Danny Hurley has officially been named as the head coach at the University of Rhode Island. A press conference is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon to make the official introduction. Here is the press release from URI: http://gorhody.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120320…
BREAKING: Cremins to make announcement
College of Charleston head coach Bobby Cremins has scheduled a press conference for 3:15 this afternoon. The official word is that he will announce his plans for the future – whether he will retire or not. The unofficial word is that he will indeed retire and current interim head coach Mark Byington will assume to
Daily Dirt – 3/19/12
I hope everyone had a great weekend watching the tourney games! How about the state of Ohio – 4 teams in the Sweet 16 – pretty nasty! Here are a few things that I heard while watching the 15’s beat the 2’s…. Keep an eye on the situation at Grambling. After a four win season,
BREAKING: Washington out at Grambling
Following up on a rumor from today….I can now confirm that Bobby Washington is no longer the head coach at Grambling. We first reported it this morning in our Daily Dirt (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5c8854b4/daily-dirt-3-19-12/…). I’ve learned that he will remain with the University in a yet to be determined role. More on this as it becomes official.
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UPDATE: Cremins retires
We reported this as a rumor earlier in the day, but just wanted to pass along the official statement now that C of C head coach Bobby Cremins has announced his retirement. He is a link to the official release: http://www.cofcsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=64091&S…
Daily Dirt II – 3/19/12
Big day out there on the coaching front….here’s another update….. It sounds like Shaka Smart has become the top target at Illinois. According to multiple sources, AD Mike Thomas is making a hard push to land Smart quickly. Smart was an assistant at Akron when Thomas was the AD there. Word is Illinois could offer
Mississippi State search update
Here is an update on the search to replace Rick Stansbury at Mississippi State…. Mississippi State AD Scott Stricklin is going with Parker Executive Search to help identify candidates. This is a very similar situation with the search to replace Bruce Weber at Illinois – PES helped hire Strickland, as they did with Illinois AD
HOT RUMOR: Hurley to URI
Multiple sources are reporting that Wagner head coach Danny Hurley will be the choice to replace Jim Baron at the University of Rhode Island. It sounds like Hurley has been the top target forAD Thorr Bjorn all along, and some are speculating that the announcement will be made within the next week. We’ll keep following
Daily Dirt – 3/16/12
Things are popping here at HoopDirt! We have all hands on deck today through the weekend as we prepare for a big announcement on Monday! As we work towards that, we will still be updating all of the news, jobs and rumors. More on the announcement in the next few days…. Here are a few
BREAKING: Davis fired at UAB
Mike Davis has been fired as the head coach at Alabama-Birmingham. Davis was informed of the decision in a meeting with AD Brian Mackin this morning. UAB is planning having a press conference at some point this afternoon to discuss the firing. Davis will be paid the $625,000 that he is owed for the remaining
BREAKING: Stansbury out at Mississippi State
Things move fast in the coaching world….I just finished blogging about the situation at Mississippi State. As soon as I posted the story (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/37790e50/daily-dirt-3-15-12/…), I got the news that Rick Stansbury has decided to "retire". Yes, "retire" is in quotations – by all accounts, he was definitely forced out by AD Scott Stricklin. There is