Multiple sources including ESPN and The Toledo Blade are now reporting that Miami assistant Michael Huger will be the choice to replace Chris Jans at Bowling Green. Huger is a 1994 BGSU alum who has been at Miami with Jim Larranaga for the past three seasons. Huger also spent four seasons with Larranaga at George
Daily Dirt III – 4/15/15
Phone blowing up today – Round III of the “Daily Dirt”…. I have heard that Lafayette assistant John O’Connor is in the mix with the vacant women’s job at Lafayette. The former head coach at Holy Family (PA) has been at Lafayette since 2012. He also worked at Lafayette from 2001-04 before landing on Paul
Daily Dirt II – 4/15/15
Shaping up to be a busy day – here’s DD Round 2… I can confirm that Western Illinois associate head coach Wade Hokenson has left the program. He had been at WIU since 2008, and served as the acting head coach for a bit last spring after Jim Molinari resigned. He was retained for the 2014-15 season
Daily Dirt – 4/15/15
Just following up on a few tings… I reported last week that the finalists at DII Simon Fraser were Nate Philippe and Virgil Hill (DII Dirt – 4/6/15). I can now confirm that Virgil Hill will be the choice. Hill was most recently the head coach at the Collingwood School in Canada. He is a Simon Fraser
Daily Dirt – 4/14/15
Another busy day here at the HD World Headquarters – here’s what I’ve heard so far… New VCU head coach Will Wade will add Wes Long and Rasheen Davis to his staff. Long has been with Wade for the past two seasons at Chattanooga. He is the former head coach at Queens (NC). Davis was
Bucknell Dirt…
I have heard from multiple sources over the past 24 hours that the Bucknell search has been narrowed down to 5-6 candidates. It sounds like interviews will wrap up this week, and a decision could be made by Friday. The names that I’ve heard are: Jamion Christian – Head Coach Mount St. Mary’s. Has been
Daily Dirt II – 4/13/15
Busy day so far today – here’s Round II of the Dirt… I have now heard from multiple sources that Lander University (SC) head coach Jeff Burkhamer is the leader for West Florida. He has been the head coach at Lander since 2009, and was also the head coach at Armstrong (GA). Sounds like we
Junior College Dirt…
In today’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned that the jobs at Indian Hills and Panola were done. According to multiple sources, here’s who I’ve heard that the choices are: Indian Hills CC (IA): Hank Plona. Spent the past four seasons as an assistant at South Plains College (TX). In his first season, Plona helped lead the
Daily Dirt – 4/13/15
A few quick hitters to start your Monday -sounds like it will be pretty active with assistants on the move this week… JC updates…from what I have heard, the searches at Panola and Indian Hills are done. Both schools have made great hires. Will give you the names later today when I come off of
HOT RUMOR: McCall the choice at Chattanooga
The Times Free Press was the first to report that Florida assistant Florida assistant Matt McCall will be named as the new head coach at Tennessee Chattanooga. McCall was listed by HoopDirt.com as one of the candidates late last week (Tennessee-Chattanooga Dirt). He was a manager and then DBO for Billy Donovan at Florida before joining
Bowling Green Dirt…
Pretty interesting search going on at Bowling Green as AD Chris Kingston scrambles to replace recently fired head coach Chris Jans. I’ve talked to a bunch of people surrounding this one, and keep getting the same names – all Big Ten assistants plus one internal candidate. I have not heard of any current head coaches mentioned at
Saturday Dirt – 4/11/15
Saturday Dirt from the HD World Headquarters… Yesterday I mentioned the names that I have heard as candidates to replace Will Wade at Chattanooga (http://hoopdirt.com/tennessee-chattanooga-dirt/). I have now heard that there are two more to add to that list: Georgia assistant Philip Pearson and VCU assistant Jeremy Ballard. Pearson was a long-time Alabama assistant who