Here are some things that I’ve heard… I have heard from a great source that Robert Morris Director of Basketball Operations Dave Richards will become an assistant coach at Merrimack College. He will reunite with former RMU assistant Joe Gallo who became the head coach at Merrimack earlier this spring. Richards spent six seasons at
DIII DIRT: Case Western Finalists
HoopDirt.com has learned that there are three finalists in the mix to replace Sean McDonnell as the head coach at Case Western Reserve University (OH). I have heard that on campus interviews will take place July 11-14. The final group is: Bill Courtney – Former Head Coach Cornell University Dane Fischer – Assistant Coach George
Canisius Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that Daemen College assistant coach Jake Kroll will be named as the Director of Basketball Operations at Canisius. Kroll had served as the assistant video coordinator at Alabama before joining the Daemen staff prior to last season. He had previously served as a manager at Buffalo under new
ULM Dirt…
I have heard from great sources that Miami Dade College head coach Stephen Cowherd will become an assistant at ULM. Cowherd has spent the past five seasons as the head coach at MDC. He has also spent time on the staff at South Alabama, and served as a graduate assistant under Leonard Hamilton at Florida
Weber State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that David Marek has been named as an assistant coach at Weber State. Marek had been at Utah State for the past two seasons where he served as the Director of Player Development. Before joining the USU staff, Marek was the video coordinator at Idaho State. After wrapping up his playing career
Daily Dirt – 6/23/16
Catching up on a bunch of things… The search to replace former NBA player Doug West at Penn State Altoona is down to three. According to great sources, the final group includes: Messiah College assistant coach Mark Seidenburg, Albright College assistant coach Adam Van Zelst, and an assistant coach from a school in the USA
DII DIRT: Georgia Southwestern to name Ben Hicks Head Basketball Coach today at 3pm
HoopDirt.com has learned that DII Georgia Southwestern will name Ben Hicks as their new Head Basketball Coach at a 3:00pm press conference today. Hicks just wrapped up his fourth season as an assistant coach at Peach Belt Conference foe Columbus State (GA). Before joining Robert Moore’s staff at Columbus State, he worked as an assistant
Towson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry will hire University of Southern California Director of Basketball Operations Pat O’Connell as an assistant coach. He will replace Bruce Shingler who departed earlier this spring for a spot on Frank Martin’s staff at South Carolina. O’Connell is a Baltimore native who had previously spent three seasons
Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Robert Morris will hire Lehigh’s Kyle Griffin as an assistant coach. He will replace Joe Gallo who became the head coach at his alma mater Merrimack College earlier in the spring. Griffin had been on Brett Reed’s staff for the past three seasons. Before that, he worked in various roles for
Louisiana Lafayette Dirt…
Gus Hauser has resigned as an assistant coach at Louisiana Lafayette. It sounds like he will be joining his family’s business in Kentucky. The veteran DI assistant joined Bob Marlin’s staff back in 2013 after spending two seasons as the associate head coach at Wofford. Hauser has also worked at Coastal Carolina, ULM, New Mexico
DIII DIRT: Cazenovia College hires new head coach
In today’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned that Oswego State assistant Justin Stern was the leader for the head coach position at DIII Cazenovia College (NY). I can now confirm that he has indeed been hired as the head basketball coach at the school. Stern joined the Oswego State staff back in 2014, and has also
Daily Dirt – 6/16/16
Today’s Daily Dirt…. I have heard that two Iowa State managers have landed graduate assistant gigs…Nick Buchanan will become a GA at Tennessee-Martin, and Ryan Kirsch will assume the GA role at DII Augustana (SD). Both guys had the opportunity to work for Steve Prohm and Fred Hoiberg at Iowa State. I have heard from