University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics Mike Bohn announced Monday that the university and head men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin have agreed to a new contract through the 2020-21 season. The new seven-year deal replaces the extension Cronin, entering his ninth year with the Bearcats, signed a year ago. "Mick Cronin’s genuine passion for the
Daily Dirt – 6/23/14
Some “dirt” to start the week… •Two names that I have heard surround the vacancy at Black Hills State (SD) are Augustana (SD) assistant head coach Jeff Trumbauer and Sheridan College (WY) head coach Steve Smiley. Trumbauer has been at Augustana for the past four seasons, and was the head coach at Jamestown (ND) before
Arkansas State Dirt…
I have heard that Arkansas State head coach John Brady will hire Mike Scutero as an assistant coach. He will replace Jeff Clapacs who recently departed to become the DBO at Bowling Green. Scutero has spent time at both Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee State. He has also worked as an assistant at Odessa College
Furman Dirt…
I’ve got it from a very good source that Furman will hire VCU video coordinator Dwight Perry as an assistant coach. Perry has been at VCU for the past two seasons, and was an intern at Stanford before that. He also spent three years as a member of the team at Kentucky. Look for the
Daily Dirt – 6/20/14
A bunch of things to close out the week… • I have heard that Oakland Video Coordinator / Player Development assistant James Hellekjaer will become an assistant at Saginaw Valley State. He started at Oakland in 2009 as a GA and was promoted to Video Coordinator a year later. He was a manager for the
Daily Dirt – 6/19/14
The DirtKing is back among the living today (kind of…). I had surgery on Tuesday to repair an old water skiing injury. Apparently I’m not as tough as I used to be – this one kicked my butt! Here are a bunch of things that I heard while recovering over the past 48 hours… •
Daily Dirt II – 6/19/14
Busy day – here’s round II of the Daily Dirt… • It sounds like Alfred University (NY) head coach Dale Wellman will become the next head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. He had been at Alfred since 2008 and led his squad to an 18-9 record this past season. Before taking over at Alfred, he was
DK on the DL
From The DirtQueen…..Minor surgery yesterday for the DK turned out to be a little more than he bargained for. He has had some type of reaction to the medication, and has been out of commission all day. It looks like tomorrow will be more of the same. He said that he has a ton of
Siena Extends Patsos’ Contract
Siena has added one year to men’s basketball head coach Jimmy Patsos’ contract, extending the current deal through the 2018-19 season. All other elements of the contract remain the same. "I’m grateful to be here, I love this place," Patsos said. "This week we had our golf outing and a lunch with the `old-timers’, and
BREAKING: Maker to Marist
We tabbed Williams head coach Mike Maker as the leader for Marist yesterday – it’s now official… Marist College has hired Mike Maker as its head men’s basketball coach, it was announced Tuesday by Director of Athletics Tim Murray. A press conference to introduce Maker as the 11th head coach in program history will take
Pittsburgh Dirt…
I have heard that UMass assistant Marlon "Smoke" Williamson will be hired as an assistant at Pitt. He would replace Barry "Slice" Rohrssen who departed Jamie Dixon’s staff back in May to become an assistant at Kentucky. Smoke has been at UMass for the past two seasons. Before joining the Minuteman staff, he spent nine
Rhode Island College Dirt…
I have now confirmed from two separate sources close to the situation that Rhode Island College will name Robert Morris assistant Mike Byrnes as their next head coach. He will replace Bob Walsh who departed earlier this spring to become the head coach at Maine. A Wednesday press conference has been scheduled. Before joining the