Utah State will hold an 11:00am press conference Monday morning to announce the hiring of Tim Duryea as their new head coach. Duryea has spent the past 14 years as an assistant on Stew Morill’s staff at USU. Before coming to Utah State in 2001, he compiled a 40-25 record as the head coach at
OFFICIAL: Barnes, Texas mutually agree to part ways
The University of Texas and head basketball coach Rick Barnes have mutually agreed to part ways, the school announced today. The all-time winningest coach in program history, the 60-year-old Barnes compiled an overall record of 402-180 (.691) over the last 17 seasons at Texas, an average of nearly 24 victories per year. A national search
OFFICIAL: DePaul names Leitao head coach
DePaul University announced today that Dave Leitao has been named men’s basketball coach. Leitao returns to Lincoln Park after leading the program to three postseason appearances in his first stint from 2002-05. "Following our search that garnered high-level national interest, we are excited to announce that Dave Leitao is our next men’s basketball coach," said
George Mason Dirt…
George Mason is getting close to hiring a replacement for Paul Hewitt. It sounds like they are down to the final two – UC Irvine head coach Russell Turner, and NC Central head coach LeVelle Moton. Turner led the Anteaters to a 21-13 record and an NCAA appearance this past season. In his five years
BREAKING: DePaul set to hire Leitao
Multiple sources are reporting that Dave Leitao will be the next head coach at DePaul HoopDirt.com first mentioned his involvement here back on 3/18 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/85b76dbd/daily-dirt-3-18-15/…). Leitao was the head coach at DePaul from 2002-2005 (58-34) – he has also been the head coach at Northeastern and Virginia. The long-time UConn assistant was most recently an
Saturday Dirt II – 3/28/15
Saturday Dirt II…starting out to be a very busy weekend! Here are a few more things that I’ve heard… • THE CITADEL – Been talking about this one for a while. I’ve said from day 1 that VMI head coach Duggar Baucom is the #1 target here. It now sounds like he is the choice
Saturday Dirt – 3/28/15
A few Saturday updates… • INDIANA – Athletic Director Fred Glass has given head coach Tom Crean a vote of confidence. Glass sent an email to the Indianapolis Star which included the following: "Coach Crean has five years on his contract, I don’t expect him to go anywhere, and I don’t want him to go
BREAKING: Barnes out at Texas
We reported yesterday that Texas head coach Rick Barnes has been told to make changes on his staff or be fired. We also said the we had heard that Barnes was leaning towards refusing to make any changes, and therefore would not return to Texas. The Austin American-Statesman is now the first to report that
Saturday Dirt III – 3/28/15
What a CRAZY day today…3rd edition of the dirt… • ARIZONA STATE: Trent Johnson’s name has been very “hot” here over the last few days. The current TCU head coach is familiar with the PAC-10 – he spent 4 seasons as the head coach at Stanford before moving on the LSU. Former St. John’s head
BREAKING: Baucom to be named head coach at The Citadel
HoopDirt.com can now confirm that VMI head coach Duggar Baucom will be named as the next head coach at The Citadel. We have had Baucom as the #1 candidate here for the last few weeks. He has been at VMI since 2005 and went 151-159 during that time. Baucom was also the head coach at
BREAKING: Wardle named head coach at Bradley
Brian Wardle, who led Green Bay to the 2014 Horizon League regular-season championship and three straight postseason appearances, has been named the 14th head coach in Bradley Basketball history, according to an announcement Friday evening by Bradley Director of Athletics Chris Reynolds. Wardle officially will be introduced as Bradley’s new head coach Saturday during a
BREAKING: Tyndall fired at Tennessee
The University of Tennessee announced today that it has terminated its employment agreement with head men’s basketball coach Donnie Tyndall for cause. The decision was made based on information the university received during the NCAA’s investigation of another institution. The university concluded that Tyndall is highly likely to be found responsible for serious (e.g., Level