Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Happy Pi day. A few things going on… Two names gaining steam at Notre Dame are Colgate’s Matt Langel and Drake’s Darian DeVries. Langel has Colgate in the tourney for the 3rd straight year, and is the program’s all-time leader in wins. His career record is 202-173 (.539). DeVries has gone
REPORT: Georgia Southern set to hire Alabama assistant as next head coach
According to multiple reports, including one from Pete Thamel, Georgia Southern is set to name Alabama assistant Charlie Henry as their new head men’s basketball coach. Henry is in his fourth season at Alabama, and was the head coach of the G-League’s Windy City Bulls (2017-19) before that. He also served as an assistant to
REPORT: Kentucky’s K.T. Turner to be named Head Coach at UT Arlington
According to multiple reports, including one from ESPN, UT Arlington is expected to name Kentucky assistant K.T. Turner as their new head coach. This season has been Turner’s first at Kentucky after stops at Oklahoma, Texas, SMU, Wichita State, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The veteran coach has also made multiple stops as an assistant at
REPORT: Georgia Tech close to deal with Celtics assistant Stoudamire
According to multiple reports, including one from ESPN, Georgia Tech is close to finalizing a deal with Boston Celtics assistant Damon Stoudamire to become the Yellow Jackets next head coach. Stoudamire would replace Josh Pastner, who was released late last week after a seven year run in Atlanta. Stoudamire played 13-seasons in the NBA for
REPORT: Chris Beard headed to Ole Miss
According to a Jeff Goodman report, Ole Miss is expected to hire Chris Beard as their new head men’s basketball coach. Beard would replace Kermit Davis who was released back on February 24th. Beard spent 1+ years at Texas before being fired on January 5th following his arrest on a felony domestic family violence charge
Daily Dirt – 3/13/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) This will definitely be a busy week. Here are just a couple of items to kick it off… I mentioned some names at New Mexico State in Saturday’s Dirt. Since then, a pretty interesting one has started to surface, as I have heard former Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing’s name
REPORT: Northwestern State’s Gipson headed to Austin Peay
I can now confirm a Jon Rothstein report that Northwestern State head coach Corey Gipson will take over at his alma mater Austin Peay. In Gipson’s only season at NSU, he led the Demon’s to a 22-11 (13-5 Southland) record and their first appearance in the Southland Conference Championship game since 2013. Gipson, who played
D3 DIRT: Linfield U opens amidst turmoil
Shanan Rosenberg is no longer the head men’s D3 Linfield University, following weeks of turmoil. Rosenberg was suspended following an incident at a game on February 18th, where he allegedly got into a verbal altercation with a parent behind Linfield’s bench. The Oregonian is reporting that “In a letter sent to the university’s board of
Isaac Brown out as Head Basketball Coach at Wichita State
According to multiple reports, including one from Jon Rothstein, Wichita State has parted ways with head basketball coach Isaac Brown. Brown led the Shockers for 2+ seasons, putting together a 48-34 (.585) record. He took over in November 2020 following the resignation of Gregg Marshall. This past season, his squad went 17-15 (9-9 American). More
DAILY DIRT: Saturday Edition – 3/11/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) It’s obviously been crazy over the past few days. Just going through my notes to catch-up on a bunch of things… A couple of names making the rounds at Manhattan include Kentucky associate to the head coach Bruiser Flint and Rutgers associate head coach Karl Hobbs. Flint has also been the
REPORT: St. John’s parts ways with Head Basketball Coach Mike Anderson
According to multiple reports, including one from Jeff Goodman, St. John’s has parted ways with head men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson. Anderson took over at St. John’s back in 2019, and led the Red Storm to a 68-56 (.548) record during his tenure. This past season, Anderson’s squad went 18-15 (7-13 Big East). They knocked
REPORT: South Florida parts ways with Brian Gregory
Jon Rothstein first with this one… South Florida is expected to part ways with head basketball coach Brian Gregory. The veteran head coach has been at USF for the past six seasons (79-107 -.425). This season, the Bulls went 14-18 (7-11 American). Gregory has spent 19 seasons as a D1 head coach, with stints at
