I’ve heard that three schools have filled administrative roles over the past few days… Campbell I can confirm that Campbell University has hired Kenneth White as their new Director of Player Development. White was most recently the head coach at Lausanne Collegiate (TN), where he had won two State Championships. He played at Oak Hill in the late
Daily Dirt -9/21/15
Some things that I’ve heard to kick off the week… Trouble brewing at a WCC school – more on this one shortly… I have heard that Miami (OH) DBO Sean Mock will become an assistant at DII Northwood (MI). Mock joined the Redhawks basketball staff as a volunteer coach in 2011-12 and was promoted to DBO for
Quinnipiac Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore has hired Mark Fogel as the program’s new Director of Basketball Operations. Fogel was most recently and assistant at Odessa College (TX), and before that he worked as the Coordinator of Video and Player Development at Tulane. He is the son of former Northeastern University head coach
Daily Dirt – 9/17/15
Some things that I’ve heard… David Potter has been hired as a graduate assistant on Rick Ray’s staff at Southeast Missouri. Potter played at Clemson from 2006-10, and spent time in the D-League and also played overseas after graduation. I have heard that Jim Holsworth has been named as an assistant at Caldwell University (NJ).
DIII DIRT: Hunter College Finalists
It sounds like the search to replace Shay Berry as the head coach at Hunter College (NY) is close to wrapping up. As I’ve mentioned here before, this has been a fairly long search. Berry resigned back in May, and then there was a long period of debate at the college as the tried to
DII DIRT: Banks Resigns at Kentucky State
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Kentucky State head coach Antwain Banks has resigned – there was no reason give for his departure. He had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at KSU where he compiled a 51-59 record. Assistant coach Darnell Williams will assume the role of interim head coach while a search
Maryland Dirt…
I can confirm that Maryland will hire Mark Bialkoski as their new video coordinator. He had spent the previous three seasons working for Alan Major as the Director of Basketball Operations at Charlotte. He also worked at Charlotte as a graduate manager and program assistant before that. Expect the official announcement shortly. Also, a quick note on
Youngstown State Dirt…
A bunch of movement on the staff at Youngstown State… I have heard that assistant coach Steve Hall has departed to become an administrator and head boys basketball coach at Detroit’s Cass Tech (Hall is the all-time leading scorer there). Hall had been at YSU for the past three seasons, and was also an assistant
DIII Dirt: Marywood Set To Hire Head Coach
I mentioned the search at Marywood (PA) in my blog earlier today (Daily Dirt – 9/10/15). I can now confirm that the choice is former Georgian Court (NJ) head coach Enrico Mastrioanni. The official announcement is expected by the end of the week. Mastroianni was the first-ever head coach at DII GCU – he started
Daily Dirt – 9/10/15
A bunch of things that I’ve heard as school gets underway… I have heard that Marywood (PA) assistant Jon Showers will become an assistant at York (PA). He will replace Nate Bollinger who just became the director of player development at High Point. Showers is a York native who has also coached with the York
JUCO DIRT: Jacksonville College to Name Aaron Smith Head Coach
I can confirm that Jacksonville College will name Aaron Smith as their new head coach. He will replace Jody Bailey who became an assistant at New Orleans last week. Smith, who was hired by Bailey earlier this summer, has served as the executive director and been a coach for the FV 5:17 AAU program (TX) since 2012. The
New Orleans Dirt…
I can confirm that NJCAA Jacksonville College (TX) head coach Jody Bailey will become an assistant at the University of New Orleans. Bailey had been the head coach at Jacksonville since 2010 (96-62). He has previously served as the director of basketball operations at Colorado, and the video coordinator at Air Force. The official announcement