Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on my TWEET from last night… I can confirm through multiple sources that Centenary University (NJ) head men’s basketball coach Dirk Kelly has resigned. Kelly took over as the interim head coach in late January of last season, after serving as an assistant coach at the school. He was later
UPDATE: Third Men’s Basketball staffer now out at Fairfield
Following-up on yesterday’s story (below). Here’s Fairfield’s statement on the resignation of assistant men’s basketball coach James Johns: Fairfield University announced today that James Johns, Sr., Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach is stepping down from his position. Coach Johns joined Fairfield to support player recruitment and cultivation for which he made substantive contributions in his two
D2 DIRT: Lynn U head coach Jeff Price set step down
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on my TWEET from earlier this morning… I can confirm that D2 Lynn University (FL) head basketball coach Jeff Price will step down at the end of the season. Price, a coaching veteran, is in his second stint at Lynn. He served as the Fighting Knights head coach from 1993-99,
NAIA DIRT: Burton no longer Head Basketball Coach at Union College (KY)
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A big early season shake-up at the NAIA level, as I can confirm that Kevin Burton is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Union College (KY). Current AD and former women’s basketball head coach Tim Curry has taken over as the interim head coach, replacing Burton. Burton has had
Bryant’s Grasso arrested
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) According to a report from GoLocal, Bryant College head men’s basketball coach Jared Grasso was arrested by Smithfield, RI police on October 1st, and charged with “Failure to Stop for Accident Resulting in Damage to Vehicle.” Grasso is due for arraignment on Oct. 24 in Third Division District Court. The arrest
JUCO DIRT: Springfield Tech names new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Alfredo Cardona has taken over as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D3 Springfield Tech. He replaces Mike Booker, who was technically the coach at the school last year, but did not coach the team (they were coached by an assistant/ interim). Cardona has most recently been the head boy’s
D2 DIRT: Coaching change made at Mount Olive
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Dory Hines is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D2 University of Mount Olive (NC). He has been replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Zach Grant. Hines was hired back in April 2020 at UMO, following a stint as an assistant at league foe Pembroke. In his
JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Victoria College opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Donte’ Davis is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Victoria College (TX). Davis had spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Victoria, where he went 6-50. Before his time in Texas, he served as the head coach at Owens CC (OH),
Stetson assistant headed to NBA G League
Stetson assistant coach Jonathan Mitchell announced today on Twitter that he is leaving the Hatters program and will become an assistant with the NBA G League’s Birmingham Squadron (New Orleans Pelicans). Mitchell, who played at both Florida and Rutgers, had spent the past three seasons on Donnie Jones’ staff at Stetson. He spent time as
JUCO DIRT: Northern Virginia opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Michael Abdeljabbar is no longer the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at NJCAA D2 Northern Virginia Community College. Abdeljabbar had been the head coach at NOVA for since 2015, and was an assistant at the college for four seasons before that. His best season came in 2015-16, when
JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Frank Phillips College opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on something that I teased on Twitter (X) yesterday… I can now confirm that Frank Phillips College (TX) head men’s basketball coach and AD Jason Sautter has resigned. This past season was Sautter’s first and only campaign at FPC, where he led the Plainsmen to a 14-15 (6-10) record. Prior
REPORT: LSU’s Toppert set to be hired as G League Head Coach
According to a Woj-Bomb, LSU assistant coach Cody Toppert will be named as the head coach of Capital City Go-Go, the Washington Wizards G League affiliate: Toppert has been an assistant at LSU since April of 2022, and had spent three seasons on the staff at Memphis before that. This won’t be his first experience