Purdue assistant Paul Lusk will be officially introduced as the next head coach at Missouri State. A 1:30pm news conference is scheduled for tomorrow. Lusk, who has spent the last seven seasons at Purdue, will sign a five year contract. He replaces Cuonzo Martin who became the head coach at Tennessee.
Kent State Update
Kent State’s search is under way here in Houston, interviews are being held now and there is a couple of new names. Rob Murphy- Current Syracuse assistant, former Kent State assistant Jayson Gee- assistant on former KSU head coach Gary Waters’ staff at Cleveland State, spent three seasons as head coach at the University of
UNLV Names
With Lon Kruger accepting the job at Oklahoma,two former UNLV players Dave Rice and Reggie Theus will make strong pushes for the job. Rice, who played on UNLV’s national championship team in 1990, is the associate head coach at BYU. He also has local recruiting ties through his brother, Grant, who is the head coach
BREAKING: Kruger to Oklahoma
Multiple sources are reporting that UNLV head coach will become the next head coach at Oklahoma. Apparently Kruger has agreed to a contract that will pay him $2M annually. Once he meets with Oklahoma President David Boren, the official announcement will be made. Kruger has been the head coach at Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV,
More Houston dirt….
A few more things that I just heard…. It sounds like Oklahoma video coordinator Dionne Phelps is going to be the choice at Oklahoma City University. Phelps spent one season at Oklahoma, and has been an assistant at Baylor, UTSA, and Texas State. I’ve heard that new Wyoming head Larry Shyatt is considering hiring Jeremy
DirtKing @ 39,000 feet….
Gotta love the airline WI-FI….I’ve been able to get some work done at 39,000 feet! Here are a couple of thngs that I just heard via email…. Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson was on campus at Fairfield yesterday. This is confirmed from one of our troops on the ground who saw him on campus with
The DirtKing is off to Houston…..
The Dirtking is off to Houston! I’m sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, so I thought I’d get a few things up. I will try to blog throughout my trip – mostly during the few sober hours…. A few thoughts about my trip first….. Deciding last minute to go to the Final Four
Shyatt to Wyoming Done
We are hearing that Larry Shyatt is going back to Laramie. Sounds like the deal is done and it should be announced sometime tonight. The former Wyoming men’s basketball coach and, most recently, Florida assistant was 19-9 during his first go around at Wyoming.
REPORT: Painter to Mizzou
The St. Louis Dispatch is reporting Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter will take Missouri job. According to the article, Painter was believed to be flying from Orlando where he was vacationing to West Lafayette, Indiana, to meet with his players and then Columbia. Here’s the link: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/tiger-tracker/… **UPDATE** At 3:50pm today, ESPN’s Andy Katz blogged
BREAKING: FGCU to hire Enfield
According to a source close to the situation, Florida Gulf Coast will hire FSU assistant Andy Enfield. A 2:00pm press conference is scheduled for this afternoon. I said this morning that he was the leader….looks like we got it right! Thanks to all of the great sources on this one – they kept is informed
Daily Dirt -3/30
Here’s what I’ve got so far ths morning…. Former Tennessee star Dane Bradshaw has met with new UT head coach Cuonzo Martin about a spot on his staff. Bradshaw played for the Vols from 2003-07 and is on their All-Century team. He has no coaching experience, but it’s always good to have an alum on
Lock Haven Names Coach
Mike Nestor has been named head coach at Lock Haven University. Nestor has spent the last 11 seasons as the assistant coach at his alma mater Shippensburg University. We had the finalist for this job a little over a week ago (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/bad338d0/lock-haven-contenders/…). Thanks for the tips and keep them coming.