Every off-season, basketball players around the globe set their sights on getting faster and more explosive. They train with strength coaches, perform jump programs, and use all sorts of gadgets like speed ladders, parachutes and cones to gain an extra inch or two on their vertical and improve their first step even by one-tenth of
Former Local Women’s Basketball Standout Sydney Hines Joins Goucher College Men’s Basketball Staff
Head coach Tom Rose has named Sydney Hines a men’s basketball assistant coach at Goucher College. Hines joins the growing trend of female assistant coaches in the men’s basketball coaching ranks. Hines, an Owings Mills, Maryland, native, comes to Goucher after a four-year career on the women’s basketball team at Central Connecticut State University in
Brannen Announces Additions to Cincinnati Basketball Support Staff
University of Cincinnati head coach John Brannen has announced the additions of Craig Heatherly and George Neilson to the men’s basketball support staff. Heatherly will serve as director of basketball operations while Neilson will be tasked as the program’s video coordinator. Heatherly worked the past four seasons at North Dakota. He was elevated to the
Schneider Added as SIUE Director of Basketball Operations
SIUE men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Barone has added another piece to his staff. Colin Schneider has joined the Cougars as the Director of Basketball Operations. Schneider comes to SIUE after spending five seasons in the NBA. Most recently, Schneider spent three seasons as the Head Video Coordinator with the Sacramento Kings, where he assisted
Kelly Adds Klingman as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Catholic University
Catholic University head men’s basketball coach Aaron Kelly announced the hiring of Justin Klingman as an assistant coach on Friday. A 2015 graduate of the University of Scranton, Klingman comes to the District after four years as an assistant coach at Ursinus. Klingman’s primary responsibilities at Ursinus included recruiting, opponent scouting, player skill development and development of
Simmons Elevated to Assistant Coach at Northwestern State
Basketball coach Dave Simmons rejoined Mike McConathy and the Northwestern State staff for the 2018-19 season, and now Simmons has been elevated to an assistant coach position, McConathy announced Friday. Simmons coached under McConathy as an assistant for seven seasons from 1999-2006 before taking over Southland Conference rival McNeese for 12 seasons as a head
Nate Tomlinson Joins Colorado Basketball Staff As Director Of Player Development
Former University of Colorado point guard and Pac-12 Conference champion Nate Tomlinson has been named the Buffaloes’ Director of Player Development, head coach Tad Boyle announced Thursday. Tomlinson replaces Sean Kearney who became an associate commissioner with the Atlantic 10 Conference earlier this summer. “This was a win-win situation,” Boyle said. “Sean had a great
Harding added to Broncbuster men’s basketball staff
Patrick Nee has finalized his staff for the 2019-2020 season. On Thursday, the school announced the hiring of Mike Harding as the new men’s assistant basketball coach. “I’d like to thank Coach Patrick Nee and Athletic Director Greg McVey for giving me my first opportunity to coach at the college level,” Harding said. “Once I
Josh Beardsley Added To Truman Men’s Basketball Staff
Truman Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Horner has announced the addition of Josh Beardsley to his coaching staff for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Beardsley formerly served as a graduate assistant coach at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa and takes over for the departing Pat Sodemann. “We are fortunate to have Josh on our staff here
Chinedu Nwachukwu Named YSU Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach
Chinedu Nwachukwu (pronounced “chin-a-do” “wan-chu-koo”) has been hired as an assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff, YSU Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun announced. Nwachukwu replaces Brady Trenkle, who departed to pursue other opportunities closer to his family. “I’m ecstatic about bring Chinedu on to our staff,” Calhoun said. “He comes from a tremendous coaching pedigree,
Beard Adds Donewald to Texas Tech Coaching Staff
Texas Tech head men’s basketball coach Chris Beard has announced the hiring of Bob Donewald Jr. as the Director of Player of Development. Donewald brings a wealth of basketball experience to the Red Raider program after coaching at the professional, international and collegiate levels. Among his experiences, he was the head coach of the Chinese
Wilson Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Cornell
Clay Wilson has joined the Big Red coaching staff as an assistant coach it was announced today by Brian Earl, the Robert E. Gallagher ’44 Head Coach of Cornell Men’s Basketball. Wilson played four seasons at Ivy rival Princeton before playing professionally for four seasons, coaching high school basketball and co-founding one of the largest