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
Sam Houston State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that Dodge City CC Head Coach Kyle Campbell will become an assistant coach at Sam Houston State. Campbell has been at DCCC for the last five seasons. This past year, his squad went 20-11 and were led by SHSU signee, and All-American honorable mention F Josh Boutte. Before becoming the head coach
Yale Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Yale head coach James Jones will add Tobe Carberry to his staff as an assistant coach. He will replace Anthony Goins who became an assistant at Quinnipiac earlier this spring. Carberry spent last season as an assistant at LIU Brooklyn, and worked at Central Connecticut for two seasons before that. The
NAIA DIRT: Stillman College to Promote Assistant John Teasley to Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com has learned that Stillman College assistant John Teasley will be elevated to head basketball coach. He will replace Donte Jackson who will become the new head coach at Grambling State. Teasley has been on the SC staff as an assistant for the past three seasons, serving the last two as the JV head coach
Daily Dirt – 5/16/17
A few things… Roy Williams confirmed to the Herald-Sun that UNC DBO Brad Frederick is on the road recruiting and will be bumped up to to assistant coach replacing C.B. McGrath who became the head coach at UNC Wilmington earlier in the spring. It also sounds like assistant DBO Sean May will be elevated to
St. Bonaventure Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that St. Bonaventure will hire Dwayne Lee as an assistant coach. He will replace Jerome Robinson who we reported last week will join Paul Weir’s staff at New Mexico (Daily Dirt II – 5/10/17). Lee has spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach under Greg Herenda at Fairleigh Dickinson. The
SMALL COLLEGE DIRT: Pratt Institute (NY) set to name DIII assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com has learned that Pratt Institute will name Wesleyan College (CT) top assistant Max Sass as their new head basketball coach. Sass recently completed his second season at Wesleyan, and has also worked as an assistant at Bard College (NY). A Hofstra alum, Sass began his career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater.