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HOT: Steve Henson headed to UTSA

HoopDirt.com can confirm multiple reports that Oklahoma assistant Steve Henson will be named as the next head coach at UTSA.  He will be the second Oklahoma assistant to become a head coach at a Texas school this week, as we have also heard that Lew Hill is headed to UTRGV (BREAKING: Oklahoma Assistant Lew Hill

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Little Rock Search Update…

The search to replace Chris Beard as the head coach at Little Rock is over.  The Athletic Department has scheduled an 11:00am press conference where the new head coach will be announced.  Multiple sources have told HoopDirt.com that the choice will be current Little Rock associate head coach Wes Flanigan. The Little Rock native is

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Daily Dirt – 3/30/16

Things are heating up as the Final Four approaches – here’s what I’ve heard… The search to replace Jerod Haase at UAB is in full swing.  Athletic Director Mark Ingram is not using a search firm and will handle the search internally. Early names here are current Blazers associate head coach Robert Ehsan and and

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REPORT: St. Louis to Name Travis Ford Head Basketball Coach

Stu Durando of the The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that St. Louis has hired Travis Ford as the Billiken’s new head basketball coach.  Ford was released as the head coach at Oklahoma State earlier this month.  In his eight seasons as the Cowboys head coach, he compiled a 155-111 record (55-65 Big 12).  Ford, who played at Kentucky,

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JUCO Dirt

Earlier this morning, I mentioned that NJCAA DII Fayetteville Tech CC (NC) has hired Brian Hurd as their Inaugural head men’s basketball coach (Daily Dirt – 3/29/26). I can now confirm that another North Carolina Junior College has made a hiring… Johnston Community College (Smithfield, NC) is also starting a basketball program, and they have named Jason Johnson

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Daily Dirt – 3/29/16

Here are some things that I’ve heard… On Sunday, I mentioned Columbia head coach Kyle Smith and his involvement at San Francisco (Daily Dirt – Easter Edition).  Smith’s name is now on fire there, and KPIX-TV’s Dennis O’Donnel has gone as far as tweeting that Smith is expected to be named the head coach at

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Daily Dirt II – 3/28/16

I mentioned earlier in today’s first round of the Daily Dirt that I had some “dirt” on a few DII jobs – here’s what I’ve got… EASTERN NEW MEXICO: The Greyhounds are searching to replace Stot Carter who resigned back on 3/8.  The names that I have heard here are: Clif Carroll (head coach Sul Ross State), Chris

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Daily Dirt – 3/28/16

What a wild Easter Weekend – Stallings to Pitt (Panther fans want to burn the city), Beard to UNLV (well done parlaying a 30-5 season into a better gig), and Dunleavy Sr. to Tulane (a lot of head scratching here).  I think the best hiring over the weekend was the one that had the least

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