Southern Illinois University Director of Athletics Mario Moccia will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. today in the Tedrick Auditorium of the Boydston Center to discuss the future of Saluki men’s basketball. Here’s the link to the video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/siu.portal…# Moccia is expected to announce that head coach Chris Lowery has been fired as the
Daily Dirt – 3/1/12
A couple quick items…. After mentioning it for the past few days, I can now confirm that Russ Caton is out as the head coach at DII UC-Colorado Springs. Caton had been at UCCS since 2006 compiling a 64-100 record. No word on when the official announcement will be made. Another name for the Idaho
Eastern Illinois rumors
It’s early in the search at Eastern Illinois, but here are some of the names that have begun to pop-up…. Doug Novsek – Associate Head Coach Nevada. Is a Lawrenceville, Illinois native and played in-state at Southern Illinois-Carbondale. Has been at Nevada for six seasons – has also worked at Nebraska, Illinois State, Southwest Texas,
Daily Dirt – 2/29/12
Some late night “dirt” as I watch American Idol with the DirtQueen and the Little Dirt Bags…. I have heard that Siena Heights (MI) head coach Al Sandifer has decided to resign. He took a medical leave of absence this year and handed over the reigns to assistant Bobby Plumer on an interim basis. In
Daily Dirt – 2/28/12
Things are starting to heat up as March approaches. Here are a few things that I’ve heard so far today….. Ole Miss Coordinator of Basketball Operations Robi Coker will depart the staff after the season to assume the role of head football coach at Crossville High School (AL). Coker’s hiring was officially approved by the
BREAKING: Miller out at Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois AD Barbara Burke has announced that the contract of head coach Mike Miller will not be renewed. Miller was 75-130 in his seven seasons at EIU (including 12-17 this season). A national search for Miller’s replacement will begin immediately. The three current assistant coaches will be retained until a new coach has been
Northern Arizona Update
Northern Arizona is moving ahead with the search for a new men’s basketball coach – even without an AD. According to multiple sources, NAU has hired Parker Executive search to help with both hirings. There are two separate committees – one for the AD search, and one for the AD search. Parker will identify a
Daily Dirt – 2/24/12
Like I said earlier in the week – small college seasons coming to an end will get the coaching carousel spinning. So far this week, three small college jobs have opened up. Ted Quinn was released at Nyack, Gene Gifford was not retained at Olivet, and Northland’s Rob Robinson resigned. You can find all of
Daily Dirt – 2/21/12
Here are a few things that I heard while celebrating George Washington’s birthday yesterday…. Sounds like former Southern Illinois head coach Rich Herrin is getting back into the business. Herrin is going to become the first-ever head coach at Morthland College (IL). He went 225-176 as the head coach at SIU from 1985-1998. He most
BREAKING: WKU to name Harper head coach
Western Kentucky interim head coach Ray Harper will have the interim tag removed and be introduced as the new head coach on Monday. WKU will be holding an introduction of Coach Harper and pep rally Monday night at 6:00 on the main floor at E.A. Diddle Arena. Harper took over for Ken McDonald on January
Daily Dirt – 2/16/12
From the Desk of The DirtKing…. The search at Northern Arizona has hit a speed bump. AD Jim Fallis announced on Tuesday that he is resigning – this will definitely slow down the search at NAU. It would be pretty tough to hire a coach without an AD. I’ve heard that the committee is in
Mount St. Mary’s update….
I said earlier today that Mount St. Mary’s AD Lynne Robinson would address the Robert Burke situation before tonight’s game – and she did. Sort of…. According to a source, Robinson met with a small group of reporters in her office for less than 10 minutes prior to the start of tonight’s game vs. FDU