Iowa director of basketball operations Billy Taylor will be named as the next head coach at DII Belmont Abbey (NC). He will replace Martin Unger who resigned back on March 22nd. Before joining Fran McCaffery’s staff four seasons ago, Taylor was the head coach at Ball State (2007-13) and Lehigh (2002-07). Before taking over at
DII DIRT: Horton out as Head Basketball Coach at Cal State Los Angeles
Dieter Horton is out as the head basketball coach at Cal State Los Angeles. The former USC assistant had been at the helm at Cal State L.A. for the past two season where he went 21-34, including an 11-18 campaign this past season. Before joining the USC staff back in 2010, Horton served as the
JUCO DIRT: Pratt CC Hires Former DI Head Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Pratt CC (KS) has hired Max Good as the new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Jesse Shaw who resigned back in March. Good has been the head coach at Eastern Kentucky (1981-89), UNLV (2000-01), Bryant (2001-08), and Loyola Marymount (2009-14). The veteran head coach has garnered many awards during
Daily Dirt – 4/26/16
A few things that I’ve heard today… New UTRGV head coach Lew Hill will add Kenya Crandell (Montana State) and Caleb Villarreal (Southern Mississippi) to his staff. Crandell had been at MSU since 2014 – he was an ops guy at Oregon before that. Crandell has also been an assistant at Southern Utah, Sacramento State, Nebraska-Omaha, and
BREAKING: Paul Weir to be named Head Coach at New Mexico State
CBSSports.com was the first to report today that New Mexico State will promote associate head coach Paul Weir to replace Marvin Menzies as the Aggies head basketball coach. Weir, who will be entering his tenth season at the school, will take over for his former boss who became the head coach at UNLV earlier this
DII DIRT: Georgia State Assistant Everick Sullivan to be named Head Coach at Lenoir-Rhyne
HoopDirt.com has learned that Georgia Southern assistant coach Everick Sullivan will be named as the next head coach at DII Lenoir-Rhyne University. The former Louisville standout will replace Ryan Odom who became the head coach at UMBC earlier this spring. Prior to his four seasons on Ron Hunter’s staff at GSU, Sullivan spent three seasons
HOT: Dartmouth set to name Northeastern’s McLaughlin as Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com has learned that Dartmouth will hire Northeastern associate head coach David McLaughlin to replace Paul Cormier as the Big Green’s new basketball coach. McLaughlin had spent the past three seasons at Northeastern. He had been the head coach at DII Stonehill College for nine seasons prior to joining Bill Coen’s staff at NU. McLaughlin is the all-time
Nicholls State Search Update
I have heard that the search to replace J.P. Piper as the head basketball coach at Nicholls State is wrapping up. According to great sources, Clemson assistant coach Richie Riley is the leader here. I have also heard that the salary is low, and that the school is working to get it up a bit
Daily Dirt – 4/21/16
Busy day here at the HD World Headquarters – here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… I have heard that Eric Skeeters will join Ryan Odom’s staff at UMBC. He has been an assistant at George Mason, South Florida, Towson, Virginia Tech, Youngstown State, and Coppin State. I have also heard that Bryce
BREAKING: Heath Schroyer to NC State
Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one earlier this week. We reported on Tuesday that Tennessee Martin Head Coach Heath Schroyer was offered an assistant spot at NC State. Today, he has resigned at UTM in order to accept the position. In his two seasons at UTM, Schroyer has put
REPORT: Michigan Assistant Bacari Alexander to be named Head Coach at Detroit
According to an ESPN report, Detroit will hire Michigan assistant Bacari Alexander as their new head basketball coach. An 11:00am press conference has been scheduled for Friday to make the announcement. Alexander was one of four finalists to replace Ray McCallum that HoopDirt.com mentioned on April 18th (Detroit Search Update). A Detroit native, Alexander played his
Utica Search Update…
I have heard that the search for a new head coach at DIII Utica College has wrapped up, and the announcement could be made in the next day or two. I have heard from multiple sources that the final four candidates were: Sean Burton – Assistant Coach Ithaca College Sean Coffey – Assistant Coach St. John