HoopDirt.com has learned that Kahil Fennell will be named as an assistant coach at Portland State. Fennell has been at UT Permian Basin since 2015, and was recently promoted to associate head coach. During the 2016-17 season, Fennell was part of a staff that led UTPB to the best season in school history, winning 26
University of the Incarnate Word Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that the University of the Incarnate Word will hire Kenyon Spears as an assistant coach. Spears had spent the past two seasons as an assistant at LIU Brooklyn, and was not retained when former head coach Jack Perri was released earlier this spring. Before joining the LIU staff, Spears had been an
Charleston Southern Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that there have been some staff changes made on Barclay Radebaugh’s staff at Charleston Southern. Assistant Coach Joey Murdock has resigned in order to become the head coach at Milton (FL) HS. He had been on the CSU staff for the past two seasons, and spent five years at Pensacola State College
Towson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Towson Head Coach Pat Skerry has hired Branden McDonald as an assistant coach. McDonald has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Manhattan, and worked as a GA at Pitt before that. He also coached with Team Takeover AAU. An official announcement is expected shortly.
Daily Dirt – 5/31/17
Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Mount Saint Mary’s head coach Jamion Christian has added Harley Fuller as their graduate assistant. Fuller, who played at Florida International and then overseas, was most recently a HS coach in New York. Midland College (TX) has made their choice. A veteran head coach has been
Eastern Michigan Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Matt Cline has been hired as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. Cline spent last season as the Director of Basketball Operations at East Tennessee State. He had worked the previous two seasons in an administrative role under head coach Rob Murphy at EMU. The South Alabama alum also spent time
DIII DIRT: Loya no longer the Head Basketball Coach at Mount Aloysius College
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Lance Loya is no longer the head basketball coach at DIII Mount Aloysius College (PA). Loya is currently working on his third book “The WE Gear”, and stepped away to devote more time to work on it. He had been the head coach at the college since 2006, where he compiled
Daily Dirt – 5/26/17
Catching up on some things as we cruise into Memorial Day weekend… I have heard that John Groce will name Eastern Florida State College assistant coach Cole Pittis as the Director of Basketball Operations at Akron. Before joining the EFSC staff, Pittis worked as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Keith Dambrot at Akron.
DIII DIRT: SUNY Maritime to name Mike Berkun new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm through a great source that DIII SUNY Maritime will name Mike Berkun as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Frank McQuail who spent the 2016-17 season as the interim head coach for the Privateers. Berkun has spent the past three seasons on the staff at DII Daemen College (NY), serving
HOT: Presbyterian set to name Wofford’s Kerns as new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm an ESPN report that Wofford Associate Head Coach Dustin Kerns will be named as the new head coach at Presbyterian. A 2:30 press conference has been scheduled for tomorrow to make the official announcement. Kerns has been on Mike Young’s staff for the past six seasons. He also spent six seasons as
JUCO DIRT: Billy Gillispie Returns as Head Basketball Coach at Ranger College
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Billy Gillispie has returned as the head basketball coach at Ranger College. Back in December, Gillispie had announced that he was stepping away citing health concerns. He has now apparently gotten his health back in order, and will be back on the bench next season. It sounds like assistant coach Josh
VMI DIRT…
Virginia Military Institute head coach Dan Earl has lost two assistant coaches this off-season – Jason Slay became an assistant at Youngstown State, and Chris Kreider joined the staff at Rice. I have now heard from good sources that their replacements will be Kevin Carroll and Austin Kenon. Carroll was most recently the head basketball