Still on vacation – getting killed on international phone charges with all of the texts and calls I’ve been getting! Oh well, it’s worth it to be able to get the dirt up…here’s what I’ve heard today (speed round): It sounds like Alcorn State is down to three in the search for a new head
Daily Dirt II – 4/21/15
DDII from North of the Border… BYU DBO Cody Fueger will head to Utah Valley as an assistant. He is following new head coach Mark Pope, who just took over at UVU and was an assistant at BYU last season. Fueger had been at Utah since 2013, and has also worked as the DBO at Utah State, UC
Daily Dirt – 4/21/15
DK and crew still on the go in Montreal – a few quick ones that I’ve heard while bouncing around between Basilicas… I mentioned back on 4/2 that former Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie would be the new head coach at Ranger JC (TX) (Billy Gillispie Dirt…). It is now a done deal – he has
DIII DIRT: Sul Ross State to Hire Clif Carroll
I can confirm that DIII Sul Ross State University will hire Clif Carroll as the new head basketball coach. He will replace Greg Wright who resigned back in March. Carroll spent 2013-15 as the head coach at McMurry University (TX). He was a student assistant for Bob Knight at Texas Tech, and later served as
Daily Dirt – 4/20/15
Decided to take the DirtQueen, and all of the Little DirtBags to Montreal for school vacation week. The wireless is already up and running here in the “City of Saints” – I will post as much as possible as I herd these knuckleheads around this city. Kids already want to hit the pool (indoors – it’s only 7ºc here right
Sunday Dirt – 4/19/15
A couple things that I’ve heard while monitoring the Bucknell situation (Bucknell Dirt)… From a great source…sounds like Omaha assistant Randall Herbst will join Linc Darner’s new staff at UMGB. Herbst has been at UNO for the past four seasons. Before that, he was the head coach at the University of Mary (ND) – he
Bucknell Dirt…
I have heard from multiple sources that Randolph-Macon head coach Nathan Davis is now the leader at Bucknell. One source who has gone so far to say that the team has already been told that Davis is the choice. Davis was an assistant at Bucknell for five seasons in the mid-90’s under Pat Flannery. He
Daily Dirt II – 4/17/15
Friday afternoon dirt… It sounds like former St. Louis head coach Brad Soderberg is in the mix to replace Ritchie McKay on Tony Bennett’s staff at Virginia. Soderberg was the head coach at St. Louis from 2002-2007 (80-74). He is currently the head coach at Lindenwood (MO) where he has won 128 games in his
Daily Dirt – 4/17/15
A few quick hitters as we roll into the weekend… Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino will bump up DBO Nate Pomeday to assistant coach. He will replace Dan McHale who became the head coach at Eastern Kentucky last week. Pomeday joined Pitino’s staff last summer after a six year stint as an assistant at Oregon
NAIA DIRT: Graceland (IA) Hires Wright as New Head Coach
I have confirmed through a great source that Graceland University (IA) has chosen Chris Wright as their new head basketball coach. Wright spent this past season as an assistant at Arkansas Tech. Before that, he spent four seasons as the head coach at Fresno Pacific where he compiled a 67-52 record. He was also an assistant
Daily Dirt – 4/16/15
A few things that I’ve heard so far today… I have heard from a great source that VMI assistants Daniel Willis and Ryan Mattocks will be headed to The Citadel with Duggar Baucom. Willis has been with Baucom for the past ten seasons – eight at VMI, and two Tusculum. Mattocks joined the VMI staff
DII Dirt: UMary Finalists
I have heard that there are three finalists for the DII University of Mary (ND) job. The job opened when Jevin Budde resigned back on February 28th. Word on the street is that on-campus interviews are now complete and a decision could be made any day. It sounds like the final three are: Matt Fletcher