Two sources have told me that the choice at Troy will be Western Kentucky assistant Phil Cunningham. This is his first season at WKU – he had spent the previous 12 as an assistant at Mississippi State. He also worked for Lefty Driesell at Georgia State and James Madison. The 11:00 press conference can be
OFFICIAL: Buffalo hired Hurley
Bobby Hurley, one of the most iconic figures in college basketball history, has been named the 12th head men’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo. He joins UB from the University of Rhode Island where he has been serving as associate head coach. UB Director of Athletics Danny White made the announcement on Tuesday
HOT RUMOR: Bobby Hurley to Buffalo
Multiple sources are reporting that Bobby Hurley will be the next head coach at Buffalo. The former Duke star was an assistant for his brother Danny at URI this past season. The press conference is scheduled for 5:00 tonight – more after that.
HOT: Bzdelik safe at Wake Forest
The rumor mill has been swirling over the past few days surrounding the fate of Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik. This situation has finally come to a head, and AD Ron Wellman said today has said Bzdelik will return to Wake next season. In his three seasons, Bzdelik is 34-60 (11-42 ACC). Wellman said
BREAKING: Tubby fired at Minnesota
Tubby Smith has been fired as the head coach at the University of Minnesota. The decision came down this morning. Smith won 124 games during his six seasons at Minnesota. We’ll pass along the official statement once it is released.
OFFICIAL: Brent named head coach at Jackson State
We had this one on Friday – thanks to some great sources for getting us out in front here (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b75c3694/hot-rumor-jackson-state-se…). Callaway (MS) HS head coach Wayne Brent has officially been hired to replace Tevester Anderson at Jackson State. Brent has won four State Championships in the last five seasons at Callaway. He was also an
Texas State rumors…
Here are some of the names that I’ve heard Surrounding the vacant Texas State job… • Ronnie Arrow – Former South Alabama Coach. He is a Texas State alum who has been the head coach at South Alabama and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Holds a 340-247 record as a DI head coach in 21 seasons.
Troy search coming to an end
Troy University Director of Athletics John Hartwell announced Monday night that a press conference will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Trojan Arena to announce Troy’s new men’s basketball head coach. The press conference will take place on the main court in Trojan Arena and will be open to the public. In addition, the
HOT RUMOR: Butler’s Graves to S. Alabama
Multiple sources are reporting that Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves will become the next head coach at South Alabama. The official announcement is scheduled for sometime today. We’ll pass along the official statement once it is released.
Daily Dirt – 3/25/13
A couple quickies to get the week started… • I have heard USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett’s name come up surrounding the opening at Claflin (SC) College. Garrett at been at USC Salkehatchie for the past six seasons. He has worked as a DI assistant at both Northeastern and Bethune-Cookman. • I can confirm
Sunday Dirt – 3/24/13
Some quick Sunday quick notes… • The name that is on fire right now at UCLA is VCU’s Shaka Smart. Rumors are that UCLA will be very aggressive with their search. Obviously it’s early here, but there are a lot of people who are close to the situation that have told me they will make
OFFICIAL: Howland fired at UCLA
We reported this as a rumor last night, and talked about it in the blog today. I just wanted to pass along the statement from UCLA now that Ben Howland has been officially fired. The University of California Los Angeles has relieved Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ben Howland of his duties effective immediately and a