Marquette assistant men’s basketball coach Scott Monarch has been dismissed, head coach Buzz Williams has announced. Monarch was found to have been untruthful with department administrators on multiple occasions after it was discovered he knowingly committed violations involving a prospective student-athlete. Additionally, Coach Williams has accepted a one-game suspension for the team’s first BIG EAST
BREAKING: Majerus takes leave for 2012-13 season
Saint Louis University announced today that head men’s basketball coach Rick Majerus is dealing with a health issue that will prevent him from coaching this season. Jim Crews has been named interim head coach for the 2012-13 campaign. "Rick is in a California hospital undergoing evaluation and treatment for an ongoing heart condition," Director of
Daily Dirt – 8/24/12
Some "dirt" as we sail into the weekend… • Washington head coach Lorenzo Romar has said that he will hire Arizona State assistant Lamont Smith. The formal announcement cannot be made until Smith passes a background check by HR. Smith has been at ASU since 2008, and was a GA under Romar at St. Louis
Daily Dirt – 8/23/12
On the go today – here’s the "dirt"… • Maine assistant Ed Kohtala has been hired as the boys basketball coach at Bangor (ME) HS. He had been on the Maine staff for the past three seasons, and was an assistant at UMKC before that. I have heard that current Maine assistant Nate Philippe will
Daily Dirt – 8/22/12
A few things as we get closer to the start of school… • I am hearing that Caldwell College (NJ) assistant Ed Ryan is involved with the Centenary College vacant HC position. Ryan was an assistant at Centenary for three seasons before joining the Caldwell staff last season. • Brad Witherspoon is the new assistant
Daily Dirt – 8/20/12
Some "dirt" to start the week… • I have heard that New Mexico State GA Andre Mazire has accepted a position with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He had been on the NMSU staff for one season, and had previously worked in the T-Wolves in basketball operations (2009-11). • I can confirm that Craig Doty has joined
CONFIRMED: DII Champs lose coach
What I’ve been hearing as a rumor for the past few hours has now been confirmed – Western Washington head coach Brad Jackson is indeed departing to become an assistant at the University of Washington. Here is the official statement released by WWU: http://www.wwuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081712aaa…
HOT RUMOR: WWU’s Jackson to depart for Washington
Two separate sources have confirmed with me that Western Washington head coach Brad Jackson is departing for an assistant position on Lorenzo Romar’s staff at Washington. Jackson led WWU to the DII National Championship this past season (31-5). He has compiled a 518-279 record in his 27 seasons at the helm at WWU. It appears
Daily Dirt – 8/17/12
A busy end of the week – here we go… • According to Albany head coach Will Brown’s Twitter, his GA Josh Pelletier has been named as the DBO at Long Island University. Pelletier had been on Brown’s staff for the past two season, and was a player at St. Rose before that. I have
Daily Dirt – 8/16/12
Today’s Daily Dirt… • I have heard from a great source that Dustin Pfeifer has resigned as the head coach at Colby CC (KS). Assistant coach Rusty Grafel will be named as his replacement. Grafel has been on the CCC staff for the past three seasons. • It sounds like Virginia has hired Marlon Stewart
HOT: Murphy to remain at EMU
Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy will remain at the school, and not take a job with the Orlando Magic. Murphy was all set to accept a job in the Magic’s scouting department – that is until he was informed that he would owe a $210,000 buyout to the school if he left. Here is
Daily Dirt – 8/15/12
Busy day today here at the HD World Headquarters…. • From a great source…It sounds like William & Mary will hire Kevin Hogan as the director of basketball operations. He spent last season as an assistant at Tallahassee CC, and has also been an assistant at Florida A&M. He is the son of Coastal Carolina