Been following this one for a while… After first offering their job to big-time JUCO head coach from Florida who turned it down last week, DII Gannon University (PA) is apparently now set to name Kelvin Jefferson as their next head coach. The Old Dominion assistant has been on Jeff Jones staff since 2016. He
REPORT: Kevin Broadus to be named Head Coach at Morgan State
According to a report by the Washington Post, Maryland assistant Kevin Broadus will become the next head coach at Morgan State. He will replace Todd Bozeman whose contract was not renewed earlier this spring. Broadus is a D.C. native, who spent nine seasons as an assistant at Georgetown, and also coached at D.C .area schools
Daily Dirt – 4/26/19
Catching up on a bunch of things… It sounds like South Alabama will promote DBO Tyler Parker to assistant coach replacing Nima Omidvar (George Washington). Parker came to South Alabama with head coach Richie Riley from Nicholls last spring. I have also heard that current Special Assistant to the Head Coach Mikel Kosich will be
REPORT: Darrin Horn to NKU
According to a report by Gary Parrish, Darrin Horn will be hired as the new head basketball coach at Northern Kentucky. Horn, the former head coach at South Carolina (2008-12) and Western Kentucky (2003-08), has been an assistant at Texas since 2015. In his nine seasons as a head coach, he compiled a 171-112 record,
DII DIRT: Midwestern State makes their choice
Midwestern State University (TX) will announce their new head basketball coach at a 5pm (CT) presents conference today. I have heard from a great source that the choice will be Azusa Pacific head coach Justin Leslie. He will replace Nelson Haggerty who resigned earlier this spring. Leslie has spent the past 12 seasons as the
G-League Assistant Jason Crafton to UMES
It appears that Jason Crafton will be named as the head basketball coach at UMES. He has just updated his Twitter: Crafton spent this past season as an assistant with the Delaware Blue Coats (76ers G-League affiliate). Before that, he spent six seasons as the head coach at DII Nyack College (47-108). He also spent
REPORT: Lipscomb set to name new head coach
Lipscomb is set to hire University of Alabama Huntsville’s Lennie Acuff as their new head basketball coach. This was first reported by Evan Daniels. Acuff will replace Casey Alexander who departed for Belmont earlier this month. In 22 seasons as the head coach at UAH, Acuff has amassed a 436-214 record, including a 24-8 tally
Daily Dirt – 4/22/19
Busy day today….just getting caught up now. Here are a few things… Richmond will promote DBO Steve Thomas to assistant coach. He will be replacing Kim Lewis who left to become an assistant at Mercer. Before joining the Spiders staff in 2015, he had served as a staffer at Virginia Tech and Oregon. Speaking of
DAILY DIRT: Weekend Edition – 4/20/18
A few things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that former Tennessee Tech head coach Steve Payne will be hired as an assistant on Billy Donlon’s new staff at UMKC. Payne had spent the past seventeen seasons at TTU (eight as the head coach, nine as an assistant), before resigning earlier this spring. It sounds
Southeastern Louisiana Dirt…
Following up on some DIRT from earlier today… Southeastern Louisiana will promote David Kiefer to head basketball coach replacing Jay Ladner who departed for Southern Mississippi. Kiefer has been on Ladner’s staff for the past four seasons, being elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2016-17 season. Also, Southeastern assistant coach Kyle Roane will
Daily Dirt – 4/18/19
Getting caught up on a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Early in the search at Southeast Louisiana, but sounds like one of the current assistants may be promoted to replace Jay Ladner who took over at Southern Mississippi. Should know more on this as the dust settles over the next 24 hours. From what
DIII DIRT: St. Joseph’s College – Long Island set to Hire DIII Assistant
I have heard from multiple sources that DIII St. Joseph’s College – Long Island will hire Gettysburg College assistant Mike McSloy as their new head basketball coach. McSloy just finished his first season at Gettysburg, and was at NYU before that. An official announcement is expected shortly.