HoopDirt.com can confirm that Canisius head coach Jim Baron will hire Cory Macchioni as his new director of basketball operations. Macchioni served as a student manager under Baron for four seasons at the University of Rhode Island, and followed him to Canisius where he was a graduate assistant. For the past year, Macchioni served as the vice
DIII DIRT – 8/25/15
Some DIII assistants on the move… I can confirm that Babson College (MA) full-time assistant Sean Burton is headed to Ithaca College (NY) in a similar role. Burton spent the past two years on Stephen Brennan’s staff at Babson, and was part of this past seasons NCAA DIII Final Four team. The Ithaca grad was a two-time All-American
Loyola (Chicago) Dirt…
I have now heard from multiple sources that Indiana director of player performance Bennie Seltzer will be added to Porter Moser’s staff at Loyola (Chicago) as an assistant. He will replace Steve Shields who left for a spot an administrative spot at Missouri last month. Seltzer re-joined Tom Crean’s staff last January – he was
JUCO DIRT: College of Southern Idaho
HoopDirt.com reported yesterday that College of Southern Idaho assistant Brock Morris would be heading to South Alabama as an assistant (South Alabama Dirt). CSI head coach Jared Phay has worked quickly to replace Morris, and I have now heard that his choice will be Chipola College (FL) assistant Shelby Lindley. After spending the previous two seasons as
Daily Dirt- 8/20/15
Busy few days here in the “dirt” world… Maine Maritime assistant Brian Scholly will be named as an assistant at his alma mater Juniata (PA). The Pennsylvania native had spent one season on David Muchnick’s staff at MMA. The 2014 Juniata grad was a three-time All-Landmark Conference selection, who scored 1,318 points while setting Juniata records for three-point
Oklahoma State Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that former San Diego head coach Bill Grier will become an assistant on Travis Ford’s staff at Oklahoma State. Grier was released by USD back in March – he compiled a 117-144 record in his eight seasons as the head coach there. Before coming to San Diego in 2007, Grier spent sixteen seasons
DII DIRT: Hawaii Assistant Headed to Westminster (UT)
Two separate sources have now told HoopDirt.com that Hawaii assistant Norm Parrish will become the next head coach at DII Westminster College (UT). Parrish was hired at Hawaii back in May after spending the past four seasons as the Director of Operations at the University of Utah. Before joining the Utes staff, Parrish spent 20 years
South Alabama Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that College of Southern Idaho assistant (and Alabama native) Brock Morris will be named as an assistant coach at South Alabama. Before joining Jared Phay’s staff at CSI in 2013, Morris was the DBO for Bob Marlin at Louisiana-Lafayette. He also spent two seasons (2008-10) as a graduate
DII DIRT: Walker Resigns at Malone University (OH)
I can confirm that DII Malone University (OH) head coach Tim Walker has resigned. In his six seasons as the head coach, he compiled a 83-86 record. Assistant coach Casey Kaufman will become the interim head coach for the 2015-16 season, and a search will be conducted after that. Kaufman has been on the staff for the
Daily Dirt – 8/19/15
A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… I have heard that phone interviews will take place at DIII Marywood University (PA) today and tomorrow. The names that I have heard who will be interviewing are: Kevin Clark (head coach Lackawanna College), Enrico Mastroianni (former head coach Georgian Court), Mark Seidenburg (assistant coach
DBO Dirt…
Before I get into the dirt, I just wanted to clarify the Director of Basketball Operations abbreviation. It is DBO, not DOBO like many of the younger guys like to refer to it. I was an assistant at the DI level when this position was invented (and when most of the current DBO’s were in
Daily Dirt – 8/17/15
Some “dirt” to kick off the week… I have heard that Oliver Brown has will be added as the video coordinator at Towson. He spent last season as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Mt. St. Mary’s (MD). Salem State (MA) will hire Brian Caira as an assistant coach. He was most recently the head