Bill Self has rounded out his basketball staff for the 2008-2009 season. Brett Ballard has been promoted to Director of Basketball Operations. He had been the Administrative Assistant / Video Coordinator for the past five years. He fills the spot left open when Ronnie Chalmers resigned. Kyle Keller has been hired to take Ballards spot.
New Video Coordinator at Pitt
Rasheen Davis has been hired as the Video Coordinator at Pitt. He replaces Brian Regan who was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations earlier this summer. Davis was a program assistant for Rick Pitino at Louisville last year.
VMI and Florida International Hire Assistants
VMI has hired former player Jack Castleberry. http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9800&am… Heath Glick has rejoined the staff at Florida International after a two year stint as the Video Coordinator at Florida State. http://www.fiusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=49079&SP…
Former Ivy League Head Coach to take DIII Job
Dave Faucher, the former Head Coach at Dartmouth, will be announced today as the Head Coach at DIII Daniel Webster. This seems like a very strange move. Faucher holds a career 136-208 (.395%) and moves to a school that has won 34 games in the past 9 years. Good luck to him…I guess.
8/22 Assistant Coach Openings
HVCC is looking for an assistant.
Gunning Leaves Villanova
Villanova Assistant Coach Brett Gunning has been named Director of Player Development with the Houston Rockets.
Northeastern Adds Rhodes
John Rhodes has been hired as an assistant at Northeastern. The former Ohio Assistant replaces Todd Townsend.
D2 University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Hires Assistant
Former DOB at Arkansas Little Rock Chris Lowry was hired to replace Justin Stuckey.
D2 UAH Hires Assistant
Former UAH player David Ivey returns to take the assistant coaching spot left open by Andy Bradshaw who left to take a high school coaching position.
URI Rumor
Momir Gajic, an Assistant at the Patterson school in North Carolina is going to be added to the staff at URI in the next few days. Gajic will replace Pat Skerry who moved up the road to join Keno Davis at Providence earlier this summer.