Today’s Daily Dirt…. Last night I mentioned that Trace Bevell was no longer the head coach at Western Wyoming CC (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/a4bd2d97/daily-dirt-ii-3-14-12/…). I have now heard from two separate sources that he is in the mix for a spot on Bill Evans’ new staff at Idaho Staff. Evans, the former head coach at Southern Utah, took
Winthrop search update
Here’s an update on the Winthrop search…. It sounds like AD Tom Hickman has hired Todd Turner’s search firm to help with the process. Turner, the former AD at NC State met with Hickman earlier in the week to discuss the search. According to people close to the situation, former Wake Forest and South Carolina
LIVE LINK: Mississippi State press conference
Here is the live link to the Mississippi State press conference. Rick Stansbury is expect to announce his "retirement" at 2:00 (ET) today. Enjoy…. http://www.hailstate.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&id=470…
BREAKING: Zeigler fired at Central Michigan
Central Michigan University Director of Athletics Dave Heeke announced today that men’s basketball coach Ernie Zeigler will not be retained after six seasons as head coach. Zeigler is released from the final two years of his contract, which was extended in April 2010 following his winningest season (15-15). That season was followed by a 10-21
Daily Dirt – 3/14/12
What a crazy day yesterday! The HoopDirt World Headquarters were abuzz with activity with all of the action – Doherty, Horn, Tillette, and Eaves were all fired. Howland got a vote of confidence, and a bunch of small college guys were released. I think today will be a bit quieter, but there are a few
Daily Dirt II – 3/14/12
Late night "dirt" to wrap up another busy day…. I’ve heard that there will be a change at Western Wyoming CC. According to a well placed source, Trace Bevell is no longer the head coach at WWCC. He had been the head coach there for the past five seasons going 107-59 (23-9 this season). Prior
BREAKING: South Carolina fires Horn
A 1:30pm press conference has been scheduled today at the University of South Carolina to announce the firing of head coach Darrin Horn. Multiple sources have confirmed this report. Horn went 60-63 in 4 seasons at USC, but had 3 losing seasons in a row after a going 21-10 in his first year. More on
BREAKING: Doherty fired at SMU
According to multiple outlets, Matt Doherty has been fired as the head coach at SMU. Doherty was 80-109 in six seasons (13-19 this season). SMU will pay Doherty $500,000 to cover the final year of his contract. More when this becomes official.
URI update
Things are moving quickly at the University of Rhode Island – in fact, this may be the quickest search that we see all year. AD Thorr Bjorn has already scheduled preliminary interviews with at least three candidates (and a fourth on the way). Our sources tell us that Wagner head coach Danny Hurley will be
BREAKING: Samford ousts Tillette
Black Tuesday continues….I just heard that Samford has fired head coach Jimmy Tillette. This makes four DI head coaches fired today. The decision to fire Tillette was made earlier today after he met with Samford AD Martin Newton. Tillette had spent the past 15 seasons at Samford, where he won 229 games and made two
BREAKING: Eaves fired at NC A&T
Jerry Eaves has been relieved of his duties as the head coach at North Carolina A&T, Director of Athletics Earl M. Hilton III announced today. Scott Bollwage will serve as interim head coach until a permanent replacement is hired. Eaves’ contract with the school expires May 30, 2013. Eaves finishes his tenure at A&T with
UCLA UPDATE: Howland to return
UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero has confirmed that Ben Howland will return as head coach of the UCLA men’s basketball team. Here is Guerrero’s statement: "As I have stated before, at the conclusion of each sport’s season, a program and its coaches are evaluated. That evaluation includes a comprehensive review of the performance of the