Catching up on a bunch of things tonight…here’s what I’ve got: • Three separate sources have now told me that Rice assistant Adam Cohen is the leader to replace Yanni Hufnagel at Harvard. Cohen joined the Rice staff as an assistant this past season and was a staffer at USC before that. He would replace
New York Dirt – 6/20/13
Some “dirt” today from the Empire State… • SUNY Sullivan has named Brent Wilson as their new head coach. He was most recently an assistant at North Dakota and was an assistant at Albany before that. Wilson replaces Kevin DeVantier who became an assistant at Norfolk State earlier this spring. • I have heard that
Daily Dirt – 6/20/13
A few things to close out the week… • I have heard that Brett Putz will be hired as an assistant at Upper Iowa. He was an assistant at his alma mater St. Cloud State last season. As a player at SCSU, he scored over 1,300 points for his career (2008-2012). • Mulitple sources have
Daily Dirt – 6/18/13
Today’s dirt… • It sounds like Loyola (IL) head coach Porter Moser will be losing two assistants. I have heard that assistant Jason Gardner is headed to Memphis, while assistant Armon Gates will be moving on to Northwestern. Earlier this spring, Moser lost assistant Rick Malnati who became the head coach at Fenwick High School
Fisk University rumors
I have now heard from three separate sources that the Fisk University (TN) is down to three candidates to replace Derek Watkins (resigned at the end of May). The guys that I’ve heard are: • Dan Price – Assistant coach Georgetown College (KY). • Michael Floyd- Former assistant South Alabama. • Rusty Elmore – Assistant
Dakota Wesleyan finalists
The search to replace Shane Murphy at Dakota Wesleyan is down to four finalists. From what I have heard, there were 122 applicants for the position, and the final four will be wrapping up their on –campus interviews this week. Two separate sources have told me that the final group includes: • Josh Mueller –
Daily Dirt – 6/14/13
Today’s dirt… • I can confirm that Nate Oats will join Bobby Hurley’s staff at Buffalo. Oats has been the head coach at Romulus HS (MI) for the last 11 seasons and won his second State Championship this past year. He was previously an assistant at Wisconsin Whitewater and Maranatha College (WI). • I have
Ohio State rumor
Multiple sources are reporting that Ohio State head coach Thad Matta will elevate Greg Paulus from video coordinator to assistant coach. He would replace Chris Jent who departed last week for a job with the Sacramento Kings. Paulus is a former player at Duke who also had a stint as an assistant at Navy. The
HoopDirt is back on Facebook!
As you all know, we are basketball coaches, not computer guys! I think we have done a nice job "tweeting" our info on Twitter, but Facebook has been a conundrum for us. We first created a normal FB page, but have been capped at 5,000 friends. That page has since been deleted and it has
Loyola Marymount rumor
Word on the street is that Loyola Marymount assistant Jason Levy has departed and will become an assistant to Reggie Theus at Cal State Northridge. He had been at LMU for the past five seasons. I have heard that Colorado Director of Player Development Tom Abatemarco will be his replacement on Max Good’s staff. Abatemarco
Hawaii Hilo rumor
I blogged about the second group of three finalists at Hawaii Hilo on Monday night: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5ac790be/hawaii-hilo-update/… It now sounds like a choice has been made and this long, strange search, is coming to an end. Multiple sources are reporting that Central Washington associate head coach G.E. Coleman has been offered the job and is expected
Daily Dirt – 6/12/13
Some things to start the day… • It sounds like new UMass Lowell head coach Pat Duquette has settled on his staff. According to multiple sources, the assistant coaches will be Biko Paris, Mike Harding, and Nick Leonardelli. Paris played at Boston College when Duquette was an assistant there. Harding is the former head coach