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…
HOT RUMOR: Brevard College set to hire
I mentioned yesterday in my blog that Brevard College had scheduled a press conference for today to announce their new coach. According to two separate sources, HoopDirt has learned that the choice will be former Samford assistant Lee Burgess. Burgess is a Samford alum who had spent 9-seasons on the staff there. We’ll bring you
HOT RUMOR: Davis out of So. Miss search
Multiple sources are reporting that Middle Tennessee State head coach Kermit Davis has pulled out of the running at Southern Mississippi. In my experience, this has happened for one of two reasons. 1) He has been told that he’s not getting the job. 2) The more likely scenario….he’s going to get an extension at MTSU.
Daily Dirt – 4/25/12
Here’s today’s dirt…. • I have heard that High Point assistant Mike Balado is out and could be involved at Florida International. The Miami native had interviewed with Isaiah Thomas before he was canned last earlier this month. Balado played at St. Thomas (Miami) and has worked at Miami, Florida Atlantic, Nova Southerastern, and Miami