Pretty quiet out there over the past few days. Here are a few things that I have heard…. Expect Boston University interim head coach Brian Daly to make the move to Penn State. Now that Joe Jones has gotten the BU job, Daly will most likely head to Happy Valley with Pat Chambers and assume
Rising Coaches Conference
One of our favorite events to promote each year is the Rising Coaches Conference. This is a great opportunity for DI support staff to hear from some of the best coaches in the business, and a tremendous networking event. Our mission at HoopDirt is to help guys move up in this business. This conference is
BREAKING: BC’s Jones to BU
Boston College associate head coach Joe Jones will become the next head coach at Boston University. Jones spent one season at BC – he was the head coach at Columbia before that (7 seasons – 86-108). He was also an assistant to Jay Wright at Villanova and Hofstra (former BU head coach Pat Chambers was
Daily Dirt – 6/22/11
Here are a few things that I heard while out and about last night… I can confirm through a great source that VCU DBO Kyle Getter is headed to Radford. He will join the staff of new RU head coach Mike Jones (a former VCU assistant) as a full-time assistant. Getter was at VCU for
Daily Dirt – 6/21/11
Today’s "dirt"…. Adam Fisher, the DBO at Boston University last season, will head to Penn State with Pat Chambers. Fisher spent two seasons with Chambers at BU. They were also together at Villanova where Fisher was a graduate manager. Fisher is a Penn State alum and expected to assume the role of video coordinator. Siena
Daily Dirt – 6/20/11
Sobering up after a long Father’s Day weekend….here’s what I’ve got…. I blogged last week that former Iowa and Butler head coach Todd Lickliter was close to joining the staff at Miami (OH). He is still the top choice at Miami, but with the resignation of Brandon Miller at Ohio State, his name has surfaced
Daily Dirt – 6/16/11
A few things that have come across my desk this morning…. I’ve heard that St. Mary’s College (MD) assistant coach John Kopcso will land a spot on Gary Water’s staff at Cleveland State as the video coordinator. Kopcso is a Cleveland native who has also been an assistant at Cleveland Central Catholic HS. It sounds
Daily Dirt – 6/15/11
Pretty quiet on the "dirt" front today. Here are a couple of things that I’ve heard. Former North Carolina State assistant Larry Harris is close to joining the staff at URI. Harris had spent 15 seasons as an assistant at NC State. He would replace Kevin Clark who departed for Towson. On a side note,
Daily Dirt – 6/14/11
A few things that I’ve heard over the past few days…. Sounds like former Tennessee assistant Jason Shay will land a spot on Steve Forbes staff at Northwest Florida. Shay and Forbes were both assistants at UT for Bruce Pearl. Shay was also with Pearl at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a walk-on at Iowa when Pearl
BREAKING: Jones to Radford
VCU assistant Mike Jones will be named head coach at Radford. An 11:00am press conference is scheduled for tomorrow.
Vermont staff update
The staff at Vermont is complete. It has not been made official yet, but the assistants will be Chris Markwood, Matt O’Brien, and Kyle Cieplicki. Ari Shapiro-Miller will assume the DBO role. Markwood comes to UVM from fellow America East school Maine where he spent the past five seasons as an assistant. O’Brien was an
Radford search
According to a source close to the situation at Radford, there have been six on-campus interviews. I can confirm that North Carolina assistant C.B McGrath interviewed this past Friday. I’ve also heard that Alabama assistant John Brannen was on campus on Thursday. The others that have interviewed for the job have been Marquette assistant Aki