Author Archives: Brady Dirt

Dwaine Osborne Named MEC Coach of the Year

West Liberty’s Dalton Bolon has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for a second-straight season, while Davis & Elkins’ Sam Rolle (Freshman of the Year) and Charleston’s Dwaine Osborne (Coach of the Year) also received top honors from the league. Bolon, a senior from Gnadenhutten, Ohio, repeats as

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Todd Lee Named Summit League Coach of Year

The Summit League announced its end of the season basketball awards on Thursday. Coaches, media and sports information directors selected the winners ahead of this week’s Summit League Tournament selected the winners. Redshirt-sophomore A.J. Plitzuweit was named Newcomer of the Year, head coach Todd Lee was named Coach of the Year, Plitzuweit was named to the

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Earl Named SoCon Coach of the Year

VMI head basketball coach Dan Earl has been named 2020-21 SoCon Coach of the Year by both the league coaches and media, the league office announced today following its postseason awards voting results. VMI senior guard Greg Parham (Richmond, Va.) was voted to the All-Southern Conference first team by the media and earned second team

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Ritchie McKay Named ASUN Coach of the Year

After earning the ASUN Regular Season title for the third straight season, Liberty was well-recognized on the ASUN All-Conference Postseason awards, as Darius McGhee was named the ASUN Player of the Year, Elijah Cuffee was named the ASUN Defensive Player of the Year and Head Coach Ritchie McKay was named ASUN Coach of the Year.

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DeChellis Named Patriot League Coach of the Year

Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year on Tuesday when the league announced its major award winners and all-league teams for the 2020-21 season.  Joining DeChellis from Navy in earning accolades were Cam Davis (Sr., Battlefield, Mo.), who received first-team all-league honors, and Richard Njoku (Jr.,

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Dr. Dave Holmquist earns his 1,000th coaching victory

Dr. Dave Holmquist is the fifth head coach in four-year college men’s basketball history to earn 1,000 career coaching victories. On Saturday in Irvine his upstart Eagles defeated Concordia University Irvine by a final tally of 73-51 to hand Holmquist number 1,000. “I just feel very blessed and thankful to have worked at Biola all these

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Drill of the Week

Our good friend and NBA Shooting Coach John Townsend demonstrates a great 3-point shooting drill called 2 & Out to work on streak shooting. Check out the full breakdown in the video below! https://www.youtube.com/embed/IC8nkNZf2eQ 2 & Out The drill involves 5 spots around the three point line: corners, wings, and the top of the key.

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Drill of the Week

In this Dr. Dish Drill of the week from Coach Tony Miller, he demonstrates a great drill called Contested Closeout Shooting focused on game-like action against a defender.  Checkout the full breakdown below! It can be a challenge creating game-like shooting drills for small group workouts (e.g., 2-4 players). This contested shooting drill simulates game-like

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