Alcorn State will hold a Press Conference and Meet & Greet at 11:00 a.m. CST today to name their next head coach. Our sources tell us that it will be former Alcorn State assistant and current John W. Provine High School head coach Luther Riley. **UPDATE** Riley hiring is official. He is expected to make
BREAKING: Eastern Washington to hire Hayford
We are hearing that Whitworth head coach Jim Hayford will be named the next head coach at Eastern Washington. Hayford would replace Kirk Earlywine, who was fired earlier this month after going 42-78 in four seasons as the Eagles head coach. In his 10 years at Whitworth, Hayford went 217-57 and led the Pirates to
Kent State update
Kent State associate head coach Rob Senderoff has been named as the interim head coach. Senderoff has been an assistant under Geno Ford for the past three seasons (Ford took the Bradley job earlier today). He was also an assistant at KSU under former head coach Jim Christian. He definitely wants the job and it
Daily Dirt – 3/28/11
On the road today – just have time to put up a few things. Mr. Dirt has done a great job keeping the site updated today while I’ve been gone. Here’s what I’ve got: Florida Gulf Coast is down to three finalists, but they are being very tight-lipped about who they are. I can tell
Tennessee Hires Cuonzo Martin
Tennessee has hired Missouri State’s Cuonzo Martin as the team’s new basketball coach. Martin, was 61-48 overall in his three seasons at Missouri State.This season he led Missouri State to its first Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title
Georgia Tech Update
Dayton head coach Brian Gregory has been offered the Georgia Tech job according to sports by brooks. There are a lot of people reporting on this so Georgia Tech Associate AD Wayne Hogan released a statement and said: "The search for the next men’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech has not concluded and is still
Daily Dirt part II – Friday 3/25
A few more things that I’ve heard as the day has progressed….. I can confirm that Montana head coach Wayne Tinkle was contacted by Fresno State about their vacant head coaching job. From what I’ve heard, Tinkle told them he would prefer to stay at Montana. Vanderbilt assistant King Rice is emerging as the leader
Loyola (IL) update
According to Loyola AD Grace Calhoun, there will not be a new head coach in place at Loyola before the Final Four. While the athletic department takes it’s time with this search, here are some of the names linked to the job: Tim Buckley – Indiana assistant coach. Was the head coach at Ball State
Tennessee names
According to a great sources, here are the top six candidates on Tennessee’s "wish list"…. Alabama Head Coach Anthony Grant Pittsburgh Head Coach Jamie Dixon Richmond Head Coach Chris Mooney Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Turgeon Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright Wichita State Head Coach Gregg Marshall I would also put good money on the
Daily Dirt – Friday 3/25
A few things that I’ve picked up in the past 24 hours….. I can confirm that Old Dominion assistant Jim Corrigan is no longer a candidate at Towson. It may not be a bad thing for him however. ODU head coach Blaine Taylor has been tied to the Wyoming job, so Corrigan will have a
Daily Dirt – Thursday 3/24
Here’s today’s “Daily Dirt”…… I’ve heard that Memphis assistant Willis Wilson is the front runner at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Wilson was the head coach at Rice from 1992-2008 and has been an assistant at Memphis for the past two seasons. Sources have told me that he may have already been offered the job. Indian Hills
Alcorn State Coaching Finalists
Alcorn State has narrowed the list of candidates for head men’s basketball coach down to three finalists. The finalists are Richard Horton- a 1982 graduate of Alcorn State University, is currently Head Boys and Girls Basketball Coach and Athletic Director for the Humphreys County School District, was a graduate assistant for Lady Braves Basketball team