Thanks for all of the text’s today. The new “dirt” hotline (208 495-4129) has been blowing up! My wife already thinks I’m on the phone too much – she NOT happy about this! A few more things that I’ve heard today… • I can confirm that Texas “special assistant” Brian Lentz has departed and will
BREAKING: Woodward out at Maine
University of Maine President Paul Ferguson has announced that the university will buy out the contract of men’s basketball head coach Ted Woodward, ending his tenure as coach effective April 14, 2014. The decision was reached after several weeks of evaluation of the program by Director of Athletics Karlton Creech and university administration. "I would
HOT RUMOR: Ford the leader at Tennessee State
According to a great source, Illinois state associate head coach Dana Ford is the leader for the vacant job at Tennessee State. Ford is a former TSU assistant (2009-11) and has been on the staff at his alma mater for the past two seasons. Before joining the ISU staff, he worked as an assistant to
Sunday Night Dirt…
Just because it’s Sunday doesn’t mean the dirt stops… • Scott Spinelli to Boston College is a done deal. Sounds like the former Maryland assistant will be getting a raise from the $200K that he was making with the Terps. • A name making the rounds as a possible replacement for Spinelli is Indiana assistant
OFFICIAL: Molinari resigns at Western Illinois
The worst kept secret in America has now been made official. Jim Molinari has resigned at Western Illinois. We first had this on 4/6 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/9b175ba5/western-illinois-rumor/…). Molinari is headed to Nebraska where he will become an assistant to Tim Miles. WIU associate head coach Wade Hokenson will serve as acting head coach. Names we’ve heard as
Daily Dirt – 4/11/14
Crazy day here – big-time recruit on campus. Here are a few things while my guy sits in on a class… • Two names that I’ve heard that may be involved with assistant spots at Bowling Green are Indiana State assistant Dave Ragland and West Alabama head coach Mark Downey. Ragland has been at ISU
DII Dirt…
Some things that I’ve heard from the DII’s… • From a great source…it sounds like Winston-Salem State associate head coach James Wilhelmi will be named as the interim head coach for the year there. He joined the WSSU staff in 2011 after stops at Hampton, University of Evansville, Texas Southern, the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore,
Daily Dirt – 4/10/14
Some “dirt” to start the day… • The “hot” name right now at Western Illinois is Ball State assistant Billy Wright. This was his first season at Ball State – he was previously the associate head coach at Western Illinois. I mentioned Minnesota State’s Matt Margenthaler a few days ago (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/f2a84cec/daily-dirt-4-7-14/…) – he and Wright
Late Night Dirt…
A few of quickies to end the night… • I have heard that Josh Postorino is out as an assistant at Georgia Tech. He has been on Brian Gregory’s staff for the past three seasons. Prior to that, he worked on Oliver Purnell’s staffs at DePaul, Clemson, and Dayton. No word yet if an administrative
Updates from the road…
DK on the run right now. Just wanted to get a few things up quickly. Blogging from my phone – please excuse any typo’s! Jay Ladner to Southeast Louisiana is official. This was a done deal even before Ladner knew it was done. Tony Sheals just got hired as the new head coach at Virginia
HOT: Jasick to Jacksonville
We’ve been talking about this one for the past two days, but has now been confirmed. IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is the new head coach at Jacksonville. An email went out to JU staffers not too long ago confirming the hiring. It also sounds like the press conference will take place Thursday at 12:15.
Assistant coaches on the move…
Some assistants on the move / possibly on the move… • Mark Phelps – Heading from Missouri to Marquette. Done deal. He is the former head coach at Drake. • Jason Kemp – Heading from Toledo to Ohio. Previously worked for new Ohio coach Saul Phillips at North Dakota State. Also a done deal. •