It sounds like Arkansas has whiffed again on another target, as I have heard that Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall has spurned the Razorbacks. Here’s what’s happened so far in this one… Shortly after Mike Anderson was fired, there was a lot of speculation that Kelvin Sampson would be the choice here – mostly due to
Daily Dirt – 4/5/19
Some things to wrap up a busy week… An early name to keep an eye on at Presbyterian is College of Charleston assistant Quinton Ferrell. The South Carolina native has been at C of C for the past five seasons, and also worked as an assistant at The Citadel. He is a Presbyterian alum who
Arkansas Dirt…
Things are heating up in the search at Arkansas… After kicking the tires on Eric Musselman earlier this week, it sounds like the Razorbacks focus has now shifted to Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall. Marshall, the 2014 National Coach of the Year has spent the past 12 seasons as the Shockers head coach. He led his
Daily Dirt – 4/4/19
A few things as Minneapolis prepares for SausageFest 2019 to get under way today… A bunch of things out of the MEAC: Interviews for the opening at Howard will take place over the next few days at the Final Four. Will have some names here shortly. The hot name at Morgan State is Maryland assistant
Tennessee Tech Dirt…
Interviews are wrapping up at Tennessee Tech in the hunt to replace Steve Payne. The names that I’ve heard involved in this one are: Rick Cabrera – Assistant Coach Austin Peay. Just wrapped up his second season at APSU. A Tennessee Tech alum who had spent five seasons on Steve Payne’s staff (2012-17). Ronnie
Daily Dirt – 4/3/19
Some things that I’ve heard as guys get ready to head to sunny Minneapolis… Don’t let anyone fool you…Buzz to A&M has been done for a while. I tweeted about this one last night…sounds like it’s now done – Rutgers assistant Jay Young to Fairfield. Jay and I were on the same staff a loooong
Arkansas Dirt…
I can confirm through multiple sources that Nevada head coach Eric Musselman is on campus today at Arkansas. There are also reports of Bud Walton Arena being set up for a presser. While that is in fact true, it doesn’t necessarily mean a hiring is imminent. I have it from a great source that the
Portland Dirt…
I can confirm that Bob Cantu is out as an assistant at Portland. He had been on Terry Porter’s staff since 2016. Cantu was an assistant at UTEP for three seasons before coming to Portland. He also worked at USC for 12 seasons as an assistant coach, associate head coach and interim head coach. An
REPORT: Dane Fischer to William & Mary
Earlier this morning in the Daily Dirt, I mentioned George Mason assistant Dane Fischer as the leader at William & Mary. According to a report just posted by Jon Rothstein, it appears to be done, and Fischer will be hired as the new head basketball coach at W&M. Fischer has been at George Mason with
Daily Dirt – 4/2/19
Another busy day. Here we go (this is just a start – more coming)… Yesterday, I mentioned that APSU assistant Rick Cabrera was interviewing at Tennessee Tech (confirmed that he was in yesterday). I have now heard that Ole Miss assistant Ronnie Hamilton has interviewed and it sounds like Murry Bartow will be in today.
DIII DIRT: Hampden-Sydney College set to name new Head Coach
I have now heard from multiple sources that DIII Hampden-Sydney College (VA) is set to name Caleb Kimbrough as their new head basketball coach. An official announcement is expected as early as tomorrow. Kimbrough became the head coach at Huntingdon University midway through the 2016 season, after serving as the associate head coach at the
DII DIRT: Notre Dame de Namur U (CA) opens…
I have heard from multiple sources that George Puou is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at DII Notre Dame de Namur University (CA). Word on the street is that he has moved to the women’s side and will take over as the Argonauts WBB coach. Puou just finished his 12th season as the