I can confirm that Presentation College (SD) will hire Alex Tyrrell as their new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Jeremy Reigle who became the head coach at DIII Rockford University (IL) over the summer. Tyrrell had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at Vermont Tech. Last season, he led the Knights
D3 DIRT: Bridgewater College set to hire D1 assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
I can confirm through multiple sources that Bridgewater College (VA) will hire VMI assistant Steve Enright as their new head basketball coach. A 12:30pm press conference has been scheduled for today to make the announcement. Enright had been on Dan Earl’s staff at VMI since June of 2018. Before that, he had served as an
D3 DIRT: Bridgewater College Search Update
Bridgewater College (VA) has moved quickly in their search to replace Shawn Postiglione, who departed for Moravian College back on September 16th. They have narrowed an interview list of 8-10 down to three finalists. I have heard from multiple sources that the final group includes two alums and one former assistant. The names that I’ve
JUCO DIRT: Western Texas set to replace Owens
Last week, I mentioned that NJCAA DI Western Texas head coach Andre Owens was headed to Sam Houston State as an assistant (SHSU DIRT). I can now confirm that he will be replaced at WTC by recently hired assistant coach Kyle Cooper. Cooper joined the Westerners staff back in July after spending one season as
D3 DIRT: Plattsburgh State set to announce new Head Basketball Coach
I can confirm that Plattsburgh State will hire Mike Blaine as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. The official announcement will be made later this afternoon. Blaine has been the head coach at Medaille College (NY) for the past five seasons, where he has compiled an 84-55 record. He was tabbed as the AMCC Coach
Sam Houston State Dirt…
I have heard from multiple sources that Sam Houston State will hire Western Texas College head coach Andre Owens as an assistant. He will replace Kyle Campbell who became an assistant Coffeyville CC (KS) back in the spring. Owens has been the head coach at WTC for the past three seasons (48-38), and was an
Gardner-Webb Dirt…
I have heard that Gardner-Webb will hire Andrew Brown as an assistant coach. He will replace Ronrico White who became the Director of Player Development at Murray State. Brown spent last season as an assistant at North Carolina A&T. Prior to that, he spent three seasons on the staff at Winston-Salem State, and served as
SMU Dirt…
I have heard from two great sources that SMU head coach Tim Jankovich has hired Yaphett King as an assistant coach. King had spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, and served as an assistant at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi for four years before that. He was also the head coach
Daily Dirt – 9/13/19
A few things to close out the week… Kirk Earlywine is no longer on the staff at Idaho. He had been with the program since 2012, first as the DBO and later as an assistant. Earlywine was the head coach at Eastern Washington before joining the Vandals staff. He also spent seven seasons working for
Daily Dirt – 9/11/19
Crazy, but there are still some D3 jobs open. Here’s a quick update on a few of those plus other things that I’ve heard… Plattsburgh State (NY): This job was initially offered to a candidate in August. The search was then re-opened a few days after the offer, with a new focus on someone with
George Mason Dirt…
Following up on a TWEET from Saturday… I can confirm that Zack Curran has become the new Director of Basketball Operations at George Mason. Curran had worked at the Hoop Group since 2016, serving most recently as the director of the Hoop Group Elite. He also spent time as an assistant at Marymount University before
Old Dominion Dirt…
I can confirm that Old Dominion has hired Gus Fraley as their new video coordinator. He replaces Chris Kovensky who was elevated to assistant coach earlier this summer. Fraley had spent the past six seasons on the staff at Tennessee Tech, serving the first four as the director of basketball operations, and the last two as