Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that Mount St. Mary’s assistant Matt Miller is on the move, and has landed on the staff at Loyola Maryland. Miller had been at The Mount for the past four seasons, and was the head coach at St. Maria Goretti High School (MD)
REPORT: UIW to hire CMU’s Heirman
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Multiple reports have Incarnate Word set to hire Central Michigan assistant Shane Heirman as their new head coach. Heirman was listed in our final seven candidates back on 4/19. Heirman had been at CMU for the past two seasons, and spent four years at DePaul before that. Prior to his time
SMALL COLLEGE DIRT: LSUA + EWU set to hire new Head Basketball Coaches
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A couple of small colleges about to make new hires… I can confirm that D2 Edward Waters University (FL) will hire Cabral Huff as their new head men’s basketball coach. Huff has been the head coach at Vorhees University (SC) since 2020. He also spent time as an assistant coach at
D3 DIRT: Cabrini set to hire current D3 Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that D3 Cabrini University will name Ryan Van Zelst as their new head men’s basketball coach. Van Zelst spent last season as the head coach at nearby Penn State Abington, where he went 18-9 (11-5 United East). Before his time at Abington, spent seven seasons (2015-21) as an
Daily Dirt II: 4/25/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Daily Dirt Round 2…(here’s round 1 from earlier today in case you missed it –> DAILY DIRT). In today’s earlier DD, I mentioned Bino Ranson and Xavier Joyner getting interviews at Coppin State. Two more names that are on the list from what I’ve heard are East Carolina assistant coach Jake
D2 DIRT: Texas A&M Kingsville set to open
According to a report from the Denton Chronicle, Texas A&M Kingsville head coach Johnny Estelle is set to become an assistant on Ross Hodge’s new staff at North Texas. Estelle had spent the past 9 seasons at TAMUK, compiling a 137-112 (.550) record. Last season, he led his team to a 21-12 (14-8 LSC) mark.
Daily Dirt – 4/25/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) On the run today – just a few quick things… The search at Coppin State is finally making some progress. It sounds like on campus interviews are underway this week. Two names that I have heard are DePaul assistant Bino Ranson and James Madison assistant Xavier Joyner. Both obviously have strong
Daily Dirt – 4/24/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few quick hitters to kick off the week… New Holy Cross head coach Dave Paulsen has started to assemble his staff. I can confirm that Texas A&M Commerce assistant Ted Rawlings will be hired as an assistant. Before joining the Commerce staff back in 2019, Rawlings served as the DBO
D2 DIRT: Seattle Pacific set to open; Leep taking D1 assistant job
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I teased this one yesterday on Twitter and can now confirm that D2 Seattle Pacific head coach Grant Leep will step down and become an assistant at D1 Seattle University. Leep had been at SPU for the past 14 seasons – 7 as an assistant, and the last seven as the
SOUTHLAND DIRT: Nicholls State set to hire Maryland Staffer as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following up on my TWEET from earlier today…I have heard from multiple sources that Maryland Director of Player Personnel Tevon Saddler will be named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Nicholls State. He would replace Austin Claunch who became an assistant at Alabama a few weeks ago. Saddler, a
Daily Dirt – 4/19/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) The search at UIW is moving quickly. I can confirm that after initial interviews, the pool has been cut to seven, with 1 or 2 coming to campus very shortly. The names that I’ve heard include, Arkansas assistant Gus Argenal, LSU assistant Ronnie Hamilton, Central Michigan assistant Shane Heirman, Santa Clara
D3 DIRT: North Central opens; Figueroa set to take D1 associate head coach job
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that head coach Anthony Figueroa is departing D3 North Central College, and will become the associate head coach at D1 Northwestern State. Last season was Figueroa’s first at North Central after a great run at NJCAA D2 Parkland College. In his only year at NCC, Figueroa went 14-12