There are six finalists at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It’s a pretty interesting list which includes a guy who was a DI head coach this past season, and an international coach. The finalists are: Todd Adrian – Head Coach Edgewood College. Is 74-58 in 5 seasons at EC. Won 18 games this past season. Eric Gardow –
Daily Dirt – 4/28/11
Sounds like Dayton is going to add Tom Ostrom and Allen Griffin to the staff. Ostrom was most recently an assistant at Arkansas under John Pelphrey. He also worked for Pelphrey at South Alabama and was at Florida before that. Griffin was an assistant at Hofstra last season. He has also been at St. Francis
Assumption College to name coach
According to great sources, Assumption College (MA) is prepared to announce their next head coach with in the next day or two. I can confirm that the three finalists are Quinnipiac assistant Eric Eaton, Rhode Island College head coach Bob Walsh, and Chaminade head coach Matt Mahar. According to my source, Walsh was offered the
George Washington rumors….
I still believe that Vermont’s Mike Lonergan is the leader at George Washington (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/77d6920d/mike-lonergan-update/…), but here are some other names that are starting to make the rounds: Joe Dooley – Assistant Coach Kansas. Is a 1988 graduate of George Washington. Was team captain his senior year. Has been an assistant at Kansas for the past
Five-Star Coaches Clinic Update
Just wanted to pass along an update about the Five-Star Coaches Clinic in New York on Saturday May 7th (Iona College) now that the line-up has been finalized. Also, I wanted to make sure that people know that Five-Star is a paid advertiser on HoopDirt – we are in no way affiliated with Five-Star (not
Daily Dirt – 4/27/11
Today’s buzz….all from the Left Coast…. Former Wyoming head coach Heath Schroyer is going to join Dave Rice’s staff at UNLV. Schroyer was released at Wyoming after going 49-68 in four seasons. My source tells me that he is signing a contract today, and an official announcement could be made this afternoon. Rodney Terry is
Mike Lonergan update
Vermont head coach Mike Lonergan has been a "hot" name over the past few days. When Jim Larranaga took the Miami job last week, Lonergan’s name shot to the top of the list at George Mason. He’s even hotter now that the George Washington job is open – he has so many connections there that
End of the night "Dirt"
A few things to close out the day…. Duane Broussard, the DBO at New Mexico, will be elevated to assistant coach to replace Wyking Jones. Broussard has been at New Mexico for the past nine seasons – the past three as the DBO for Steve Alford, and the six before that as an assistant to
Daily Dirt – 4/26/11
Here’s what I’ve got this morning…. I said yesterday that Shenandoah University is going to announce their new head coach at a Wednesday press conference. I’ve heard the choice here will most likely be Air Force assistant Rob Pryor. According to a great source, he is headed to Virginia today to prepare for Wednesday’s announcement.
BREAKING: Hobbs out at George Washington
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