HoopDirt.com can confirm that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will hire Ed Huckaby as an assistant coach. Huckaby, who was most recently the head coach at Fishburne Military School, had previously spent time as a DI assistant at Wright State (2004-2008). He will replace Trevor Deloach who departed UMES back in August to become
NY DI Dirt…
Here are a few things that I’ve heard from New York… I can confirm that Maine assistant coach Zak Boisvert has been hired as an assistant at Army. Boisvert had been at Maine for the past two seasons and has also worked at Iona and Fairleigh Dickinson. An official announcement is expected shortly. I can
DII DIRT: Coaching Change Made at Goldey-Beacom College
HoopDirt.com can confirm that TJ Dekmar is the new head basketball coach at DII Goldey-Beacom College (DE). He replaces Chuck Hammond who has accepted a position as the Dean of Students at the college, and had to relinquish his coaching duties. This is Dekmar’s second season at Goldey-Beacom, he had spent the previous three seasons
Hartwick Search Update #3…
We’ve been following the search at Hartwick pretty closely over the past few weeks. Here’s a quick recap followed by some new info… On August 19th, HoopDirt.com reported that the four finalists to replace Todd McGuinness as the head coach at Hartwick were all DIII Head Coaches from the state of New York (Hartwick Finalists).
Minnesota Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm an earlier report by Evan Daniels that former Tulane head coach Ed Conroy will join Richard Pitino’s staff at Minnesota. He will replace Nate Pomeday who became the Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball with American Athletic Conference last month. Conroy spent the past six seasons at Tulane (92-103), and has also been
DIII DIRT: Hartwick Search Update…
Back on August 19th, HoopDirt.com mentioned the four finalists for the vacant head coach position at Hartwick College (Hartwick Finalists). I have now heard that the job was offered and turned down by at least two of the candidates, and another one has pulled out of the process. Hartwick has now begun bringing other candidates
LIU Brooklyn Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that LIU Brooklyn head coach Jack Perri has hired Greg Van Pelt as the Blackbirds new Director of Basketball Operations. Most recently, Van Pelt served as an assistant coach at Montclair State (NJ). He has also worked at Susquehanna University (PA) and DII East Stroudsburg University (PA). An official announcement is expected
Towson Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm an earlier tweet by Jon Rothstein – Towson head coach Pat Skerry has hired Parfait Bitee as the Tigers new Director of Student Athlete Development. The hiring will be made official later this week. Bitee played at URI when Skerry was an assistant there in the mid-2000’s. Following his graduation, he played
Daily Dirt- 8/28/16
Catching-up on a few things that I’ve heard… Last week, I blogged about the hirings of Reggie Sharp and Luke D’Alessio as assistant coaches at NC Central (North Carolina Central Dirt). I neglected to mention that Dan Tharpe has also been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations. He has been an assistant coach at
Wisconsin Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Kyle Blackbourn has accepted the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Position at the University of Wisconsin. Blackbourn, a Wisconsin-Platteville alum, spent last season as an assistant coach on Drew Diener’s staff at DII Rockhurst University (MO). He has also served as the head coach at Delta College (MI), and an assistant
DIII DIRT: Gerry Matthews to retire as Head Basketball Coach at Stockton University (NJ)
NJ.com has reported that Stockton University head coach Gerry Matthews, the winningest coach in New Jersey college basketball history, will retire effective immediately. The 74-year old Matthews will wrap up his career with a 603-243 record. His Stockton teams have never had a losing season. Matthews ranks among the top 15 active Division III coaches
North Carolina Central Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that North Carolina Central University head coach LeVelle Moton will add Reggie Sharp and Luke D’Alessio to his staff as assistant coaches. Sharp had been as assistant at Jacksonville State since 2011. He has also worked at Florida A&M and Mississippi Valley State. D’Alessio has served as a DI assistant at both