Former Dartmouth head coach and current Golden State scout Paul Cormier will be named the next head coach of the Big Green. We heard that Albany head coach Will Brown withdrew his name from consideration the other day. A press conference will be held to introduce Cormier Monday afternoon.
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Mount St. Mary’s Rumors
We haven’t heard that much on the Mt. St. Mary search but here are some names that have been mentioned Brion Dunlap- current assistant at Mt. St. Mary, has a ton of support Robert Burke- American Assistant, local guy has been an assistant at Georgetown Cliff Warren- Jacksonville head coach, took a team from 1
Holy Family Search
Holy Family has narrowed its search down to three. Chuck Hammond- Head coach at Goldey-Beacom for the past 7 years, also was an assistant at Philadelphia University. John O’Connor- Current Georgia Tech assistant. Also has been an assistant at Lafayette, Drexel and Villanova Bernie Rogers- Head Coach at Archbishop Ryan for 10 seasons. Was an
Columbia Update
Columbia has started the interview process and we keep hearing the same names. NJIT head coach Jim Engles (a former Columbia assistant) ,University of New Orleans Head Coach Joe Pasternack, St. Mary’s associate head coach Kyle Smith have all interviewed for the position.
Rutgers Rumors
The name that keeps coming up here is Robert Morris head coach Mike Rice. Rice has been the head coach for three years at Robert Morris. He has guided them to back to back NCAA tournaments and has strong NY/NJ ties. Other names that will surface are former Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien and
Cornell Update
We can confirm that Temple assistant Matt Langel and Virginia Tech assistant Bill Courtney have already interviewed last week. We are also hearing that Wisconsin assistant Gary Close will be interviewing this week. Another name that is coming up is recently fired Chicago State head coach Benjy Taylor. Taylor was an assistant at Cornell in
DirtKing on vacation……
I’m headed out with Mrs. Dirt for a quick get-a-way! We will be on the beach sipping fruity drinks with little umbrella’s until Saturday. Mr. Dirt will keep you updated on all of the news, jobs, and rumors while I’m gone. Keep reading!
BREAKING: Boyle headed to Colorado
Multiple sources are reporting that Northern Colorado head coach Tad Boyle has been offered the head spot at Colorado and will accept the job. Boyle has done a great job at Northern Colorado – his team won 4 games his in first season, and last season (his fourth), the went 25-8. He beat out Steve
Southern Connecticut search
I have heard that Southern Connecticut has narrowed its search for a new head coach to three candidates. The are: Mike Donnelly – Head Coach Post University Bob Walsh – Head Coach Rhode Island College Joe Loughran – Head Coach Rutgers-Newark A decision is expected within the next week.
Gardner-Webb
We are hearing that former Gardner-Webb assistant and current Ohio assistant Chris Holtmann will be named head coach sometime this week. Holtmann has spent the last two seasons at Ohio. He was chosen from a group that included Belmont assistant Casey Alexander, ex-Charlotte assistant Rob Moxley and Virginia director of basketball operations Brad Soucie.
Appalachian State to Hire Capel
Multiple sources are reporting that Jason Capel will be the next head coach at Appalachian State. Jason just finished his first season at Appalachian State, which was his only experience as a coach. Capel helped the Tar Heels to the 2000 Final Four, played professionally in Serbia, Japan and Italy, as well as for Fayetteville
Clemson Staff Update
New Clemson coach Brad Brownell is rounding out his staff. He has recently hired Wichita State University assistant Earl Grant. Prior to Wichita State Grant spent 3 seasons at Marshall. Brownell also brought with him assistant Mike Winiecki and manager/video assistant Lucas McKay from Wright State. He also hired former Tulane assistant Dick Bender last