UPDATING AN EARLIER STORY: Trustees at South Carolina State have still not balanced their budget, BUT they have agreed not to cut men’s basketball. According to reports, butting the program would have cost the school over $700,000 in league penalties and placed the athletic department on probation. ________________________________ According to reports, South Carolina State could
Daily Dirt – 6/26/14
I have officially turned into an old guy. Headed out to see Billy Joel at Fenway Park tonight. UGH. Here are a few things that I’ve heard… • Following up on my Temple “dirt” from last night (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/9b393f79/temple-dirt/…)…I have now heard that Rick Brunson will assume the assistant role, while current assistant Dave Duke will
Daily Dirt – 6/25/14
Craziness over the past few days around here – sorry for the lack of “dirt”. Here’s what I’ve got… • I can confirm that former Coppin State assistant Jay Dull has become the head coach at Howard CC (MD). He had been at Coppin State since 2005, and was the head coach at McDaniel (MD)
Temple dirt…
I mentioned on 5/22 that I had heard former Temple standout Rick Brunson was involved with a spot on the Owls staff (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/ae4b835e/daily-dirt-5-22-14/…). I can now confirm that he has been hired. When I first blogged about it, I had heard that Brunson would be added as the Director of Player Development. It now sounds
HOT: Cronin inks new deal at Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics Mike Bohn announced Monday that the university and head men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin have agreed to a new contract through the 2020-21 season. The new seven-year deal replaces the extension Cronin, entering his ninth year with the Bearcats, signed a year ago. "Mick Cronin’s genuine passion for the
Daily Dirt – 6/23/14
Some “dirt” to start the week… •Two names that I have heard surround the vacancy at Black Hills State (SD) are Augustana (SD) assistant head coach Jeff Trumbauer and Sheridan College (WY) head coach Steve Smiley. Trumbauer has been at Augustana for the past four seasons, and was the head coach at Jamestown (ND) before
Arkansas State Dirt…
I have heard that Arkansas State head coach John Brady will hire Mike Scutero as an assistant coach. He will replace Jeff Clapacs who recently departed to become the DBO at Bowling Green. Scutero has spent time at both Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee State. He has also worked as an assistant at Odessa College
Furman Dirt…
I’ve got it from a very good source that Furman will hire VCU video coordinator Dwight Perry as an assistant coach. Perry has been at VCU for the past two seasons, and was an intern at Stanford before that. He also spent three years as a member of the team at Kentucky. Look for the
Daily Dirt – 6/20/14
A bunch of things to close out the week… • I have heard that Oakland Video Coordinator / Player Development assistant James Hellekjaer will become an assistant at Saginaw Valley State. He started at Oakland in 2009 as a GA and was promoted to Video Coordinator a year later. He was a manager for the
Daily Dirt – 6/19/14
The DirtKing is back among the living today (kind of…). I had surgery on Tuesday to repair an old water skiing injury. Apparently I’m not as tough as I used to be – this one kicked my butt! Here are a bunch of things that I heard while recovering over the past 48 hours… •
Daily Dirt II – 6/19/14
Busy day – here’s round II of the Daily Dirt… • It sounds like Alfred University (NY) head coach Dale Wellman will become the next head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. He had been at Alfred since 2008 and led his squad to an 18-9 record this past season. Before taking over at Alfred, he was
DK on the DL
From The DirtQueen…..Minor surgery yesterday for the DK turned out to be a little more than he bargained for. He has had some type of reaction to the medication, and has been out of commission all day. It looks like tomorrow will be more of the same. He said that he has a ton of