I can confirm through great sources that Mississippi Valley State has hired Andre Payne as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Chico Potts who was dismissed earlier this spring. Payne has been the head coach and AD at Wiley College (TX) since 2006. He led his squad to a 19-11 (15-9) record this
Daily Dirt – 6/3/14
From the HD World Headquarters… • Quick exit for Jeff Bower at Marist. Some names floating around, but nothing worth publishing. It will be an interesting situation…the AD is feeling some heat with this one. • I can confirm that Travis Garrett is no longer the head coach at USC-Salkehatchie. Garrett had been at Salk
OFFICIAL: Bower resigns at Marist
After leading the Marist College men’s basketball program for one season, Jeff Bower has resigned his position as head coach. Bower will become the General Manager of the Detroit Pistons. “I have a lot of respect for Jeff and the job he did in his time at Marist,” Marist Director of Athletics Tim Murray said.
HOT RUMOR: Marist’s Bower headed back to NBA
Yahoo! Sports first reported, and I can now confirm, that Marist head coach Jeff Bower is close to finalizing a deal to become the GM of the Detroit Pistons. Bower took over at Marist last spring, and guided his squad to a 12-19 record. He had previously worked in the NBA as the head coach,
Daily Dirt – 6/2/14
Somethings that I heard over the weekend… • Word on the street is that Southern assistant Ryan Price is departing and will become an assistant at Prairie View A&M. Price had been at Southern since 2011 and has also worked at Arkansas-Ft. Smith, Henderson State, and Gannon. He is the son of current Lamar head
Daily Dirt – 5/30/14
Some "Dirt" to wrap up the week… • I have heard that Furman DBO Sam Waniewski has departed to become an assistant at Vincennes (IN). He had just wrapped up his first season at Furman, and was the video coordinator at Colorado State before that. • Earlier this week, I mentioned the staff changes at
Stillman College rumor…
I just heard from a great source that Donte Jackson will be the next head coach at Stillman College. Jackson has spent the past four seasons as the head coach at Central State University (OH) where he compiled a 68-42 record. He will replace Michael Grant who became the head coach at Coppin State earlier
HOT RUMOR: DeCuire to Montana
Multiple sources, including ESPN, are reporting that former Cal assistant Travis DeCuire will be named as the new head coach at Montana. DeCuire is a Montana alum who had been an assistant to former Montana head coach Mike Montgomery at Cal and former Montana head coach Blaine Taylor at Old Dominion. He was not retained
Daily Dirt – 5/29/14
I mentioned last night that today was Day 2 of an all-day retreat for the DK. Well, apparently I don’t have the focus to spend another day there. I bolted after lunch! Here are a few things that I heard while trying to look engaged: • Cliff Ellis’ search to fill the spot on his
Late Night Dirt – 5/28/14
So you want to be a college basketball coach? It’s not always rainbows and unicorns. As a small college head coach, I was forced to spend all day today at student services “retreat” – and have to go back tomorrow! We are involved with so many transfers right now that I really need to be
Vermont "Dirt"…
I can confirm that the University of Vermont has hired St. Marks head coach Greg Snyder as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Snyder just wrapped up his second season as the head coach at St. Marks. He has also been an assistant at Colgate, Hamilton, and SUNY Potsdam. It also sounds like Ryan Schneider
Hawaii "Dirt"…
A bunch of things going on at the University of Hawaii. First, I have now heard from two sources that DBO Chris McMillian is in the mix to join Jared Phay’s new staff at the College of Southern Idaho as an assistant. McMillian has been at UH for the past four seasons in various administrative