We reported this as a rumor earlier today – it has now been made official. West Texas A&M head men’s basketball coach Rick Cooper announced his retirement effective immediately at a press conference Thursday afternoon in the Buffalo Club Room at the First United Bank Center. Associate head coach Vinay Patel will be named interim
HOT RUMOR: West Texas A&M’s Cooper resigns
According to multiple sources, long-time West Texas A&M head coach Rick Cooper will announce his plans to retire effective immediately. I don’t have specifics yet, but I have heard that the school will have a press conference within the hour. We’ll bring you more after the presser today. Cooper has been at the helm at
Tips On Dealing With The “Uncoachable”
Tips On Dealing With The “Uncoachable” By: Brad Forestieri, Assistant Coach Men’s Basketball Coach Mercy College So far in my young coaching career, I’ve come across what some would call the “uncoachable” player. You know, the one who rolls their eyes when you say something to them or mumbles something under their breath.The one that
Competitive Greatness
Competitive Greatness By: Tim McDonald – Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Cabrini College This is a topic that should be of interest to all coaches and athletes. Are you born with the attributes that it takes to be competitive and to have competitive greatness or are these skills and attributes that are learned during the course
Five ‘Musts’ Assistants Need From Their Head Coaches
Five ‘Musts’ Assistants Need From Their Head Coaches By Bert DeSalvo College and professional coaches are part of a crazy profession. Where else do 18-22 year old adolescents make or break the careers of the people they are associated with due to their athletic performance and everyday decision-making abilities? As a result, college coaches are
BREAKING: HoopDirt Announces Guest Blogger Series
We are happy to announce the creation of our “GUEST BLOGGER SERIES!" Our mission here at HoopDirt and WHoopDirt has always been to help coaches. In the off-season, we are able to provide rumors, news, job info to our readers – that typically quiets down once the season starts though. As coaches, we are always
Daily Dirt – 10/22/13
Practice is in full swing, but there is still movement out there. A few things that I’ve heard… • George Washington assistant Pete Strickland has left the staff. Apparently he has cited personal reasons for the decision. He had been at GW since 2011, and was an assistant at NC State before that. He also
HOT: Santa Clara’s Keating receives extension
Santa Clara University announced that head men’s basketball coach Kerry Keating has been given a multi-year contract extension. In addition to winning 24 games and the CIT in 2011 and 26 games and the CBI title in 2013, the Keating-led Broncos are one of just two teams nationally to finish with a post-season tournament win
Daily Dirt – 10/15/13
October 15th is finally here! For all of the non-DI’s, here we go…. Still some movement on the coaching front – here are a few things that I heard this weekend…. • Elms College (MA) has named WPI assistant Rob Southall as their new head coach. Southall has been on the WPI staff for eight
HOT: Extension for IPFW’s Jasick
IPFW Interim Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton has announced that IPFW has signed head men’s basketball coach Tony Jasick to a contract extension through the 2017-18 season. Jasick, originally hired as head coach on April 20, 2011, has the most wins in the first two seasons of being head coach in IPFW’s Division I
Daily Dirt – 9/27/13
The first day of DI practices are here! If you are not aware (all of you non DI guys out there), the NCAA adopted new legislation in May that allows DI men’s basketball teams to conduct 30 days of practice in the six weeks before their first regular-season game. There is still a lot going
Mississippi State Coaching Clinic
Mississippi State Coaching Clinic When: Saturday October 26th, 2013 Where: Mize Pavilion at Humphrey Coliseum Cost: $20 per coach / $40 for the entire staff Tentative schedule: 9:30-10:15 – Registration 10:15-10:30 – Coach Ray Welcome 10:30-12:00 – Miss St. Assistant Coaches 12:00-1:00 – Lunch 1:00-1:20 – MSU Compliance 1:20 – 1:50 – Richard Williams (MSU