I can confirm through multiple sources that Nichols College head coach Scott Faucher will be named as the new head basketball coach Assumption College. This past season, Faucher led Nichols to a program record 28 win season, and a DIII Elite Eight appearance. Before being hired at Nichols last summer, he spent four seasons as
Daily Dirt: DII Edition
Some things from the DII world… It sounds like LeMoyne is down to the final group in their search to replace Patrick Beilein (Niagara). The names that I’ve heard are: Nate Champion (assistant coach at Florida Southern / LeMoyne alum), Fred Dupree (former assistant at Niagara, Canisius, College of Charleston, and Rider), Ryan Blackwell (local
Daily Dirt: JUCO Head Coaches on the Move…
Some JUCO head coaches on the move… Last week in the Daily Dirt, I mentioned that Bob Marlin’s search to replace Kevin Johnson (Tulane) at Louisiana Lafayette was focused on a current DI JUCO head coach. It’s not a secret anymore that the choice here is Daytona State head coach Brock Morris. In his only
Arkansas State Dirt..
I can confirm that Austin Peay assistant Rick Cabrera will join the staff at Arkansas State. He will replace Vince Walden who departed for Elon last week. Cabrera has been on Matt Figger’s staff at Austin Peay for the past two seasons. He has also been an assistant at his alma mater Tennessee Tech, as
SEATTLE DIRT: D2 Head Coach to be added to Redhawks staff
I can confirm that Seattle University head coach Jim Hayford will add DII Saint Martin’s (WA) head coach Alex Pribble to his staff as an assistant coach. Pribble has been the head coach at Saint Martin’s for the past four seasons where he compiled an 83-41 record (26-6 this past season). Before becoming the Saints
Towson Dirt…
I can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry has added Cooper Calzonetti to his staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. Calzonetti has most recently been an assistant at DIII Hartwick College. Before that, he spent two seasons in an administrative role at Iona. He is the son of long time DI assistant Mark
REPORT: Blakeney to be named Head Basketball Coach at Howard
According to a report by HBCU Gameday, Howard will name Columbia assistant Kenny Blakeney as their new head basketball coach. Blakeney is a D.C. native (DeMatha) who played at Duke in the early 1990’s. He was hired as an assistant at Columbia prior to this past season. Blakeney has also worked at Harvard, Delaware, Saint
DI DIRT: Jones resigns as Head Basketball Coach at North Dakota
Following up on my TWEET from earlier this morning… North Dakota head coach Brian Jones has resigned and will become an assistant at Illinois State. He had been the head coach at North Dakota since the 2006-07 season where he compiled a 190-217 record. He will replace Brendan Mullins at ISU who joined his brother’s
DII DIRT: Hicks resigns at Georgia Southwestern; Accepts JUCO job
I can confirm that Ben Hicks has resigned as the head basketball coach at DII Georgia Southwestern University, and will be named as the new head coach at Chattachoochie Valley CC (AL). Hicks has spent the past two seasons at Peach Belt member GSW. He also spent four seasons as an assistant at Columbus State,
Daily Dirt – 5/1/19
Some things that I’ve heard… It sounds like former Cal Poly head coach Joe Callero has interviewed for the opening at Western Oregon. Callero, who was the head coach at Cal Poly from 2009-19, had previously worked in Western Oregon’s league (GNAC) as the head coach at Seattle (2001-09). Bob Marlin’s search to replace Kevin
JUCO DIRT: Carter named Head Coach at Lawson State
Blinn College (TX) assistant coach Stott Carter has been named as the new head basketball coach at Lawson State (AL). Carter has been an assistant at Blinn for the past three seasons. He served as the head coach at DII Eastern New Mexico from 2014-16, and was also an assistant at Texas A&M Corpus Christi,
DII DIRT: Delta State set to hire new Head Basketball Coach from GSC foe
I have heard from multiple sources that Delta State will name Mike Nienaber as their new head basketball coach. Nienaber is currently the head coach at Gulf South Conference foe Christian Brothers University. He will replace Jim Boone who became the head coach at Arkansas Fort Smith earlier this spring. Nienaber has been at CBU