Multiple sites are reporting that Louisville assistant Richard Pitino, the son of Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, will replace Isiah Thomas as head coach at Florida International. Pitino has been an assistant at Florida, Duquesne, Northeastern and College of Charleston, as well as working under his father for a total of three seasons in two stints
HOT RUMOR: Tennessee State set to hire
Tennessee State has found their next basketball coach. TSU President Dr. Portia Shields just tweeted, "TSU has selected the Men Tigers Basketball coach. Hooray!!!!". She didn’t mention who the choice was, but according to multiple sources, it is current assistant Travis Williams. Williams was a part of former TSU head coach John Cooper’s staff since
Daily Dirt – 4/13/12
A few quick items as we cruise on into the weekend…. I can confirm that Towson DBO Duane Simpkins is headed to UNC-Greensboro where he will join Wes Millers staff. Simpkins is a former Maryland standout who spent one season at Towson. Before Towson, he was the head coach at St. Albans (DC) for four
Southern Mississippi rumors
Here is an early list of potential candidates rumored to replace Larry Eustachy at Southern Mississippi. I’ve had a lot of great sources contribute to this list – seems like a job that a lot of people are talking about. • Bob Marlin – Head Coach Louisiana-Lafayette. He is a Mississippi native who graduated from
Lamar State-Port Arthur candidates
There are 136 applicants for the vacant Lamar State College – Port Arthur job, and some pretty interesting names on the list. Among the candidates are former DI head coach Scott Edgar (Murray St., Duquesne, SE MO), former Texas Tech assistant Chris Beard, and former Tennessee State head coach Nolan Richardson III. It sounds like
BREAKING: LSU hires Johnny Jones
Johnny Jones, a member of two LSU NCAA Final Four teams as a player and assistant coach, was named on Friday as the 21st men’s head basketball coach at LSU by LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. Jones, 51, has served the last 11 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at
Daily Dirt II – 4/13/12
Two more quick things that I just heard…. It sounds like Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenburg is losing another assistant. Word on the street is that James Johnson is headed to Clemson to replace Rick Ray (newly hired head coach at Mississippi State). Greenburg lost assistant Robert Ehsan and DBO Jeff Wilbrun to UAB
HOT RUMOR: Boone to Delta State
It sounds like Delta State will hire West Virginia Wesleyan head coach Jim Boone. According to my source, the announcement will take place this afternoon. Boone, who was a DI head coach at Eastern Michigan and Robert Morris, went 22-9 this past season (his first at WVWC). He is 430-328 in 26 seasons as a
Daily Dirt – 4/12/12
So Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion…… I’m just throwing this out there now – I’m willing to listen to anyone who wants to buy HoopDirt for $1 billion. Let the bidding begin… It has been a crazy 24 hours in the “dirt” world. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard. • Multiple
Daily Dirt II – 4/12/12
Another busy day here at the HD World HQ! Here’s the second Daily Dirt of the day….. • Colorado State has scheduled a 4:00 press conference for this afternoon where they are expected to announce their next head coach. The choice will be Craig Neal, I mean Ernie Kent, no wait, now it’s Larry Eustachy,
Daily Dirt – 4/11/12
Some mid-week “dirt”…. The search at Brown will finally begin to heat up. Late last week, Brown finally hired an AD – they brought in Jack Hayes, who had been the AD at Hofstra. Eventhough he won’t officially start at Brown until July 1st, he said that he will address the basketball situation quickly and
LSU update
I mentioned yesterday that I felt that North Texas head coach Johnny Jones was at the top of the list at LSU (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5a068d1b/early-lsu-rumors/…). Looks like there is some merit to that – Jones has officially interviewed with AD Joe Alleva according to multiple sources. The interview most likely took place late yesterday. I’ve also heard