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
DII DIRT: Concord University (WVa.) set to name new Head Coach
Concord University will introduce their new head coach at a press conference tomorrow. Multiple sources have reported to HoopDirt.com that the choice will be current assistant coach Todd May. He had worked for former head coach Kent McBride, who became the head coach at California U. (PA) back on June 2nd, for the past four seasons.
North Texas Dirt…
Back on 6/3, I mentioned that there was a change on the staff at North Texas (Daily Dirt – 6/3/16). The Denton Record-Chronicle has now confirmed that Scott Monarch is no longer on Tony Benford’s staff at UNT. Monarch became an assistant for the Mean Green back in 2013. He had previously served on Buzz
Daily Dirt: Small College Search Update – 6/14/16
Here are a few things that I’ve heard on some small college searches… Georgia Southwestern (NCAA DII): It sounds like there at least four candidates to replace Mike Leeder as the head coach at GSW. Leeder stepped aside earlier this spring to focus on his duties as the AD. I have now heard these names
JUCO DIRT: Lake Land College to name Brandon Colvin Head Basketball Coach
Brandon Colvin will be named as the new head basketball coach at Lake Land College (IL). He has served as the head coach at Dakota College of Bottineau since 2014, and has also been the head coach at Minnesota-Fergus Falls. Before becoming a head coach, the Illinois native worked as an assistant at Southwestern CC,
REPORT: Shammond Williams to Join Western Kentucky Staff
According to a report by WBKO.com, former UNC standout Shammond Williams will join the Western Kentucky staff as an assistant coach. Williams, who played in three Final Fours while at UNC, was a second round pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He then went on to play in the NBA and
DII DIRT: Post University Fires Head Basketball Coach Al Sokaitis
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