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. •
HOT RUMOR: IPFW to hire Coffman
I have heard that IPFW will promote assistant coach Jon Coffman to head coach. He would replace Tony Jasick who just became the head coach at Jacksonville. Coffman has been at IPFW for the past two seasons – he has also served as an assistant at Stetson, Colgate, and the College of Charleston. It sounds
Minnesota-Crookston rumors…
I have heard that there are four finalists for the open job at Minnesota-Crookston. It sounds like three of the four have interviewed on campus over the past few days, with the final one to interview later this week. Thanks to a very good source here, and confirmed last night by a GREAT source –
Daily Dirt – 4/8/14
Busy day – a few quick hitter’s to start the morning… • I have heard that Sherron Wilkerson is out as an assistant at Lamar. He and former head coach Pat Knight were teammates at Indiana, and he had served on Knight’s staff for two seasons. I have heard one of the leaders to replace