A few quick rumors that I’ve heard over the past few days….. There are no shortage of names trying to get involved with the Wagner job. The most interesting is former Fordham Head Coach Dereck Whittenburg. He was the head coach at Wagner before he took the Fordham job in 2003. He went 66-50 in
Breaking: Deane fired at Wagner
Mike Deane has just been fired as the Head Basketball Coach at Wagner. Deane was 95-113 in 7 seasons – the Seahawks were 5-26 (3-15 NEC) this past season. AD Walt Hameline issued this statement: “We thank Mike for his contributions as head basketball coach at Wagner. I admire him greatly as a human being
News and Rumors from The DirtKing…..
Indiana Tech Head Coach Brad Winton has apparently resigned after just one year on the job. We got a tip yesterday that he had quit, but I didn’t want to blog about it until I could confirm the rumor. I looked at Indiana Tech’s website to see if there was any info and couldn’t find
Interim Head Coaches
By my count, there are 8 current DI “interim” head coaches out there right now. As the season begins to wind down, here is the low down on their current situations. Farleigh Dickinson According to multiple sources, Farleigh Dickinson has started their interview process for a permanent head coach. Interim Head Coach Greg Vetrone is
Don Meyer to retire
Don Meyer, the all-time winningest men’s college basketball coach, has announced his retirement effective at the end of the season. The announcement came this morning. The 65 year-old Meyer has 922 wins in 38 seasons. In 2008, Meyer was almost killed in a car accident that cost him his left leg. The doctors also detected
A messy situation at Houston
The situation at Houston has begun to get pretty messy. Associate Head Coach Melvin Haralson was not with the team on Tuesday during their win at the buzzer vs. Western Kentucky – in fact, he didn’t even make the trip to WKU. There were early rumors that he had been fired, and now those are
UNC-Wilmington rumors….
Since the firing of Benny Moss last week, a bunch of names have begun to surface as potential candidates at UNC-Wilmington. This is an early list of who we’ve heard – and it may change depending on what UNCW is offering for a salary. Moss made $170,000 per year – that will have to go
A quick rumor….
Our sources are telling us that Northeastern Head Coach Bill Coen is going to agree to a contract extension. Apparently it has already been approved by the Board of Trustees. Coen has done a great job at NU is his 4+ seasons. The Huskys are currently 15-8 (10-2 CAA) and 61-57 during Coen’s tenure. Also,
Moss fired at UNC-Wilmington
UNC-Wilmington has reassigned Head Coach Benny Moss to another position with in the Athletic Department. Moss, who has three-years left on his $170,000 per year contract, was in his 4th season at the helm, and had a 41-74 record including a 7-14 mark this season. The Seahawks lost at Hofstra by 39 on Wednesday, which
Coaching rumors from The DirtKing
Taking a break from the rigors of conference play to fill you in on a few things that I’ve heard over the last week or so. It’s getting to be that time of year again when the rumors start flying, and the coaching carousel starts spinning….hold on tight, here we go……. There are a ton
Breaking: Calhoun takes leave at UConn
UConn Head Coach Jim Calhoun has announced that he is taking an immediate, indefinite leave of absence. The following is a statement from University of Connecticut Health Center physician Peter Schulman, M.D., Jim Calhoun’s primary care physician: "It is my recommendation that Coach Calhoun take a medical leave from his coaching position to address some
Graupe takes over at Dartmouth
Our sources proved to be right on once again! In yesterday’s blog ( http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/4a321a6b/dartmouth-to-name-inte…), I said that Dartmouth was going to name assistant Mark Graupe as the Interim Head Coach. Sure enough, the announcement came at 3:30 yesterday afternoon, and proved that we have more inside info than anyone out there! A national search will