Former NBA player Doug West has resigned as the head coach at Penn State Altoona after just one season. West, a standout at Villanova and twelve year NBA veteran, will become the head coach at Altoona Area High School where he starred in the early 1980’s. In addition to his one season at PSU Altoona
Daily Dirt – 5/16/16
Some things that I’ve heard… It sounds like Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm will elevate Neill Berry to assistant coach as a replacement for T.J. Otzelberger (became the head coach at South Dakota State). Last season was Berry’s first at Iowa State in the role of Special Assistant to the Head Coach. He previously
DII DIRT: Millersville University set to name new Head Coach
Multiple sources, including Hoopsville’s Dave McHugh are reporting that Millersville University (PA) will hire Delaware Valley ‘s Casey Stitzel as their new head coach. In his eight seasons at the helm at Del Val, Stitzel has compiled a 116-96 including a 20-8 record this past season. Stitzel’s father Glenn was a standout basketball player at Millersville, and
JUCO DIRT: Western Nebraska Search Update
According to two great sources, there are three finalists in the mix to become the next head coach at Western Nebraska CC. The names that I’ve heard are: Cory Fehringer – Head Coach Williston State College (ND) Brian Hancock – Head Coach Kaskaskia College (IL) John Meeks – Head Coach Wallace State (AL) All three
Georgetown Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Georgetown will hire Hofstra’s Akbar Waheed as an assistant coach. He will replace Tavares Hardy who became an assistant on Josh Pastner’s staff at Georgia Tech earlier this month. Last year was Waheed’s first as an assistant coach at Hofstra. He also served as an assistant at Boston College (2010-2014) and
Daily Dirt – 5/13/16
Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Brandon Dunson has become the video and recruiting assistant at Stanford. The former Arizona State player has been an assistant at Arizona Christian University since 2013. I have heard that Tony Chiles is no longer an assistant at Fordham. The New York native and former St.
Rodney Terry Closes in on Extension at Fresno State
According to the Fresno Bee, Rodney Terry is close to inking a contract extension at Fresno State that will also include a pay raise. According to the report, Terry is expected to receive a raise that will be worth between $500,000 and $600,000 per year and extend his deal to five years through 2021. The
DII DIRT: Lincoln University (PA) set to hire former NBA player as Head Coach
Back on April 12th, HoopDirt.com mentioned that former NBA player Doug Overton was involved with the job at Lincoln University (PA) (Daily Dirt – 4/12/16). It has now been confirmed that he is indeed the choice to succeed John Hill as the head coach at LU. Overton, a Philadelphia native, was a second round pick
Oakland Dirt…
Following up on some “dirt” that I tweeted earlier… According to great sources, former UTRGV head coach Dan Hipsher will join Greg Kampe’s staff at Oakland University. Hipsher had spent the past three seasons as the head coach at UTRGV before being replaced following this season. He has also been the head coach at Akron,
Old Dominion Dirt…
Following up on some “dirt” that I tweeted earlier today… HoopDirt.com can confirm that South Kent head coach Kelvin Jefferson will become an assistant on Jeff Jones’ staff at Old Dominion. Jefferson had previously been at DI assistant at Vermont, American (where he worked for Jones), Stony Brook, and Colgate. He has spent the past seven seasons
Daily Dirt: DII Edition – 5/10/16
A few things that I’ve heard from the NCAA DII level… Texas A&M International will add Louis Truscott as an assistant coach. He had spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Western Nebraska CC. Truscott played in the CBA and over seas following his playing career at Nebraska (1998-2000) and Houston (2001-2003). Emmanuel College (GA)
DII DIRT: Joe Gallo to become Head Coach at Merrimack College
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Robert Morris assistant Joe Gallo will be named as the next head coach at DII Merrimack College. Gallo is a 2004 Merrimack graduate who has been at Robert Morris for the past four seasons. He also spent two seasons as an assistant at Dartmouth and has worked for the Hoop Group.