On the go today…here is the “speed round” of the Daily Dirt…. • Yesterday I mentioned Tennessee Tech assistant (and KY coaching legend) Happy Osborne as a candidate at Morehead State (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/78bba1e1/morehead-state-rumors/…). I have just heard that he has accepted the Montgomery County High School (KY) job. Looks like you can cross him off of
Daily Dirt II – 5/2/12
First, some updates from earlier items… • I mentioned earlier that Austin Peay assistant Scott Combs had been offered the Martin Methodist job – I was right, and he has accepted it. Here is the official press release: http://www.goredhawks.com/article/1888.php… • I also talked about the vacancy at Immaculata (PA). I have now learned that head
Morehead State rumors
Now that Donnie Tyndall has departed for Southern Mississippi, here are some of the names that I’ve started hearing at Morehead State: Kelly Wells – Head Coach University of Pikeville. He is a Morehead State alum who won the NAIA DI National Championship in 2010-11. He was also the NAIA DI National Coach of the
HOT RUMOR: Johnson to Virginia Tech
According to CBS 7 WSPA in Greenville, South Carolina, Clemson assistant James Johnson will be the next head coach at Virginia Tech. Johnson had been an assistant at Virginia Tech for the past five seasons and left earlier this month to join Brad Brownell’s staff at Clemson. More on this one as it develops….
Daily Dirt – 4/30/12
Still recovering from the HoopDirt / WHoopDirt event on Saturday. It’s tough getting old, but in the words of my man Toby Keith, “I ain’t as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.” We had a great (long) night, and I appreciate all of the kind words that
BREAKING: Macon fired at Binghamton
Binghamton University Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott announced today that effective immediately Mark Macon will no longer be head coach of the men’s basketball program. “Mark Macon led the program during an extremely difficult period,” said Elliott. “I appreciate and thank him for his efforts but after careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision
HoopDirt party tonight!
The entire DirtStaff is getting together tonight to celebrate the recent launch of WHoopDirt, and the continued success of HoopDirt. We’ve come a long way since we hatched this idea over a late night poker game almost four years ago! Tonight’s party is taking place at CasaDirt (the DirtQueen has been cooking for two straight
Lamar State-Port Arthur finalists
There are six finalists in the running to replace Matt Cross at Lamar State-Port Arthur. Interviews begin today (4/27) and will run through next week. The committee is hopeful to have an announcement by May 8th. The six finalists are (day of interview in parenthesis): • Steve Tucker –Former Head Coach Southeast Texas Mavericks (ABA)
Daily Dirt – 4/27/12
Here’s the Friday “dirt”… Not a well kept secret here, but multiple sources have reported that new SMU coach Larry Brown has hired Houston assistant Ulric Maligi. This is a no brainer hire, and something that has been floating around for the last week. Maligi has big time Texas connections – he is the former
HOT RUMOR: Tyndall the choice at Southern Mississippi
According to great sources, Morehead State head coach Donnie Tyndall has been offered the Southern Mississippi job. We were led to believe earlier that Steve Barnes and Greg Heiar were the final two, when in fact it came down to Tyndall and MVSU head coach Sean Woods. According to our source, Tyndall is still mulling
Daily Dirt II – 4/27/12
Round two… It sounds like Southern Mississippi interim AD Jeff Hammond has narrowed the search down to two candidates and has begun negotiations to hire Larry Eustachy’s replacement. Originally we expected the announcement to take place today – now it sounds like it will drag out until at least Monday. We still believe that the
UPDATE: Burgess hired at Brevard
Just following up on this morning’s HOT RUMOR. Our sources nailed it again – Lee Burgess was named head coach at Brevard College about an hour ago. Here is the official statement announcing the former Samford assistant as the Tornado’s new coach: http://bctornados.com/article.asp?articleID=2141…