There are four finalists for the vacant job at Bemidji State. The final interviews will begin today and run through the end of the week. A decision is expected sometime early next week. The four remaining candidates are: • Al Biancalana – Associate Head Coach University of Illinois-Chicago • Mike Boschee – Head Coach Central
BREAKING: Potts named HC at MVSU
Chico Potts has been named head coach at Mississippi Valley State University. He replaces his former boss Sean Woods who departed for Morehead State last month. Potts has spent the past four seasons on Woods staff at MVSU. We’ll bring you the official statement from MVSU once it is released.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh finalists
There are four finalists in the search to replace Ted Van Dellen at Wisconsin-Oshkosh. They are: • Aaron Aanonsen – Head Coach Lakeland College (WI) (Interview: Monday 6/25). • Tim Gaubatz – Long-time assistant Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Interview: Tuesday 6/19). • Patrick Juckem – Head Coach Coe College (IA) (Interview: Thursday 6/21). • Richard Reed – Head
Daily Dirt – 6/18/12
Just got back from a few days of vacation with The DirtQueen and the Little DirtBags. I tried to stay on top of things, but I was on a court ordered internet black out! I was able to sneak back to the cottage to check my phone a few times, but it wasn’t easy –
Daily Dirt – 6/14/12
Today’s "dirt"… • I have heard that Rochester assistant Ryan Mee is in the mix to become an assistant at Davidson. He would replace Landry Kosmalski who recently became the head coach at Swarthmore (http://hoopdirt.com/news/706a2f10/davidson-asst-gets-swarthm…). Mee has been an assistant at his alma mater for the past three seasons. He has also worked at Elmira,
James Madison rumor
A few coaches that I talked to today told me that Mike Deane will be added to Matt Brady’s staff at James Madison. Deane has been the head coach at Marquette, Siena, Wagner, and Lamar (436-334 in 26 seasons). He has been out of coaching for the past two seasons. Brady was a senior on
Daily Dirt – 6/13/12
A busy day so far in the "dirt" world. Here’s what I’ve got… • Multiple sources are reporting that former Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler will join Bill Self’s staff at Kansas. He would reportedly replace Barry Hinson as the DBO. Hinson became the head coach at Southern Illinois back in April. Sadler has been
Robert Morris update
I reported in my blog this morning that I had heard from multiple sources that there was some staff movement at Robert Morris. I can now confirm that assistant coach Matt Hahn has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Hahn had been at RMU for the past two years and served on the staff at Vermont
Daily Dirt – 6/11/12
Some "dirt" to start the week… • I can confirm that UC Santa Cruz head coach Gordon Johnson has resigned. He had led the Banana Slugs for the past 10 seasons (71-160). The UC athletic department is planning on doing a national search for the part-time position, but I’ve heard that current assistant James Page
Mississippi Valley State finalists
The three finalists to replace Sean Woods at Mississippi Valley State are: Interim head coach Chico Potts, Arkansas Pine-Bluff head coach George Ivory and Tougaloo College assistant Harvey Wardell. MVSU conducted phone interviews with the candidates Thursday and will release the name of the new head coach early next week.
Daily Dirt – 6/8/12
The DirtKing will be away from the HoopDirt World Headquarters today – I’m headed on a field trip to the Federal Courthouse with one of my kids (maybe they’ll keep him there – it will save a lot of time and energy in the future). Here’s an early edition of the “Daily Dirt”…. • Now
Daily Dirt – 6/7/12
The "dirt" for Thursday… • Multiple sources are saying that Jeremy Cox will be hired as an assistant at Texas Tech to replace Jeff Kidder. Cox has been an assistant under Tech head coach Billy Gillispie at Texas A&M and Kentucky. He worked as an assistant at Nebraska last season, and was released when Doc