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
North Texas search update
Here’s an update on North Texas as they search for a replacement for Johnny Jones who recently departed for LSU…. According to multiple sources, North Texas AD Rick Villarreal has completed the first wave of interviews and has narrowed his final list to three candidates. From what I can piece together, it sounds like the
BREAKING: Benford the choice at North Texas
According to multiple sources, Marquette associate head coach Tony Benford will be the new head coach at North Texas. A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday. Benford played at Texas Tech, and has had a ton of success recruiting Texas during his stops at Marquette, Nebraska, Arizona State, and New Mexico. He was also
Daily Dirt – 4/24/12
Today’s “Daily Dirt”….. Quick catch-up on some rumors from yesterday…. In yesterday’s first Daily Dirt (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/4db77d08/daily-dirt-4-23-12/…), I mentioned that St. Cloud State assistant Dan DeWitt was in the mix at Mayville State – he has now been officially hired. Here’s the official release from this morning: http://www.mayvillestate.edu/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=141… In the same blog yesterday, I talked about
Southern Mississippi search update
Southern Mississippi is going to be conducting interviews today and tomorrow in New Orleans. From a combination of great sources, here are the candidates that I believe will be interviewing. • Steve Barnes – Associate head coach Southern Mississippi • Phil Cunningham – Former Assistant Coach Mississippi State • Kermit Davis, Jr. – Head Coach
Daily Dirt -4/23/12
Trying to catch-up after a busy weekend. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard…. • I have heard that North Carolina State operations staffer Levi Watkins is involved with an assistant spot on Jim Baron’s new staff at Canisius. Watkins has workied in various ops roles on the Wolfpack staff over the past
OFFICIAL: Virginia Tech releases Greenburg
Here’s the official statement from Virginia Tech on the firing of head coach Seth Greenburg: BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced this afternoon that Seth Greenberg has been released from his position of head men’s basketball coach. "I want to thank Coach Greenberg for his dedication and effort in leading Virginia Tech in