I started the day with my early morning rumors – here are a couple to end the night…. Hawaii has shown some interest in Northern Colorado Head Coach Tad Boyle. UNC is currently 24-7 (and still playing in the College Insider Tournament). Boyle was the NABC Division I All-District Coach of the Year and Big
Early morning rumors…..
A few things that I’ve heard so far this morning….. UNC-Wilmington Interim Head Coach Brooks Lee has been contacted by Gardner-Webb about their vacant head coaching position. Lee has been told that he is not being considered as the permanent replacement at UNC-Wilmington, but has expressed interest in staying on as an assistant. John Pelphrey
Oregon fires Kent to the Surprise of no one
Just wanted to pass along the official link to the press release from Oregon regarding the firing of Ernie Kent.
Kent press conference scheduled for today at 3:30 (PDT)
The University of Oregon has scheduled a press conference with men’s basketball coach Ernie Kent and athletic director Mike Bellotti for 3:30 p.m. (PDT). The press conference is expected to officially announce the end of Kent’s tenure at Oregon – something that we’ve been saying since 3/7 (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/aba531bc/coaching-changes-made-…). Also, this is from my blog a
Report: Lickliter out at Iowa
Multiple sources are reporting that Todd Lickliter has been fired at Iowa. Apparently he had a 9:00am meeting this morning with Athletic Director Gary Barta which lasted less than 10 minutes. After the meeting, Barta scheduled a 2:30 news conference today to discuss the situation.
Lutz fired at Charlotte
Bobby Lutz was fired at UNC-Charlotte this morning. Lutz, who is the program’s all-time winningest coach, guided the 49ers to eight post-season trips in his 12-year career (218-158), he is also an alum of the school. The entire staff was released as well. There will be a 4:00pm news conference today.
Central Florida fires Speraw
Kirk Speraw was not retained at Central Florida. Speraw was hired in 1993 and was 279-233 during his tenure at UCF. This season, UCF finished 15-17 and 6-10 in C-USA. Associate Head Coach Mike Jaskulski will serve as interim coach until a successor is named.
The DirtKing’s daily buzz……
Here’s what I have so far today. Still waiting to hear more on Central Arkansas, but here’s some slag to chew on….. Some of the candidates to replace Pat Douglass at Cal-Irvine are: Ken Ammann – Concordia College Head Coach. His team is currently 30-3. Concordia is located in Irvine. Phil Matthews – Assistant Coach
Central Arkansas schedules 2:00pm news conference
Central Arkansas will name its new basketball coach today at a 2:00pm press conference. The top two candidates – Russ Pennell and James Dickey (both alums of the university) have withdrawn from consideration. That leaves Matt Zimmerman, an assistant coach at Missouri who is a native of the area, Steve Forbes, an assistant coach at
Friday night firings….
It’s Friday night, Mrs. Dirt is on the town, and I am watching the Little DirtBags. Before they burn down the house, I wanted to pass a few items along…… Auburn fired Jeff Lebo. I’ve been saying this would happen for months. Struggling program + new arena usually = change (see Oregon). I’ll get some
Williamson the choice at Central Arkansas
HoopDirt has learned that Central Arkansas will name Corliss Williamson as their next head coach. Williamson won the 1994 National Championship as a player at Arkansas, and had a 10-year NBA career. He spent last season as the Head Coach at Arkansas Baptist. The official announcement will be made soon.
Daily muck from the DirtKing
When talking about rumors, I always call it "dirt." I got a little tired of that today – so I’m going with the daily "muck" for the title of this blog. I went to thesaurus.com to look up synonyms for dirt – muck seemed pretty descriptive. I thought about using boondoggle or feculence, but though