Cal Poly is expected to name John Smith as their next head basketball coach at a 4:00pm press conference on Thursday. Smith has been the associate head coach at Cal State Fullerton for the past six seasons. Before that, he went 96-87 (.693) in nine seasons as the head coach at Riverside City College (CA).
REPORT: Otzelberger headed to UNLV
Multiple reports, including one from the Las Vegas Sun, are confirming that T. J. Otzelberger will become the next head basketball coach at UNLV. HoopDirt.com mentioned him earlier this morning in the Daily Dirt as “gaining momentum” here. The 41-year old has spent the past three seasons as the head coach at South Dakota State.
Daily Dirt – 3/27/19
Still recovering after a crazy day yesterday (RECAP). A few things to kick today off… South Dakota State head coach T.J. Otzelberger is gaining momentum at UNLV. He’s has three very successful seasons with the Jackrabbits, going 70-33 with two Summit League Championships. Fogler is running this search. VERY early names at BYU: Mark Pope
REPORT: Washington State finalizing deal with Kyle Smith
According to a report by Jon Rothstein, Washington State is finalizing a deal with San Francisco’s Kyle Smith to become Cougars next head basketball coach. Smith led the Dons to a 21-10 (9-7 WCC) record this past season. The head coach at USF since 2016, Smith owns a 63-40 record at the school, and has
REPORT: Donlon set to be named head coach at UMKC
According to a report by @goodmanhoops, Northwestern assistant Billy Donlon will be named as the head coach at UMKC. It sounds like the presser will take place on Friday. Donlon was the head coach at Wright State from 2010-16 (109-94), and then spent time as an assistant at both Michigan and Northwestern. More on this
SEC DIRT: Arkansas Fires Mike Anderson
HoopDirt.com can now confirm multiple reports that Arkansas has fired head basketball coach Mike Anderson. Sources have told me that he just finished meeting with his team to deliver the news. Anderson has been the Razorbacks coach for the past eight seasons (169-104), including 18-16 this year. He also worked as the head coach at
Tim Miles out at Nebraska
Tim Miles is out as the head basketball coach at Nebraska. He had been the Cornhuskers head coach since 2012 and has compiled a 116-114 (52-76 BIG) record at the school. Nebraska wrapped up this season with a 19-17 (6-14 B1G) record, and advanced to the second round of the NIT. An official announcement is
Dave Rose to announce retirement at BYU
Veteran head coach calls 1:00pm press conference to make announcement Dave Rose will hold a press conference today at 1:00pm where he will reportedly announce his retirement. Rose, who just completed his 14th season at BYU had won 20 or more games in each of his campaigns until going 19-13 this year. He wraps-up his
JUCO DIRT: Tallahassee CC set to name new head basketball coach
I can confirm through multiple sources that Tallahassee CC will name Zach Settembre as their new head basketball coach. Settembre had served as the interim head coach for the Eagles since Mark White resigned at the end of January. Settembre joined the TCC staff last fall. He had previously served as an assistant at Kentucky
Daily Dirt – 3/26/19
Crazy day so far. Here’s a quick “speed round” of the Daily Dirt. More to come… The Scott Cross to Troy rumors are heating up. Sounds like this one could be done soon (or may in fact be done). Cross was 225-161 in his 12 seasons at UT Arlington before being released after a
REPORT: Stony Brook to promote Geno Ford to Head Basketball Coach
According to a report by Newsday, Stony Brook will name Geno Ford as their new head basketball coach. Ford had been as assistant for the Seawolves for the past three seasons, and was promoted to interim head coach earlier this month when Jeff Boals departed for Ohio. Ford has previously served as the head coach
Daily Dirt – 3/25/19
Some things to kick off what is expected to be a busy week… I have heard that Korn Ferry has the Vanderbilt search. Not a huge surprise since they just ran the recent AD search. Too early for any legit names here yet. I’ll have some soon though. The Luke Murray to Fairfield rumors are