Wayne Tinkle, who led Montana to three NCAA Tournament appearances, has been named the head coach of the Oregon State men’s basketball team, Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis announced Monday. Tinkle, 48, was the head coach at Montana for eight seasons and won 158 games, the second most in school history. He led the
Daily Dirt – 5/20/14
A couple of quick hitters… • In one of the worst kept secrets in America…Maryland will promote DBO Cliff Warren to an assistant spot. Warren, the former head coach at Jacksonville, joined the Maryland staff earlier this spring. He is a Maryland native who played for Jim Phelan at The Mount (MD). He went 126-150
Daily Dirt – 5/19/14
Catching up on a bunch of things that I heard over the weekend… • On 5/12, I mentioned some names who were believed to be involved at West Alabama (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/896dedae/daily-dirt-5-12-14/…). I have now heard that the job has been offered to one of the candidates that I mentioned. According to two separate sources, Arkansas-Monticello head
HOT RUMOR: Montana’s Tinkle to Oregon State
Multiple sources, including the Oregonian, are reporting that Oregon State will hire Montana head coach Wayne Tinkle to replace the recently fired Craig Robinson. Tinkle just completed his eighth season at Montana where his squad won 17 games (158-91 overall). It sounds like the announcement will come tomorrow. More on this when it becomes official.
Legendary coach Don Meyer passes away
Sad news about the passing of Don Meyer. I just wanted to pass along a few things… Here’s a great tribute page that was put up on Coach Meyer’s website. It’s great to read some of the stories, and have the opportunity to share one of your own: http://coachmeyertribute.com/story-wall/… Also, a nice tribute from Lipscomb
HOT: Major takes leave of absence at Charlotte
Charlotte 49ers head men’s basketball coach Alan Major is taking a leave of absence due to health issues. “After discussing my health with my family and our Athletic Director Judy Rose,” Major said. “I have decided to take a medical leave of absence. My family has a history of heart and eye issues, and I
Daily Dirt – 5/15/14
Crazy day today – in an all day meeting. I got away for a few minutes… • Two names that I keep hearing at Mississippi Valley State are current interim head coach Marcus Thomas and Wiley College (TX) head coach Andre Payne. Thomas served as the associate head coach at MVSU under former head coach
Daily Dirt – 5/14/14
• I can confirm that Vermont assistant Matt O’Brien will be joining Bob Walsh’s new staff at Maine. O’Brien had been on the Vermont staff for the past six seasons. Before that, he was an assistant to Walsh at Rhode Island College. • I have heard that Oklahoma State assistant video coordinator Trey Hendon has
Oregon State rumors…
Multiple sources have said that former UCLA head coach Ben Howland has withdrawn his name from consideration at Oregon State. There are a ton of names flying around out there, but according to people who I have talked to, two legit candidates appear to be Arizona assistant Damon Stoudamire and Indiana associate head coach Steve
Florida A&M rumors…
It sounds like Memphis assistant Aki Collins is the leader for Florida A&M. Collins has spent the past two seasons on Josh Pastner’s staff at Memphis – he has also worked at Marquette, Fairfield, Marshall, Colorado, and Howard. I have also heard Tim Fuller’s name mentioned here, but it multiple people are saying that he
Daily Dirt – 5/12/14
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day weekend. Here’s some “dirt” to start the week… • I have started to hear some names surrounding the vacancy created at West Alabama when Mark Downey departed to join Chris Jans staff at Bowling Green. The three names making the rounds are: former Southeast Louisiana head coach
Razorback State rumors…
Yesterday we had “dirt” from the Peach State, today we head a little bit further west to the Razorback State… •I have heard that Odessa College (TX) assistant Carlos Wilson is in the mix to join the staff at Arkansas State. Before coming to Odessa, Wilson was the head coach at Humble Christian Life Center