I have heard from two separate sources that North Dakota State assistant Jason Kemp will accept a similar position at Toledo. Kemp has been at NDSU for the past six seasons. He would join recently hired Jordan Mincy (College of Charleston) as new assistants on the Toledo staff. An official announcement is expected shortly.
Daily Dirt – 5/6/13
Crazy day for The DirtKing – stuck in a departmental meeting all day which had nothing to do with basketball. Fortunately I still had email access, so I was able to stay up on what has been happening today – here’s what I’ve heard: • I have heard that East Mississippi CC assistant coach Billy
Carroll College (MT) finalists
Carroll College (MT) has narrowed the field to four candidates for their vacant men’s basketball position. The final four are: • Steve Keller – Head coach Montana Western. Has compiled a 121-73 at Montana Western and has also won six State Championships as a HS coach. Was an assistant at Carroll for three seasons before
Daily Dirt – 5/3/13
Today’s dirt… • It sounds like Harvard assistant Brian Adams may be headed to Marist to join new head coach Jeff Bowers staff. Before joining the Harvard staff two seasons ago, he worked as a video guy for the Celtics. It seems that he has parlayed his NBA connections to hook up with Bower (a
Daily Dirt – 5/2/13
Final numbers from April are in…smashed our March total of 387,000 hits by getting almost 530,000 last month! Thanks to all of our readers for visiting us daily. We will keep working hard to get you the most up-to-date coaching info that is out there. Also, we have some big changes on the horizon –
HOT: Extension for Toole at Robert Morris
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Andy Toole has received a three-year contract extension at Robert Morris. Toole is 68-36 in his three seasons at RMU – his squad knocked off Kentucky in the first round of this years NIT. No terms of the contract have been made public. The official announcement from Robert Morris
UMass Lowell rumors…
The search to replace Greg Herenda at UMass Lowell is underway – but very unclear at this point which way it is headed. There are a ton of names being thrown around – I’ve heard Al Skinner (former Boston College head coach), Pat Duquette (Northeastern associate head coach), Jim O’Brien (Emerson College head coach –
BASKETBALL COACHES READY TO TAKE A STEP UP IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 1, 2013) – Hundreds of collegiate men’s and women’s basketball coaches from Division I, Division II and Division III will gather in Charlotte this weekend for the fourth annual A STEP UP professional development symposium hosted by Felicia Hall Allen & Associates. A Step Up, specifically designed for college basketball assistant coaches
Daily Dirt – 5/1/13
Today’s "dirt"… • I have heard that Richmond will promote DBO Kim Lewis to assistant coach and elevate assistant Jamal Brunt to associate head coach. Brunt has been at Richmond since 2005 – working his way up the ladder having started there as the DBO. Lewis joined the staff two seasons and has also served
HOT: American U. rumors
Multiple sources are saying that American University will name a new head coach today. It sounds like they are down to two finalists: • Jason Williford – Assistant coach Virginia. Was an assistant at American for four seasons before joining the UVA staff in 2008. Has also been an assistant at Boston University and played
Daily Dirt – 4/30/13
Here are a few things that I’ve heard… • Good friend Ryan Restivo over at Big Apple Buckets (nybuckets.com) has confirmed what we heard earlier in the week surrounding the Niagara staff. We had reported on 4/24 that former Marist assistant Will Lanier will be joining Chris Casey’s new staff (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/86e64a12/daily-dirt-ii-4-24-13/…). It now sounds like
UPDATE: 2013 DI coaching changes
**UPDATED 4/30/13 – 10:05pm** Here’s the up-to-date list of 2013 DI coaching changes: School: (old coach) new coach American: (Jeff Jones) Mike Brennan 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