon. Sadler has hired Chris Croft as Director of Basketball Operations, retained Jareem Dowling and hired Jeremy Cox as assistant coaches. "When looking for a staff, I searched for people who, first and foremost, were great people,"
Kentucky assistants get raises
Kentucky’s men’s basketball assistant coaches Kenny Payne and John Robic have signed new multi-year extensions with the University of Kentucky, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart and head coach John Calipari announced on Wednesday. Payne, who has been with the team for four seasons, signed a new two-year deal worth $500,000 annually plus incentives and was
Daily Dirt – 5/8/14
Here’s today’s “dirt”… • Word on the street is that former Auburn assistant Tony Matlock is in the mix to replace Al Pinkins on Andy Kennedy’s staff at Ole Miss. Matlock had been on Tony Barbee’s staff for the last eight seasons – 4 at UTEP, 4 at Auburn. Last month he was hired as
HOT: Griffin retires at RPI
Long-time Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) head men’s basketball coach Mike Griffin has announced he will retire following a distinguished 30-year career at the helm. Griffin’s retirement is effective May 31 and a national search to find Rensselaer’s next head men’s basketball coach will begin immediately. "I have been so fortunate to spend three decades in