Date: Saturday, October 11 Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Location: Ed & Rae Schollmaier Basketball Complex (practice facility) •3000 Stadium Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76129 ***Registration fee: $25 per person – All coaches in attendance will receive a clinic notebook The clinic will start with a team practice at 10:00 AM, have a break
BREAKING: Butler’s Miller takes leave of absence
Butler Vice President and Director of Athletics Barry Collier announced today (Thursday, Oct. 2) that men’s basketball head coach Brandon Miller will be taking a break from his duties with the Bulldogs. "Brandon Miller has requested a leave of absence for medical reasons, which the University has granted," stated Collier. "We are not in a
Fairleigh Dickinson Basketball Coaching Clinic
The Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball program will conduct the Fairleigh Dickinson Men’s Basketball Coaching Clinic on Saturday, October 18th. The clinic is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. inside Stratis Arena at the Rothman Center. The cost is $20 per coach or $25 per coaching staff. The day will start with a
Shaka Smart Coaches Clinic with VCU Practice
Fifth Annual VCU Coaches Clinic Date: Saturday, October 25 Time: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Location: Siegel Center, 1200 West Broad St. Richmond, VA 23284 Registration fee: $70.00 per person, All attendees will receive a clinic notebook The clinic begins with a VCU practice at the Siegel Center. After breaking for lunch, the participants will
Daily Dirt – 9/29/14
A couple of things to kick off the week… • I have heard that Pfeiffer assistant Ben McDonald has departed and will join the staff at Combine Academy (NC). Last season was McDonald’s first at Pfeiffer – he was a HS coach in NY before that. He also founded a company that specialized in strength
Daily Dirt – 9/25/14
A couple of quick hitters… • Yesterday, I blogged about the final four candidates at Clarion University (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/bd4511e4/clarion-pa-dirt/…). I can now confirm that Eastern Michigan assistant Kevin Mondro has withdrawn his name from consideration. The other three candidates are still in play, and a decision is expected any day. I will post more as I
Junior College Dirt….
A couple of quickies from the JC level… • Central Arizona has moved quickly to replace JD Pollock and has promoted assistant Tramaine Aaron to head coach. Pollock departed last week to become the DBO at UC Bakersfield (http://hoopdirt.com/news/ddde66f9/pollock-joins-cal-state-ba…). Last season was Aaron’s first at CAC, he was the GA at Berry College (GA) before
HOT: Extension for Dawkins at Stanford
Stanford’s Anne and Tony Joseph Director of Men’s Basketball Johnny Dawkins has had his contract extended by the school, Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir announced today. Terms of the contract were not disclosed per University policy. Leading one of college basketball’s most accomplished programs, Dawkins led the Cardinal to the 2014 NCAA
Clarion (PA) Dirt…
The search for a new head coach at Clarion University (PA) is wrapping up. I have heard that the final candidate will be on campus today. Clarion is in the process of replacing Ron Righter who announced his retirement in July after 26 seasons. It sounds like the Final Four are: • Kevin Mondro –
Georgia Tech Dirt….
Back on September 9th, I mentioned that Tom Herrion was a candidate to replace Billy Schmidt as an assistant at Georgia Tech (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/968f730f/georgia-tech-dirt/…). I can now confirm that Herrion is the choice, and will in fact be joining Brian Gregory’s staff. Herrion has been the head coach at Marshall (2010-2014) and College of Charleston (2002-2006).
Mark Gottfried Basketball Coaches Clinic
2014 Mark Gottfried Basketball Coaches Clinic at NC State Date: Friday, September 26th & Saturday, September 27th, 2014 Time: Friday: 5:00 PM – 9:30 PM, Saturday: 7:45 AM – 11:00 AM Location: North Carolina State University, Dail Basketball Center, 2500 Warren Carroll Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27695 Registration Fee: $60 – NCBCA Members, $75 Non-Members ***Those
Mercer Basketbal Coaches Clinic
The sixth annual Mercer Basketball Coach Clinic, featuring Mercer head coach Bob Hoffman and Texas head coach Rick Barnes, has been set for Sunday October 5th at Hawkins Arena. This year’s event will run from 1:30 p.m.- 6 p.m. and includes a t-shirt and clinic notebook for the price of $10. On court stations will