A busy end of the week – here we go… • According to Albany head coach Will Brown’s Twitter, his GA Josh Pelletier has been named as the DBO at Long Island University. Pelletier had been on Brown’s staff for the past two season, and was a player at St. Rose before that. I have
Daily Dirt – 8/16/12
Today’s Daily Dirt… • I have heard from a great source that Dustin Pfeifer has resigned as the head coach at Colby CC (KS). Assistant coach Rusty Grafel will be named as his replacement. Grafel has been on the CCC staff for the past three seasons. • It sounds like Virginia has hired Marlon Stewart
HOT: Murphy to remain at EMU
Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy will remain at the school, and not take a job with the Orlando Magic. Murphy was all set to accept a job in the Magic’s scouting department – that is until he was informed that he would owe a $210,000 buyout to the school if he left. Here is
Daily Dirt – 8/15/12
Busy day today here at the HD World Headquarters…. • From a great source…It sounds like William & Mary will hire Kevin Hogan as the director of basketball operations. He spent last season as an assistant at Tallahassee CC, and has also been an assistant at Florida A&M. He is the son of Coastal Carolina
Georgian Court update
It appears as thought the search for a basketball coach at Georgian Court University (NJ) is finally over. This has been a job that we have been talking about for a while – it has been a very long, strange search. After at least four coaches turned down the job, it appears that GCU has
BREAKING: Eastern Michigan’s Murphy to Orlando Magic
MLive.com’s Graham Couch is reporting that Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy is departing for a job with the Orlando Magic. The former Syracuse assistant has only been at EMU for one season (14-18). He has no pro experience – he spent seven seasons at SU, and two at Kent State. He has also been
Daily Dirt – 8/13/12
Finally back from vacation. Trying to catch-up on a ton of things… • Crazy situation at Villanova with Doug Martin being forced to resign over a resume flap (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/ef11f6f4/hot-martin-resigns-at-vill…). I’ve got to give credit to one of our readers here…three days before Dana O’Neil broke the story on ESPN, someone sent us all the info
HOT RUMOR: Mizzou to name assistant
Multiple sources are reporting that Missouri will hire Western Michigan assistant Rick Carter to replace recently departed assistant Ryan Miller (Auburn). In addition to his time at WMU, Carter has also worked at Fairfield, and his alma mater Michigan State. An official announcement is expected when Mizzou returns from its trip to The Netherlands next
HOT: Martin resigns at Villanova over resume issue
Recently hired Villanova assistant Doug Martin has resigned due to inaccuracies in his resume. In a statement released by the university, Head Coach Jay Wright said, "I have always known Doug to be a good person and coach. He has taken responsibility for his mistake and will move on successfully! We all wish Doug well."
Daily Dirt from the beach
Had a chance to check my messages and return some calls in between bites of my lobster roll this afternoon. Here are a few things that I heard… It sounds like Billy Diamond has become the third coach to pass on the Georgian Court gig (Calloway and Potts have also passed – see previous blogs
DirtKing on Vacation
I’m sitting on the beach with the DirtQueen and all of the Little DirtBags on our annual family vacation. The only drawback this year is that the wireless in our cottage is down, so I’m blogging from my phone. No easy task since my 4G network only has 1G here (ugh). Mr. Dirt will do
Daily Dirt – 8/3/12
Packing up for a week-long vacation on the coast – here’s some "dirt" while the DirtQueen loads up the minivan… • From multiple sources…Gardner-Webb and head coach Chris Holtman are close to hammering out an extension that would run through the 2017 season. Holtmann is 23-41 in his two seasons at GWU. More on this