Some things to kick off August… Elon has hired Allen Payne as an assistant coach to replace Vince Walden (Texas A&M). Payne has spent the past three seasons on the staff at Indiana University Pennsylvania, and was a graduate assistant at Xavier before that. An official announcement is expected in the next few days. Word
Daily Dirt – 7/31/19
Catching up on a bunch of things… Former Holy Cross assistant Freddie Owens will land on the staff at Patriot League foe Loyola (MD). This was first reported by Evan Daniels. He will replace A.J. Guyton who recently went back to his hometown of Peoria, IL to become the Director of Athletics for the Peoria
DIII DIRT: Rockford U set to hire current NAIA Head Coach
I can confirm through multiple sources that DIII Rockford University (IL) will name Presentation College’s Jeremy Reigle as their new men’s basketball coach. Reigle had spent the past nine years as the head coach at Presentation. This past season, the Saints set a program record with 21 victories, and Reigle was tabbed as the 2018-19
Cleveland State Search Update
The search to replace Dennis Felton at Cleveland State is coming to an end, and could be wrapped up by the end of the week. It sounds like AD Scott Garrett (with the assistance of Ventura Partners), has this one narrowed down to 4-5 finalists. I have heard from multiple sources that three of the
Daily Dirt – 7/23/19
Some things that I’ve heard… Alfred Beard has been named as the interim head coach at Paine College (GA). He replaces Darryl Stinson who became an assistant coach at Lynn University (FL). Beard is a former player at Paine, who currently serves as the assistant AD for compliance at the college. Othyus Jeffers is out
DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition – 7/21/19
Some things that I’ve heard from the JUCO world… In a TWEET late last week, I mentioned that a local JUCO assistant would take over as the new head coach at Palm Beach State. I can now confirm that Broward College assistant Richard Grant is the choice there. Before joining the Broward staff last season,
DePaul Dirt…
I can confirm that DePaul head coach Dave Leitao has hired Marc Hsu as an assistant coach. He replaces Bill Courtney who departed for a spot at Miami back in June. Hsu had spent the past two seasons on the staff at Western Kentucky, and served as an assistant at New Mexico State before that.
Texas A&M Dirt…
I can confirm that Vince Walden has joined Buzz Williams’ new staff at Texas A&M as an assistant coach. This is the second move this off season for Walden, who left Arkansas State back in April to become an assistant at Elon. Walden had spent the past two seasons working for Mike Balado at Arkansas
JUCO DIRT: Coastal Bend set to name new head coach
I have heard from a great source that Coastal Bend College (TX) will promote assistant Marcus Thompson to the role of head coach. He will replace Carliss Robinson who became an assistant at Salem University at the end of June. Thompson has been at Coastal Bend for one season. The Texas native and 2014 Our
Cleveland State Dirt…
Following up on my TWEET from earlier this morning… Last night, I heard from multiple sources that Cleveland State head coach Dennis Felton had been yanked from the road, and told that he would be meeting with new AD Scott Garrett today. It is unclear if Felton will remain as the coach after the meeting,
DIII DIRT: SUNY Canton set to hire UAA assistant as new Head Coach
I have heard that Shiva Senthil will be named as the new head basketball coach at SUNY Canton. The current assistant at the University of Chicago will replace Ben Thompson who became the head coach at Emory & Henry College back in April. Last season was Senthil’s first at Chicago after spending the previous two
Daily Dirt – 7/9/19
A few things that I’ve heard… Boston College graduate assistant Stevie Taylor has joined the staff at NAIA Langston University as an assistant coach. Taylor had been at BC for the past two seasons, and played collegiately at Ohio. Purdue Ft. Wayne DBO Kenton Aubrey will be named as the Director of Scouting at Arkansas