Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that the men’s basketball job at Emory and Henry will open, with an announcement coming sometime this week. Ben Thompson, who had been the Wasps head coach for the past five seasons will be taking a position in the advancement office at the college. Thompson led E&H’s transition
D3 DIRT: Hartwick opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Nick Ciresi is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Hartwick College. Ciresi had spent the past three seasons as the Hawks head coach, where he put together a 12-59 (.169) record. This past season, Hartwick went 1-22 (0-16 E8). Prior to his time at
D2 DIRT: Lynn U (FL) set to hire current NJCAA D1 head coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that D2 Lynn University (FL) will hire Indian River State College (FL) Bill Morosco as their new head men’s basketball coach. Morosco has spent the past two seasons as the helm of the IRSC program where he has gone 49-13 (25-6 this past year). Prior to his time
DAILY DIRT – 4/9/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Congrats to Dan Hurley and UConn – blew everyone out in the tourney this year to capture their second straight title. Ridiculously impressive. Here are a few things that I’ve heard… New St. Louis head coach Josh Schertz is bringing Antone Gray and Rob Gardiner with him from Indiana State. Gray
Calipari finalizing 5-yr deal at Arkansas
Kentucky head basketball coach is reportedly finalizing a five-year deal to become the next head coach at Arkansas. Calipari has been at Kentucky for the past 15-seasons, where has gone 410-123 (.769). The Wildcats have struggled recently, having not advanced past the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament since 2018-19. The coaching veteran has
REPORT: Walberg to be named Head Basketball Coach at Fresno State
According to multiple reports, Fresno State will hire veteran coach Vance Walberg to lead the Bulldogs men’s basketball program. Most recently, Walberg has been the head coach at Clovis West HS (CA), but has had a long career as an NBA assistant and college coach. He served as the head coach at Pepperdine (2006-08) and
REPORT: Cornell to promote Jaques to Head Basketball Coach
Confirming what most expected to happen, multiple outlets are now reporting that Cornell will promote Jon Jaques to head coach replacing Brian Earl (William and Mary). Jaques is a 2010 Cornell grad who has been on the Big Red staff since 2013. As a senior, he was a starter and captain on Cornell’s 2010 NCAA
DAILY DIRT – 4/5/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Been a busy week. Here are just a few quick things to kick off the day… It sounds like Ryan Davis, who just resigned as the head coach at D3 Lake Forest College (IL) will be hired as an assistant on Rob Eshan’s new staff at UIC. Davis had been the
DAILY DIRT II – 4/4/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A quick 2nd round of the DAILY DIRT…. There are multiple reports of Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman to USC being a done deal. Although the Razorbacks were down this season (16-17 overall), Musselman put together 111-59 (.653) record in his five seasons there. He also went 110-34 (.764) in his
DAILY DIRT – 4/4/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Bryston Williams has joined Ben McCollum’s new staff at Drake. Williams had been an assistant at Wyoming since last March, and was at Indiana State before that. He played for McCollum at Northwest Missouri, and began his coaching career as a GA there. An official announcement is coming shortly. The Athletic’s
DAILY DIRT: D1 staff’s starting to take shape
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of new basketball staff’s starting to take shape over the past few days. Some I’ve mentioned already, some are new. Wanted to compile them all in one place: Central Arkansas: Had this on Monday (DAILY DIRT), but wanted to add it to this list. New Central Arkansas head coach
JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Salt Lake CC opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Kyle Taylor is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Salt Lake Community College. Word on the street is that he has accepted an assistant spot on a D1 staff (stay tuned for that one). *UPDATE: He’s headed to Coastal Carolina. Taylor had been at SLCC