Back on 7/11, HoopDirt.com mentioned that former Newbury College (MA) head coach Jelani Townsell had been offered the job at Roxbury CC (MA) (Daily Dirt – 7/11/16). I can now confirm that Townsell has indeed accepted RCC’s offer and is now the new head coach there. He had spent the past five seasons as the
UNH Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Josh King has been hired as an assistant coach at the University of New Hampshire. He replaces Marc Kuntz who became the head coach at DII Post University earlier this month. King played at East Carolina for current UNH head coach Bill Herrion, and also served as an assistant coach at
South Florida Assistant Resigns; NCAA Probe Underway
According to multiple reports, University of South Florida assistant coach Oliver Antigua has resigned. ESPN reported earlier today that the NCAA investigating the USF men’s basketball team for possible academic fraud issues. Shortly after that story broke, the news of Antigua’s resignation was confirmed by school officials. South Florida also released the following statement: “The
DIII DIRT: Todd McGuiness to be named Head Coach at Case Western
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Case Western Reserve University will name Todd McGuinness as their new head basketball coach. McGuiness has spent the past seven seasons as the head coach at Hartwick College where he compiled a 114-72 record. This past season, his squad went 19-9 and captured the Empire 8 Championship. Prior to becoming the
DIII DIRT: Delaware Valley set to name Seidenburg new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com has learned that DIII Delaware Valley University will name Mark Seidenburg as their next head basketball coach. The current Messiah College assistant coach will replace Casey Stitzel who became the head coach at DII Millersville University back in May. Seidenburg has been on the Messiah staff for the past four seasons, and was an
Daily Dirt – 7/11/16
I hope everyone had a safe and successful time on the road last week. Here are a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like North Dakota assistant coach Shawn Dirden is the leader at DII Northwestern Oklahoma State. Dirden has spent the past two seasons on the UND staff, and has also
BREAKING: SMU’s Larry Brown to Resign
ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that SMU head coach Larry Brown is resigning as the head basketball coach at SMU. Associate head coach Tim Jankovich is rumored to be Brown’s successor. More on this breaking story as it develops.
DII DIRT: Stephens out as Head Coach at Cheyney University
HoopDirt.com has learned that Dominique Stephens is no longer the head basketball coach at DII Cheyney University (PA). He had been the head coach at Cheyney since 2008, and also spent five seasons as an assistant there. He departs with an official record of 25-138 – 53 of his wins over his first three seasons
DIII DIRT: Penn State Altoona set to name new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm that the next head coach at DIII Penn State Altoona will be LaGrange College (GA) associate head coach David McGreal. He will replace former NBA player Doug West who became the head coach at his alma mater Altoona HS earlier in the spring. McGreal has spent the past five seasons on the
Canisius Dirt…
I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now
Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned former Canisius assistant Mike Iuzzolino will join Andy Toole’s staff at Robert Morris. Iuzzolino was not retained at Canisius when Reggie Witherspoon took over this past spring. He had been an assistant with the Golden Griffins for the past two seasons, and had also worked as the DBO at New Mexico. Iuzzolino
DII DIRT: UNH Assistant to be Named Head Coach at Post University
HoopDirt.com has learned that University of New Hampshire assistant coach Marc Kuntz will be named as the head coach at DII Post University. He will replace Al Sokaitis who was relieved of his duties last month. Kuntz had been on Bill Herrion’s staff at UNH staff for the past four seasons. He came to New