According to multiple sources, including the Washington Post, George Washington head coach Karl Hobbs will not be retained. New AD Patrick Nero, the former Commissioner of the America East, has apparently made the decision to part ways with Hobbs. A team meeting was called Monday to inform the players of the situation. More to come
BREAKING: Colgate to hire Langel
According to my sources, Temple assistant Matt Langel is expected to be hired as the next head basketball coach at Colgate. Langel has been an assistant at Temple for the past five seasons. He also spent two seasons as an assistant at Penn where he played from 1996-2000. An official announcement is expected within the
Daily Dirt – 4/25/11
A pretty quiet post-Easter Monday here at the HD World Headquarters. Here are some of the things that I’ve heard so far today…. Wofford head coach Mike Young is apparently the "hot" name at George Mason right now. I’ve heard his name mentioned from three different sources today (although two of them are tight). Young
Saturday Dirt….
A few things that I heard today…. Sounds like Dartmouth assistant Patrick Beilein may join the new staff at Bradley as the director of operations. Beilein played at West Virginia and spent two years working for his father as the GA at Michigan. Former Colgate head coach Emmett Davis is one of three finalists for
Daily Dirt – 4/22/11
I am out of the office today – just wanted to get a couple things up before the DirtQueen and all of the little DirtBags wake-up….apparently we are having a "family day" today. Here we go… George Mason head coach Jim Larranaga is emerging as the leader at Miami. Sources have confirmed that he interviewed
Larranaga To Miami
According to multiple reports George Mason coach Jim Larranaga has accepted the job at Miami. The deal is in the million dollar a year range. Last season, Larranaga led Mason to a 27-7 record and a at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. His career record at GM was 273-164.
Alabama A&M search
The search at Alabama A&M is progressing. According to a source, there were about 60 applicants for the job. That list was almost immediately cut in half because the candidates did not meet some of the qualifications. I’ve heard that the committee is in the process of getting the list to eight and then down
Wild Wednesday recap
Yesterday was a wild day in the DI coaching world – 6 new head coaches were hired. Two Atlantic Sun jobs, Two IUPUABCDEFG jobs, one MAC job, and an Ivy League job were all filled. Here’s the run down: Eastern Michigan – Rob Murphy (assistant Syracuse) replaces Charles Ramsey (fired) IPFW – Tony Jasick (assistant
BREAKING: Howard the choice at IUPUI
DK is killing it with the IUPUI-IPFW schools today! According to my sources, IUPUI is going to finally give associate head coach Todd Howard the job. Howard has been at IUPUI for the past 16 seasons and will replace Ron Hunter who took the Georgia State job. This search seemed to take a lot longer
Fife resigns at IPFW
Just confirming what I reported in my "Daily Dirt" – it’s now official. IPFW head coach Dane Fife has resigned and will accept a spot on Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State. Fife leaves the school as IPFW second all-time winningest coach with an overall record of 82-97 and a mark of 37-35 over four
Daily Dirt – 4/20/11
See my earlier blogs today about the situations at Stetson and Eastern Michigan – it looks like both schools are ready to hire. Here are a few more things that I’ve heard…. IPFW head coach Dane Fife is in the mix to join Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State. Fife has been involved with a
Murphy the choice at Eastern Michigan?
According to a report by FoxSports.com, Syracuse assistant Rob Murphy is the choice to become the next head coach at Eastern Michigan. He may be the guy they want, but according to our source, it is not a done deal yet. Murphy, who is a Detroit native, has been offered the job but has not