I can confirm that College of Marin (CA) head coach Dave Granucci has resigned. This was first reported by the Marin Independent Journal late last night. Apparently there is an internal investigation underway by the college – they are looking into unspecified team operations. Granucci had been the head coach at the school for the past
Daily Dirt: Prep School Edition
With a lot of coaches out there recruiting the prep schools hard (especially the New England preps), I wanted to pass along a couple of things that I just heard from that level… I can confirm that Vermont Academy has hired Connor Merrill as an assistant coach. He replaces Wade Smith who became the DBO
JUCO DIRT: Mike Brown to Richard Daley JC (Chicago)
It sounds like St. Joseph’s College (IN) assistant coach Mike Brown has been named as the new head coach at Richard Daley College (Chicago). Brown, a Chicago native, had been at SJC since 2014 – he has also worked at Kankakee Community College (IL) and Rock Valley College (IL). Prior to joining the college ranks, Brown worked
JUCO DIRT: Garmroth Out at CVCC
I have now heard from multiple sources that Bryan Garmroth has been removed as the head coach at Catawba Valley CC (NC) just days before the season is scheduled to start. I have also heard that he will be replaced by Ron Carson on an interim basis. Carson was not an assistant at CVCC, but
Daily Dirt – 10/28/15
A couple things that I’ve heard… NC State’s Dereck Whittenburg has left his post as the Senior Assistant to the Head Coach/Director of Player Development for the Wolfpack, and accepted a position in development within the athletic department. He has spent the past two seasons on Mark Gottfried’s staff, and was the head coach at
HOT: Andre McGee Resigns at UMKC
Missouri Kansas City assistant Andre McGee, who is at the middle of the current Louisville sex scandal, has resigned. Fox4KC.com obtained a letter that McGee wrote to UMKC AD Carla Wilson which read in part: “The university deserves a full-time assistant coach and I am not able to provide that to the basketball team while
Miami (OH) Dirt…
Miami (OH) has been searching for a Director of Basketball Operations since Sean Mock departed last month to become an assistant at DII Northwood (MI). It now sounds like his replacement will be Vermont Academy assistant coach Wade Smith. A former graduate assistant at Georgetown, Smith was hired at Vermont Academy back in August. Before
DII DIRT: Mansfield Hires Former NBA Assistant as New Head Coach
Yesterday, HoopDirt.com reported that Mansfield University head coach Rich Miller had resigned. Last night I heard from several sources that a former NBA assistant had already been hired, and that was confirmed late today by WENY-TV. According to multiple sources, Pat Zipfel, a former assistant with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets was hired at
HOT DII RUMOR: Rich Miller Resigns at Mansfield
I have now heard from multiple sources that DII Mansfield University (PA) head coach Rich Miller has resigned today effective immediately. Miller had been the head coach at MU for the past ten seasons (130-141). He also spent six seasons as an assistant at the school before taking the reins in 2005. There is no immediate word on
HOT: Salary Increase in Place for Leon Rice at Boise State
HoopDirt.com has obtained the agenda for the Idaho State Board of Education meeting scheduled for October 22nd. On the schedule is a proposed pay increase for Boise State head coach Leon Rice. Some of the highlights of the increase are as follows: An increase in annual salary by $10,530 for year 1, and a set dollar
UPDATE: NYC DIII Dirt
A quick update to yesterday’s NYC DIII Dirt: I have heard from a great source, and confirmed through another, that former Mercy College (NY) head coach Adam Parmenter will be named as an assistant at New York University. Parmenter, who spent four seasons as the head coach of the Mavericks has also been an assistant at Daniel
NYC DIII Dirt…
I can confirm the hirings of a couple of DIII assistant coaches in NYC… Brooklyn College – Albert Barbosa has been added to Rich Micallef staff. Barbosa brings with him 22 years of coaching experience at La Salle Academy in NYC. When he as an assistant, he worked with Ron Artest, Eddie Elisma and God Shammagod. He also spent 2009-11