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Billy Gillispie arrested….
Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie was arrested in Anderson County, Kentucky for driving under the influence early this morning. He was pulled over in his 2009 Mercedes around 2:45am. Here is a link to video of him being transferred to a prison van… http://www.lex18.com/player/?video_id=1364&zone=2&ca… Down the road in Louisville, Rick Pitino is bringing more attention
Tuesday’s notes from the DirtKing…..
A light today, but a few things I wanted to share before hitting the links…. It sounds like East Carolina is going to hire John Ashalou to replace recently departed assistant Darryl LaBarrie. Ashalou has worked for Grassroots Canada for the past 10 years or so and will fill the spot left vacant when LaBarrie
Rumors and news….
Here are a few things that I heard this weekend…. Chris Cupko is going to be hired as an assistant at Stetson. He spent last season as a graduate assistant at Marshall. Yale is expected to announce their 3rd assistant today or tomorrow. There are three legitimate contenders for the spot. We’ll let you know
DI coaching rumors….
A couple of quick items that have come across my desk today…. Fred Hill is going to add Sal Mentesana to his staff at Rutgers. Mentesana has been the head coach at Lehigh (1996-2002 – 43-125) and East Stroudsburg (1987-1994 – 133-117). He also worked as an assistant to Brian Hill (Fred’s uncle) at Lehigh
End of the week coaching rumors…..
A few things that I’ve picked up during the week….. It looks like former Liberty University player and Shelton State CC (AL) assistant Jeremy Monceaux will accept an assistants spot at Campbellsville (KY). Chris Foley, and assistant at Carroll (WI) last season is going to be the graduate assistant at Henderson State. Also, rumor has
The DirtKing returns…..
Finally back from 10 days of fun and sun with Mrs. Dirt and the Little DirtBags! Thanks to the rest of the DirtTeam for keeping things going while I was without internet or cell access. While I was gone, I heard that Caldwell College assistant Dave DeFerrari is going to take over at DII Felician
Texas A&M International Finalist
Looks like Texas A&M International is down to two finalist for their head coaching position. The two finalist are Boise State assistant Tim Cleary and associate head coach at Alaska-Anchorage Shane Rinner. Cleary has spent the last 7 seasons at Boise State. Prior to Boise, he was an assistant at University of California, Irvin for
DirtKing on Vacation……
Sitting on the deck, looking at the ocean…..time for a quick blog (Mrs. Dirt is in the shower, and she has banned computer use for the week)…. It’s been pretty quiet since the end of the two ten day July recruiting periods. The only thing of note that I heard was that Morehead State assistant
Neumann University Rumor
We have heard that Lebanon Valley assistant Lenny Stanziano will be named the next head coach at Neumann University. Stanziano has spent the last two years at Lebanon. An official announcement will be made sometime this week.
The DirtKing is at camp….
Day 1 of camp for the DirtKing…..ugh. At least I’ve moved from having an overnight camp to just a day camp. Is it Friday yet?? With camp being in full force this week, most of our updates will be done at night…bear with us – we’ll still get all of the news, rumors, and jobs
Big changes on the way for HoopDirt
As our first full year of operation nears an end, there are some big changes on the way for HoopDirt – and we are very excited about them! The biggest addition to the site will be the implementation of our forum. Now our readers will have a dedicated spot to express their views on topics