I can confirm through a great source that DI University of The Incarnate Word (TX) will hire veteran assistant Johnny Brown. Most recently, Brown was an assistant at Ranger JC (TX), but the former Clippers draft pick has a ton of DI experience. He has had stints as an assistant at Southern Utah, Montana State, Binghamton, Northern
Daily Dirt – 8/12/15
Some things that I’ve heard while waiting for the Brady decision… I can confirm that Queens College (NY) head coach Darryl Jacobs has hired two assistants – Steven Schneider and David Vandiver. Schneider comes to Queens after spending the last two season as associate head coach at Oyster Bay HS in Long Island. Schneider has also
Daily Dirt – 8/11/15
A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Chris Gardner has been named as the interim head coach at Kankakee CC (IL). He replaces Julian Springer who recently became the AD at Malcolm X. College (Chicago). Last year was Gardner’s first at KCC – he was an AAU coach before that. A bunch of DI staffers involved with
Campbell Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Campbell assistant Dan Geriot has departed, and will join the Cleveland Cavaliers staff in an administrative role. Geriot, a former all-conference center at Richmond, had been on Kevin McGeehan’s staff at Campbell for the past two seasons. He also spent two seasons as an assistant at Princeton. Current Campbell Director of Player
DIII Dirt: Penn State Abington
I have heard from multiple sources that Chris Potash is no longer the head coach at Penn State Abington. He had been there since 2010, where he compiled a 48-82 record. It sounds like the choice to replace him will be Ithaca College assistant Jon Tanous. He has been at Ithaca for the past four seasons,
IPFW Dirt…
I can confirm that Mark Downey will be named as an assistant at IPFW. Downey spent last season as an assistant at Bowling Green, and has also been the head coach at West Alabama, Charleston (WVa.), Arkansas Tech, and Independence CC. He will replace Ben Betts who became an assistant at Georgia Southern this past spring.
Daily Dirt – 8/6/15
Daily Dirt from the beach…speed round so I don’t get yelled at by the DirtQueen… It sounds like Warren Wilson College (NC) will promote assistant Anthony Barringer to head coach. He has been on the staff for the past two seasons, and is a former player there. He will replace William Monts who became the
DIII DIRT…
Updates on a couple of DIII searches: Keene State: Former head coach Rob Colbert was informed that he has officially been denied his appeal over his firing last month. This paves the way for the interim head coach to be announced. I reported back on 7/22 that it was a four horse race (Daily Dirt –
Penn State Dirt…
I can confirm that Penn State head coach Patrick Chambers has made some administrative staff moves. It sounds like David Caporaletti as will be hired as the DBO, and Nick Colella will be added as the on-campus recruiting coordinator. Caporaletti will replace Ross Condon who was elevated to assistant coach earlier this spring. He has worked
North Dakota Dirt…
Back on June 23rd, HoopDirt.com reported that North Dakota head coach Brian Jones would promote DBO Jeff Horner to assistant coach replacing Jason Shay (who departed for East Tennessee). I can now confirm that Jones will fill the DBO spot vacated by Horner with Davenport (MI) associate head coach Craig Heatherly. He joined the Davenport staff
Daily Dirt – 7/28/15
Another busy week at camp…Day 1 yesterday got off to a great start – kid puked during stretching, two others who witnessed it got sick as well. Awesome. Anyway, here are a few things that I’ve heard while dodging the chunks… Phone interviews have started at DIII Hunter College (NY). It now sounds like the
Missouri Dirt…
Multiple sources are reporting that former UALR head coach Steve Shields will be hired by Missouri as a special assistant to head coach Kim Anderson. Shields, who was released in March, had been the head coach at UALR since 2003 (192-178). Last month, Shields joined Porter Moser’s staff at Loyola (Chicago) as an assistant –