Al Sokaitis has been fired as the head basketball coach at Post University. An official announcement by the university is expected early this week. The veteran head coach had compiled an 82-81 record (14-13 2015-16) during his six year stint at Post. Sokaitis has also been the head coach at Western State, Alaska Fairbanks, Southern
Daily Dirt – 6/9/16
A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… It sounds like Radford assistant coach Chris Hawkins will be joining Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Hawkins has been at Radford (his alma mater) since 2011, and was also an assistant there from 1997-2000. He has previously worked for Witherspoon at Buffalo
REPORT: Bob Cantu set to join Terry Porter’s staff at Portland
WestCoastHoops was the first to Tweet that UTEP assistant coach Bob Cantu will be joining Terry Porter’s staff at Portland. Cantu had worked Tim Floyd for the past three years, and had previously spent 12 seasons at USC as an assistant coach, associate head coach and interim head coach. Prior to his stint in Los Angeles,
REPORT: Slice out at St. John’s
According to a report by SNY.tv, St. John’s will part ways with assistant coach Barry “Slice” Rohrssen. The New York native, and former Manhattan College head coach joined Chris Mullin’s staff last spring after working for John Calipari at Kentucky. The New York Post is has said that this situation could take up to another
Daily Dirt – 6/6/16
Two quick assistant coach hirings… Loyola Marymount will hire Reggie Morris an as assistant coach. He will replace John Peterson who joined Vancouver, Washington based Shoot 360 – a high tech basketball training company earlier this spring. Morris has most recently been the head coach at powerhouse Redondo HS (CA) where he won a state championship back
DII DIRT: Queens (NY) set to hire former DI assistant
HoopDirt.com has learned that Queens College (NY) will name former Drexel assistant Matt Collier as their new head basketball coach. Collier had been on Bruiser Flint’s staff as an assistant since 2010, and was not retained when the change at Drexel took place this spring. He also worked for Flint as an administrative staffer from 2002-05
NAIA DIRT: Brescia University AD to take over as Men’s Basketball Coach
Brescia University (KY) Athletic Director Brian Skortz will add the title of men’s basketball coach to his role at the university. He will replace Josh Gibson who became the head coach at Lourdes University at the end of April. Skortz, who has been the AD at Brescia for the past four years, has previously been
Daily Dirt – 6/3/16
Some things that I’ve heard… I have heard that Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson will hire Senque Carey as an assistant coach. Last season was Carey’s first as an assistant at Florida Gulf Coast. He has also spent time at Hawai’i, Fresno State, Portland State and his alma mater, New Mexico. The official announcement is
DIII DIRT: Eastern Nazarene College set to name new head coach
I can confirm that Eastern Nazarene College (MA) will hire Scott Polsgrove as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Jim Aller who resigned earlier this spring. Polsgrove has most recently served as the head basketball coach at Avery HS (NC). He has also been the head coach at Lees-McRae College (2006-12) and King
Daily Dirt: JUCO Edition – 6/1/16
A few things that I’ve heard from the junior college level… Scott Ginn has been named as the head coach at Gadsden State CC (AL). He is an alum of the school who will replace his brother Todd who resigned earlier this spring. On campus interviews are under way at Roxbury CC (MA). I have
Southern Utah Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Patrice Days will be named as an assistant coach at Southern Utah University. Days spent last season as an assistant to Billy Donlon at Wright State. Before joining Donlon’s staff, he spent two seasons as an assistant at Abilene Christian. The official announcement is expected shortly.
Hampton Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Hampton University will hire Brian Graves as an assistant coach. He will replace Akeem Miskdeen who became an assistant at Kent State back on May 10th. Graves spent this past season as the head coach at NJCAA Briggs and Stratton College (Va.) where he led his squad to a 19-11 record. He