I have heard from a great source that John Auslander will be hired by Juan Dixon as the associate head coach at Coppin State. Auslander played at Maryland and later served as the graduate assistant there while Dixon was on the staff. As I mentioned a few weeks ago (MEAC DIRT), Dixon will also hire
REPORT: Patrick Baldwin to be Named Head Basketball Coach at Milwaukee
According to multiple reports, Northwestern assistant coach Patrick Baldwin will be named as the next head basketball coach at UW-Milwaukee. He will replace LaVall Jordan who became the head coach at Butler last week. Baldwin has been on Chris Collins’ staff at Northwestern for the past four seasons. The Northwestern alum has also been an
Penn State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that Penn State assistant coach Ross Condon has moved to an administrative position on Pat Chambers staff. He had spent the past two seasons as an assistant, and had previously been the Nittany Lions director of basketball operations for four seasons. Condon also worked for Chambers in an administrative role at Boston
Wofford Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has heard from a great source that Furman assistant Jay McAuley is headed to Wofford where he will replace Dustin Kerns who became the head coach at Presbyterian earlier this month. McAuley joined the Furman staff back in 2013 after working for Chris Holtmann at Gardner-Webb for three seasons. McAuley is no stranger to
Grambling State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Elywn McRoy will become the Associate Head Coach at Grambling State University. McRoy will join new head GSU head coach Donte Jackson after most recently serving as the Associate Head Coach at Coppin State. The veteran assistant has also worked at Iowa State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Southern University and Texas-Pan
Daily Dirt – 6/16/17
A few things that I’ve heard… Middle Tennessee State Director of Basketball Operations Jarrod Lazarus has joined the staff at South Florida in the same role. The Florida native had spent the past four seasons at MTSU. I have heard that Florida International Director of Basketball Operations Jarrett Lockhart will be elevated to assistant coach,
JUCO DIRT: Polk State College to name Brandon Giles as new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Brandon Giles will be named as the new head basketball coach at Polk State College. He will replace Matt Furjanic who resigned earlier this spring after 17 seasons as the head coach at PSC. Giles is a Polk County (FL) native who played at Western Carolina. He was voted the 2006
Daily Dirt – 6/13/17
Catching up on a bunch of things… I can confirm that Johnny Hill has been named as a graduate assistant on Dan Majerle’s staff a Grand Canyon. Hill spent last season on the staff at the University of Northwestern Ohio. He played at three different DI schools: Purdue University (2015-16), University of Texas-Arlington (2013-15), Illinois
HOT: Butler to Name LaVall Jordan Head Basketball Coach
Multiple outlets are reporting that LaVall Jordan will be named as the next head basketball coach at Butler. He will replace Chris Holtmann who departed for Ohio State late last week. Jordan, who spent last season as the head coach at Milwaukee, is a Butler alum (’01) and also worked as an assistant for the
Clemson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Clemson head coach Brad Brownell will add URI assistant coach Antonio Reynolds Dean to his staff. The Atlanta native had worked with Dan Hurley for the past two seasons, and has also been an assistant at the College of Charleston and Northeastern. I’ve also heard that this will not be the
UMass Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm several reports that Maryland Director of Player Development Cliff Warren will become an assistant coach at UMass. Warren had been an assistant on Mark Turgeon’s staff for the past three seasons before being moved to an administrative position this spring. Before coming to Maryland, Warren spent nine seasons as the head coach
UMKC Dirt…
I can confirm that Josh Sash will be named as an assistant coach on Kareem Richardon’s staff at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Sash has most recently served as the lead assistant at Indian Hills CC (IA). He and Richardson had previously worked together at Drake in the late 2000’s. Sash was also the video