Today’s dirt…. Last week I blogged that that Kevin Emerick was out as the head coach at Lincoln Trail CC – I can now confirm that report. Emerick has indeed been suspended and Wasbash Valley assistant Mike Ray has taken over. Apparently Emericks employment status will be reviewed at the January Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
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Morgan State suspends Bozeman
Morgan State head coach Todd Bozeman has been suspend for allegedly punching one of his players in the face in the final two minutes of Saturday’s game at South Carolina State. Here’s a link to the Baltimore Sun article with a pretty detailed account of what went down: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/b…
BREAKING: McDonald fired at Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky has confirmed that they have fired head coach Ken McDonald. Assistant Ray Harper will assume the duties as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. Before this season, McDonald accepted a $100,00 pay cut to remain as the head coach, so this is not an unexpected move. Last night’s loss
Daily Dirt – 1/5/12
A few things that I’ve heard from the JC’s…. Chris DeFelice has resigned at Montgomery College-Takoma Park after a 6-1 start due to family health issues. He will be replaced for the remainder of the season by Tim Thomas. Thomas has been an assistant at both Howard University and Bowie State. Also, I’ve heard that
Daily Dirt – 1/4/12
I hope everyone had a great New Year….now back to the grind. It’s early January – that means things will be heating up on HoopDirt soon! Here are a few things to start the new year…. It’s obviously VERY EARLY in the search at UNC-Greensboro, but a couple of names keep popping up. Former South
Penn College names 2nd Interim this season
Penn College has named Chris Lemasters as the new interim head men’s basketball coach. Lemasters replaces Tony White who was named interim head coach on October 31st. White replaced Gene Bruno who resigned in early October. Lemasters is currently a coordinator of residence life are Penn College. He played at Alfred College. It sounds like
2012 DI Coaching Changes
Usually I don’t start this list until March, but with three DI schools making changes already, I figured now may be a good time to get this going. I will keep the list updated as the season progresses – I have a feeling there will be a bunch more names added to this list before
Daily Dirt – 12/20/11
As we get closer to Santa’s visit, here are a few things that I’ve heard…. DIII Wheelock College is beginning phone interviews next week for its vacant head coach position. John Preziosa resigned last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/eff8a44b/breaking-preziosa-out-at-d…) and AD Diana Cutaia has been coaching the team since. There is now word as to whether the new
BREAKING: Idaho State’s O’Brien resigns
Joe O’Brien is stepping down as head coach of the Idaho State men’s basketball team. Assistant coach Deane Martin will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. O’Brien has been head coach of the Bengals since 2006 and in his first three years he led the Bengals to the Big
BREAKING: Dement steps aside at UNCG
UNC-Greensboro men’s basketball head coach Mike Dement and Director of Athletics Kim Record reached a mutual agreement that Dement will no longer serve as head coach, effective immediately. Assistant coach Wes Miller has been named as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Dement is in the seventh season of his second tenure
Daily Dirt – 12/13/11
First semester is already winding down – this season is going fast! Here’s today’s "dirt…. I spoke via email with former Wheelock head coach John Preziosa. What a class guy – obviously his tenure did not end the way he wanted it to at Wheelock. Here’s what he had to say about his resignation….."I’ll miss
BREAKING: Preziosa out at DIII Wheelock
John Preziosa is out as the head coach at Wheelock College (MA). No announcement has been made, but several sources have confirmed the move. In fact, the Wheelock website now lists AD Diana Cutaia as the interim head men’s basketball coach (http://www.wheelockwildcats.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/Diana_Cu…). I have heard that she was on the bench for Wheelock’s game this