HoopDirt.com can confirm an earlier tweet by Jon Rothstein – Towson head coach Pat Skerry has hired Parfait Bitee as the Tigers new Director of Student Athlete Development. The hiring will be made official later this week. Bitee played at URI when Skerry was an assistant there in the mid-2000’s. Following his graduation, he played
Daily Dirt- 8/28/16
Catching-up on a few things that I’ve heard… Last week, I blogged about the hirings of Reggie Sharp and Luke D’Alessio as assistant coaches at NC Central (North Carolina Central Dirt). I neglected to mention that Dan Tharpe has also been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations. He has been an assistant coach at
Wisconsin Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Kyle Blackbourn has accepted the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Position at the University of Wisconsin. Blackbourn, a Wisconsin-Platteville alum, spent last season as an assistant coach on Drew Diener’s staff at DII Rockhurst University (MO). He has also served as the head coach at Delta College (MI), and an assistant
DIII DIRT: Gerry Matthews to retire as Head Basketball Coach at Stockton University (NJ)
NJ.com has reported that Stockton University head coach Gerry Matthews, the winningest coach in New Jersey college basketball history, will retire effective immediately. The 74-year old Matthews will wrap up his career with a 603-243 record. His Stockton teams have never had a losing season. Matthews ranks among the top 15 active Division III coaches
North Carolina Central Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that North Carolina Central University head coach LeVelle Moton will add Reggie Sharp and Luke D’Alessio to his staff as assistant coaches. Sharp had been as assistant at Jacksonville State since 2011. He has also worked at Florida A&M and Mississippi Valley State. D’Alessio has served as a DI assistant at both
Grambling State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Julius Allen has been named as an assistant basketball coach on Shawn Walker’s staff at Grambling State University. Allen is a veteran DI assistant coach who spent last season as an assistant at DIII Sarah Lawrence College (NY). The New York native has also served as the head coach at Pratt
DIII DIRT: Adrian College set to name Kyle Lindsay as new head basketball coach
HoopDirt.com has learned that Kyle Lindsay will become the next head basketball coach at Adrian College (MI). Lindsay has been an assistant coach at conference foe Trine University (IN) since 2011. The Adrian College alum also spent time on the Bulldogs staff after graduation, and served as an assistant coach at Illinois College during the
JUCO DIRT: Kevin Ledoux to be named Head Basketball Coach at Miami Dade College
Kevin Ledoux will be named as the next head basketball coach at Miami Dade College. He will replace Stephen Cowherd who became an assistant at Louisiana Monroe back in June. Ledoux has been an assistant at Miami Dade for the past three seasons. The New Hampshire native and former player at MCI also played at
Daily Dirt – 8/22/16
Finally back from 10 days on the beach – catching up on a bunch of things… Utah State will hire Spencer Nelson to replace Chris Jones as an assistant coach. Nelson is a Utah State alum who scored over 1,200 points in his career for the Aggies. He also played overseas after graduation from 2005-15.
DIII DIRT: Hartwick College Finalists
HoopDirt.com has learned that there are four finalists in the hunt to replace Todd McGuinness as the head basketball coach at Hartwick College (NY). McGuinness was named as the head coach at Case Western back on 7/16. The final group was narrowed down after phone interviews of 12-13 candidates. The four finalists are all current
Daily Dirt – JUCO EDITION – 8/19/16
Some things that I’ve heard from the JC’s… I have heard that Gabe Palmquist-Clark will be named as an assistant coach at Kilgore College (TX). He spent last season as an assistant at Western Oregon, and has also worked at Holy Names University (CA). Some staff changes at Lamar CC (CO): Assistants Jeff Dolan (accepted
JUCO DIRT: Cedric Drake out as head basketball coach at Meridian CC; James Green Named Head Coach
Cedric Drake has resigned as the head basketball coach at Meridian Community College. He will be replaced by former Jacksonville State head coach James Green. Drake, who had been at MCC for the past three seasons, has accepted a HS job. His replacement, Green, has spent the past 19 seasons as a DI head coach.