George Mason University announced today that three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year Dave Paulsen has been hired as the 10th head men’s basketball coach in program history. In Paulsen’s seven-year tenure at Bucknell, the Bison became the first team in Patriot League history to record three straight regular season titles, having amassed four outright
Daily Dirt – 3/30/15
Great tournament games this weekend! Indy should be nuts!! Here are a few things that I’ve heard… • The “hot” name right now at Northern Kentucky is Florida Southern head coach Linc Darner. His squad just won the NCAA DII National Championship and finished 36-1. Darner has won 292 games in his 9 seasons at
HOT: SIU-Edwardsville finalists
Following a national search, SIUE’s men’s basketball search committee has identified two finalists for the men’s basketball head coach position. Alabama Interim Head Coach John Brannen and California Assistant Coach Jon Harris each will visit campus this week. Brannen will make his visit Mon. and Tues., March 30 and 31. The visit includes a 5
HOT RUMOR: Chris Mullin to St. John’s
We first mentioned Chris Mullin’s name as being "hot" at St. John’s on Friday (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/6729400e/di-dirt-texas-and-st-johns…), shortly after the departure of Steve Lavin. Now, multiple sources are reporting that the former St. John’s star has been offered the job. Mullin is a NYC native and St. John’s legend. He was the #7 pick in the 1985
BREAKING: Duryea promoted to head coach at Utah State
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