A couple quickies from the JC world… • Garden City Community College head coach Rand Chappelle has resigned and will become an assistant at Eastern Illinois. Chappelle just finished his first season at GCCC with an 11-20 record. He has also been the head coach at Central Arkansas, Henderson State, and Phillips (OK). • I
OFFICIAL: Duquette named head coach at UMass Lowell
Pat Duquette, former associate head coach at Northeastern University and Boston College, was named the head men’s basketball coach at UMass Lowell, Director of Athletics Dana Skinner announced Thursday. Duquette comes to the University following three years as the associate head coach to Bill Coen at Northeastern; which followed 13 years as an assistant/associate head
Daily Dirt II – 5/15/13
Here’s the second installment of the "dirt" for today… • I have now heard from two different sources that former Marquette assistant Scott Monarch will become the new head coach at Claffin University (SC). He had worked at Marquette from 2008-2012 and also worked for Buzz Williams at New Orleans. Monarch also served as the
Washington rumor
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Villanova assistant Raphael Chillious will return to Lorenzo Romar’s staff at Washington. Chillious worked at UW for three seasons before joining Jay Wright’s staff last summer. He has also been the head coach at South Kent Prep (CT), and worked as Nike’s business manager for Elite Youth Basketball. The
Memphis rumor
Multiple sources are saying that LSU assistant Robert Kirby will accept a similar position on Josh Pastner’s staff at Memphis. Kirby just wrapped up his first season at LSU – he was an assistant at Georgetown before that. He also spent 14 seasons as an assistant at Mississippi State. The hiring is expected to be
HOT RUMOR: Duquette to UMass-Lowell
Multiple sources are now telling me that Northeastern associate head coach Pat Duquette is the choice at UMass-Lowell. Duquette just completed his third season on Bill Coen’s staff at NU – he worked for Al Skinner at Boston College for 13 seasons before that. UMass-Lowell is making the move to DI next season and will
Dynamic Leadership Academy
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Daily Dirt – 5/15/13
A few small college head coaches about to be hired… • Former San Francisco head coach Phil Mathews will become the head coach at Riverside City College (CA). Mathews had spent the past three seasons as an assistant at UCLA and was an assistant at Nebraska before that. In addition to being the head coach
Daily Dirt – 5/14/13
A few quick hitters… • I have heard that Harvard assistant Yanni Hufnagel is in the mix for a similar position at Vanderbilt. He has been at Harvard for the past four seasons and was a GA at Oklahoma before that. • It sounds like Southwestern Oklahoma State GA Keith Robinson will be hired as
BREAKING: Wade hired at Tennessee Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics David Blackburn announced Will Wade as the new men’s basketball head coach today. Wade just finished his fourth season as an assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., and is the 18th head coach in the history of Chattanooga basketball. A native
URI rumor
I have now heard from three separate sources that URI head coach Dan Hurley will hire Towson’s Luke Murray as an assistant. Murray would replace Hurley’s brother Bobby who became the head coach at Buffalo earlier this spring. Murray has been at Towson for the past two seasons and brings some very strong NYC and
North Dakota State rumor
I have heard that Concordia (MN) assistant Freddy Coleman is in the mix to become an assistant at North Dakota State. Coleman is a NDSU alum (2011) who has been on the Concordia staff since graduation. NSDU head coach Saul Phillips is looking to replace Jason Kemp who departed last week for a similar position