Another busy day here at the HoopDirt World Headquarters – here are a couple things to start the day… • Kansas State Director of Student-Athlete Development Wayne McClain is departing and will become the head coach at Champaign Central High School (IL). McClain just finished his first season at KSU – before that he spent
Daily Dirt II – 4/25/13
Installment #2 of the dirt… • Jason Grunkemeyer has been hired as an assistant at Ball State. He has previously been an assistant at Miami (OH) and St. Louis. He spent this past season as a HS AD in Ohio. The official announcement is expected shortly. • Former UCLA assistant Scott Garson has been named
Daily Dirt – 4/24/13
On the run a bit today – here are a couple of quick things… • I have heard that the search at Pace (NY) is down to 3-4 candidates. Some of the names mentioned are Robert Morris assistant Mike Byrnes, former Towson head coach Pat Kennedy, and former Hofstra assistant Steve DeMeo. It sounds like
Daily Dirt II – 4/24/13
Like I said earlier – CRAZY DAY around here today….here are a few more things that I’ve heard… • VCU assistant Will Wade has become a hot name at Tennessee Chattanooga. He is a Tennessee native and has some connections to new AD David Blackburn. There are a ton of other names floating around today,
HOT: Herenda to FDU
UMass-Lowell head coach Greg Herenda is the choice at Fairleigh Dickinson. We have been mentioning his name here for the last few weeks. The hiring was confirmed earlier today by CBSSports.com’s Jeff Goodman. My sources tell me that late last week Herenda was offered an extension by UML – he took a few days to
UNC Asheville rumors
The search at UNC Asheville has been narrowed to three. It sounds like interviews will wrap-up this week, and a decision will be made shortly after that. The three candidates are: • Nick McDevitt – associate head coach UNC Asheville. I first mentioned him on 4/8 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8b7b7ccf/daily-dirt-4-8-13/…) – it seems like he continues to have
Daily Dirt – 4/23/13
A few quick hitters to start the day… • Simpson (CA) head coach Matt Thacker has been released. I mentioned that I had heard a Cal Pac job was going to open last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/54214ba5/small-college-quotdirtquot…), but could not go with it at the time. Thacker was actually fired on 4/15, and then appealed the decision
UPDATE: 2013 DI coaching changes
Here’s the up-to-date list of 2013 DI coaching changes: School: (old coach) new coach American: (Jeff Jones) Ball State: (Billy Taylor) James Whitford Buffalo: (Reggie Witherspoon) Bobby Hurley Cal State Fullerton: (Andy Newman) Dedrique Taylor Cal State Northridge: (Bobby Braswell) Reggie Theus Campbell: (Robbie Laing) Kevin McGeehan Chattanooga: (John Shulman) Drake: (Mark Phelps) Ray Giacoletti.
Matt Brady Gets 4-year Extension
James Madison Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne announced Tuesday that head coach Matt Brady has signed a new contract as leader of the men’s basketball program. The deal extends Brady’s commitment to JMU through the 2016-17 season. Brady has posted an overall record of 88-82 during his five seasons in Harrisonburg and stands at 161-132
OFFICIAL: Eddie Jordan named head coach at Rutgers
Eddie Jordan, a member of the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni who helped the Scarlet Knights to the 1976 Final Four, has been named the 18th head coach in the history of the Rutgers men’s basketball program. He returns to “The Banks” with an NBA Championship ring and with 28 seasons of coaching experience,
TCU rumor
I have heard that Georgia assistant Kwanza Johnson is headed for a similar role at TCU. He would replace Pooh Richardson who recently departed for a spot on Tubby Smith’s staff at Texas Tech. Johnson had spent the past three seasons working for Mark Fox at UGA – before that he worked for Fox at
HOT: Underwood to Stephen F. Austin
We first reported this as a rumor on Saturday. I’ve now had two sources tell me that South Carolina associate head coach Brad Underwood will be named as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin at a press conference this afternoon. Here’s what we said about him on Saturday night… http://hoopdirt.com/blog/4d2731e0/stephen-f-austin-rumor/… **UPDATE – press conference