Catching up on a bunch of things… I can confirm that Johnny Hill has been named as a graduate assistant on Dan Majerle’s staff a Grand Canyon. Hill spent last season on the staff at the University of Northwestern Ohio. He played at three different DI schools: Purdue University (2015-16), University of Texas-Arlington (2013-15), Illinois
HOT: Butler to Name LaVall Jordan Head Basketball Coach
Multiple outlets are reporting that LaVall Jordan will be named as the next head basketball coach at Butler. He will replace Chris Holtmann who departed for Ohio State late last week. Jordan, who spent last season as the head coach at Milwaukee, is a Butler alum (’01) and also worked as an assistant for the
Clemson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Clemson head coach Brad Brownell will add URI assistant coach Antonio Reynolds Dean to his staff. The Atlanta native had worked with Dan Hurley for the past two seasons, and has also been an assistant at the College of Charleston and Northeastern. I’ve also heard that this will not be the
UMass Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm several reports that Maryland Director of Player Development Cliff Warren will become an assistant coach at UMass. Warren had been an assistant on Mark Turgeon’s staff for the past three seasons before being moved to an administrative position this spring. Before coming to Maryland, Warren spent nine seasons as the head coach
UMKC Dirt…
I can confirm that Josh Sash will be named as an assistant coach on Kareem Richardon’s staff at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Sash has most recently served as the lead assistant at Indian Hills CC (IA). He and Richardson had previously worked together at Drake in the late 2000’s. Sash was also the video
MEAC Dirt…
I can confirm a couple of coaching hires in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)… New Coppin State head coach Juan Dixon will add Phil Gaetano to his staff as an assistant. Gaetano spent this past season as an assistant with the Maine Red Claws (NBA D-League). Prior to that, he worked as a graduate assistant
NC State Dirt…
Multiple sources have told me that Hargrave Military Academy head basketball coach A.W. Hamilton will become an assistant coach at NC State. Hamilton spent five years as an assistant at Hargrave working under current NC State head coach Kevin Keatts before taking over in 2011 (when Keatts departed for Louisville). In his six seasons as
University of San Francisco Dirt…
I can confirm that University of San Francisco head basketball coach Kyle Smith has added Mike Magpayo to his staff. Magpayo had worked at Campbell since 2014, serving first as the director of player development before being elevated to assistant coach. Before coming to Campbell, Magpayo spent four seasons on Smith’s staff at Columbia –
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dirt….
I have heard that SIUE head basketball coach Jon Harris will add Brian Barone to his staff. Barone has had a bunch of stops over his career, including serving as the associate head coach at Wisconsin Green Bay, the director of basketball operations at Indiana, and as an assistant at Illinois State. He and Harris
Portland State Dirt…
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