Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Justin Mann has stepped down as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Independence CC (KS), and will become an assistant coach at NCAA D2 West Florida. Mann had been the head coach at Indy since 2021, and had served as the associate head coach at
JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Kilgore (TX) to hire Coastal Bend’s Byrd as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Kilgore College (TX) will hire Coastal Bend College (TX) head coach Robert Byrd to take over their men’s basketball program. Byrd will replace Brian Hoberecht who resigned in mid-July after 15-seasons on the job. Byrd was hired at Coastal Bend last May, following a
JUCO DIRT: Florida State College at Jacksonville set to hire former D1 assistant as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NJCAA D1 Florida State College at Jacksonville will hire former UT Arlington assistant coach John Putyrski as their new head men’s basketball coach. Putyrski began last season at UTA as the Director of Scouting & Video, and was elevated to assistant coach after Greg Young was released
REPORT: UW Whitewater’s Miller set to step down
According to NBC15 Sports Director Mike Jacques, Wisconsin Whitewater head men’s basketball coach Pat Miller is resigning from his position. Miller put together an amazing 434-167 (.722) mark in his 22 seasons as the Warhawks head coach. Not only did Miller win two National Championships as a coach, he won one as a player at
Daily Dirt – 7/27/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like UCSB assistant Ben Tucker is the leader to become the next head coach at NAIA Embry-Riddle (AZ). Tucker has been at for the past five seasons, and was at Northern Arizona before that. The former manager at Arizona
D3 DIRT: Bard set to hire UAA assistant as new Head Coach
I teased this one on Twitter on Sunday (back when it was called Twitter). I can now confirm that Carnegie Mellon University associate head coach David Sloan will take over at Bard College. He will replace Michael Lenahan, who became the head coach at Willamette College back in May. Sloan had been on the CMU
DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition – 7/12/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few moves with head coaches at the JUCO level… NJCAA D1 I have heard from multiple sources that Brian Hoberecht has resigned as the head coach at Kilgore College (TX). Hoberecht had spent the past 15-seasons at Kilgore, and was the head coach at Dodge City CC for seven years
D3 DIRT: Keene State set to name interim head coach today
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard through multiple sources that D3 Keene State College will elevate associate head coach David Hastings to the role of interim head coach as early as today. Hastings would replace his former boss Ryan Cain, who took over at Johns Hopkins late last month. Hastings began on the Keene
Daily Dirt – 7/11/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that Lindenwood assistant Tommy Abdenour is on the move, and will land at Arkansas as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Abdenour had been on the Lindenwood staff for the past four seasons. He has also worked as the video coordinator
D3 DIRT: FDU-Florham set to name Hack as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that D3 FDU-Florham will name Keith Hack as their new head men’s basketball coach. Hack had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at his alma mater D3 Medaille College, where he went 35-45 (.438). Before his time at Medaille, Hack served as an assistant at
Daily Dirt – 7/7/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching up on some things… I have heard that Robert Burlingham has joined the MTSU staff as the coordinator of operations and player development. Burlingham spent last season as the DBO at McNeese State, and was a GA at Central Michigan before that. I mentioned this one on Twitter earlier in
NAIA DIRT: Midway University opens (again)
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Not quite sure what’s going on at NAIA Midway University, but I can confirm that the men’s basketball job has now opened for the second time this off season. Midway released veteran head coach Joe Krupinski back in March following a 16-12 (11-7 RSC) season. A few months later, they hired