I can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry has added Cooper Calzonetti to his staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. Calzonetti has most recently been an assistant at DIII Hartwick College. Before that, he spent two seasons in an administrative role at Iona. He is the son of long time DI assistant Mark
REPORT: Blakeney to be named Head Basketball Coach at Howard
According to a report by HBCU Gameday, Howard will name Columbia assistant Kenny Blakeney as their new head basketball coach. Blakeney is a D.C. native (DeMatha) who played at Duke in the early 1990’s. He was hired as an assistant at Columbia prior to this past season. Blakeney has also worked at Harvard, Delaware, Saint
DI DIRT: Jones resigns as Head Basketball Coach at North Dakota
Following up on my TWEET from earlier this morning… North Dakota head coach Brian Jones has resigned and will become an assistant at Illinois State. He had been the head coach at North Dakota since the 2006-07 season where he compiled a 190-217 record. He will replace Brendan Mullins at ISU who joined his brother’s
DII DIRT: Hicks resigns at Georgia Southwestern; Accepts JUCO job
I can confirm that Ben Hicks has resigned as the head basketball coach at DII Georgia Southwestern University, and will be named as the new head coach at Chattachoochie Valley CC (AL). Hicks has spent the past two seasons at Peach Belt member GSW. He also spent four seasons as an assistant at Columbus State,
Daily Dirt – 5/1/19
Some things that I’ve heard… It sounds like former Cal Poly head coach Joe Callero has interviewed for the opening at Western Oregon. Callero, who was the head coach at Cal Poly from 2009-19, had previously worked in Western Oregon’s league (GNAC) as the head coach at Seattle (2001-09). Bob Marlin’s search to replace Kevin
JUCO DIRT: Carter named Head Coach at Lawson State
Blinn College (TX) assistant coach Stott Carter has been named as the new head basketball coach at Lawson State (AL). Carter has been an assistant at Blinn for the past three seasons. He served as the head coach at DII Eastern New Mexico from 2014-16, and was also an assistant at Texas A&M Corpus Christi,
DII DIRT: Delta State set to hire new Head Basketball Coach from GSC foe
I have heard from multiple sources that Delta State will name Mike Nienaber as their new head basketball coach. Nienaber is currently the head coach at Gulf South Conference foe Christian Brothers University. He will replace Jim Boone who became the head coach at Arkansas Fort Smith earlier this spring. Nienaber has been at CBU
DII DIRT: Gannon expected to name Old Dominion assistant as next Head Coach
Been following this one for a while… After first offering their job to big-time JUCO head coach from Florida who turned it down last week, DII Gannon University (PA) is apparently now set to name Kelvin Jefferson as their next head coach. The Old Dominion assistant has been on Jeff Jones staff since 2016. He
REPORT: Kevin Broadus to be named Head Coach at Morgan State
According to a report by the Washington Post, Maryland assistant Kevin Broadus will become the next head coach at Morgan State. He will replace Todd Bozeman whose contract was not renewed earlier this spring. Broadus is a D.C. native, who spent nine seasons as an assistant at Georgetown, and also coached at D.C .area schools
Daily Dirt – 4/26/19
Catching up on a bunch of things… It sounds like South Alabama will promote DBO Tyler Parker to assistant coach replacing Nima Omidvar (George Washington). Parker came to South Alabama with head coach Richie Riley from Nicholls last spring. I have also heard that current Special Assistant to the Head Coach Mikel Kosich will be
REPORT: Darrin Horn to NKU
According to a report by Gary Parrish, Darrin Horn will be hired as the new head basketball coach at Northern Kentucky. Horn, the former head coach at South Carolina (2008-12) and Western Kentucky (2003-08), has been an assistant at Texas since 2015. In his nine seasons as a head coach, he compiled a 171-112 record,
DII DIRT: Midwestern State makes their choice
Midwestern State University (TX) will announce their new head basketball coach at a 5pm (CT) presents conference today. I have heard from a great source that the choice will be Azusa Pacific head coach Justin Leslie. He will replace Nelson Haggerty who resigned earlier this spring. Leslie has spent the past 12 seasons as the