On the fly – two quickies… • I have heard from a great source that Minnesota State Moorhead assistant Dan Weisse has been offered and will accept the head coach spot at Minnesota Crookston. We initially listed Weisse as a candidate on 4/9 – you can read more about him here: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/f451ba04/minnesota-crookston-rumors… • Two good
BREAKING: Cuonzo Martin to Cal
Gotta admit, didn’t see this one coming… ESPN’s Jeff Goodman has reported the Cuonzo Martin will become the next head coach at Cal. Martin is coming off a Sweet 16 run at Tennessee after spending much of the season on the "hot seat". He went 63-41 in his three seasons at UT. More on this
HOT: Text us your "Dirt"!
As we move into the 21st century here at HoopDirt, you can now TEXT us your "Dirt". Our "Dirt Hotline" is (208) 495-4129. As always, submissions will remain anonymous. For all of you who are going to Google the 208 area code, I can save you the trouble…it’s Melba, Idaho. It’s not going to help
Daily Dirt – 4/14/14
A few things to start the week… • I have heard that new Southeastern Louisiana head coach Jay Ladner is beginning to assemble his staff. The first two names that I have heard are Errol Gauff and Kyle Roane. Gauff has been the head coach at St. Thomas Aquinas HS for the past 17 years
Daily Dirt III – 4/14/14
Daily Dirt III, what a day. A couple quickies that I just heard… • Apparently Kentucky assistant Rod Strickland will join Orlando Antigua at South Florida. John Calipari just posted this on his Facebook page: “I’m so happy for Rod and his family and their opportunity at South Florida. I’m sad we’re losing him but
Daily Dirt II – 4/14/14
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,