Today’s "dirt"…. According to multiple sources, West Virginia assistant Jerrod Calhoun will become the head coach at Fairmont State (WVa.) Calhoun has been on Bob Huggins staff since 2007 – serving as the DBO for four seasons before being promoted last spring. The official announcement is expected at 4:00 today. Look for former Duquesne head
BREAKING: Rhodes out at Ohio Northern
John Rhodes has stepped down as head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern University to take an assistant coaching position at NCAA Division I Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Rhodes compiled a 39-41 record in his three seasons as head coach of the Polar Bears. The search for a new head basketball coach is
NC A&T update
Here’s an update on the situation at NC A&T…. On 4/10, I blogged about who I believed were the three finalists (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/ac1dff74/north-carolina-aampt-c…) – I was on the money….Savannah State’s Horace Broadnax, MVSU’s Sean Woods, and Winston-Salem State head coach Bobby Collins are all finalists who have been interviewed on campus last week. There is a
BREAKING: FIU Hires Richard Pitino
Multiple sites are reporting that Louisville assistant Richard Pitino, the son of Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, will replace Isiah Thomas as head coach at Florida International. Pitino has been an assistant at Florida, Duquesne, Northeastern and College of Charleston, as well as working under his father for a total of three seasons in two stints
HOT RUMOR: Tennessee State set to hire
Tennessee State has found their next basketball coach. TSU President Dr. Portia Shields just tweeted, "TSU has selected the Men Tigers Basketball coach. Hooray!!!!". She didn’t mention who the choice was, but according to multiple sources, it is current assistant Travis Williams. Williams was a part of former TSU head coach John Cooper’s staff since
Daily Dirt – 4/13/12
A few quick items as we cruise on into the weekend…. I can confirm that Towson DBO Duane Simpkins is headed to UNC-Greensboro where he will join Wes Millers staff. Simpkins is a former Maryland standout who spent one season at Towson. Before Towson, he was the head coach at St. Albans (DC) for four
Southern Mississippi rumors
Here is an early list of potential candidates rumored to replace Larry Eustachy at Southern Mississippi. I’ve had a lot of great sources contribute to this list – seems like a job that a lot of people are talking about. • Bob Marlin – Head Coach Louisiana-Lafayette. He is a Mississippi native who graduated from
Lamar State-Port Arthur candidates
There are 136 applicants for the vacant Lamar State College – Port Arthur job, and some pretty interesting names on the list. Among the candidates are former DI head coach Scott Edgar (Murray St., Duquesne, SE MO), former Texas Tech assistant Chris Beard, and former Tennessee State head coach Nolan Richardson III. It sounds like
BREAKING: LSU hires Johnny Jones
Johnny Jones, a member of two LSU NCAA Final Four teams as a player and assistant coach, was named on Friday as the 21st men’s head basketball coach at LSU by LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. Jones, 51, has served the last 11 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at
Daily Dirt II – 4/13/12
Two more quick things that I just heard…. It sounds like Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenburg is losing another assistant. Word on the street is that James Johnson is headed to Clemson to replace Rick Ray (newly hired head coach at Mississippi State). Greenburg lost assistant Robert Ehsan and DBO Jeff Wilbrun to UAB
HOT RUMOR: Boone to Delta State
It sounds like Delta State will hire West Virginia Wesleyan head coach Jim Boone. According to my source, the announcement will take place this afternoon. Boone, who was a DI head coach at Eastern Michigan and Robert Morris, went 22-9 this past season (his first at WVWC). He is 430-328 in 26 seasons as a
Daily Dirt – 4/12/12
So Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion…… I’m just throwing this out there now – I’m willing to listen to anyone who wants to buy HoopDirt for $1 billion. Let the bidding begin… It has been a crazy 24 hours in the “dirt” world. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard. • Multiple