According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, T.J. Otzelberger “is leaving the program to accept the same job at Iowa State.” The LVRJ’s Sam Gordon cites two sources who “characterized the coach’s departure as a ‘done deal,’ barring a change at the eleventh hour.” Otzelberger, who served two separate stints as an assistant
REPORT: George Mason parts ways with Paulsen
According to a Tweet by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, George Mason has parted ways with head coach Dave Paulsen. Paulsen went 95-91 (.511) in his six seasons at GMU. He has also served as the head coach at Bucknell, Williams, LeMoyne, and St. Lawrence, and owns a 491-305 (.617) record in 27 years as a head
REPORT: DePaul fires Dave Leitao
According to a Chicago Sun Times report, DePaul has fired head men’s basketball coach Dave Leitao. Leitao had just completed his sixth season in his second stint at DePaul. This time around, he went 69-113 record and zero NCAA appearances. During his first tenure (2002-05), he amassed a 58-34 mark before departing to become the
REPORT: Boston College to hire C of C’s Earl Grant
According to multiple reports, including one from Jon Rothstein, Boston College will hire Earl Grant as their new head basketball coach. Grant led C of C to a 9-10 (6-4 CAA) record this past season. In seven seasons, he has compiled a 127-89 (.588) overall mark. He has ACC experience, spending four seasons as an
REPORT: Shrewsberry to be hired at Penn State
According to a tweet this morning by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman, Penn State will name Purdue associate head coach Micah Shrewsberry as their new head basketball coach. Shrewsberry has been on Matt Painter’s staff for the past two seasons, and was an assistant with the Boston Celtics from 2013-19. He also spent 2011-13 at Purdue before
Daily Dirt – 3/15/21
A bunch of search updates… I’ve heard Albany is getting closer to being done. Marquette’s Dwayne Killings is the hot name here right now. Keep an eye on this one. Adding Stephen F. Austin head coach Kyle Keller to the list at New Mexico, joining Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino and former Nebraska head coach
REPORT: Prioleau out at San Jose State
According to a report by Jeff Goodman, Jean Prioleau has been fired at San Jose Sate. Prioleau had struggled during his four-year tenure at SJSU, compiling a 20-93 (.177) overall record. This past season, the Spartans went 5-15 (3-13 Mountain West). His original deal runs through April 30, 2022, and he is entitled to 50%
Daily Dirt – 3/12/21
Had a bunch of D1 search updates yesterday – adding a few more today… Central Connecticut: Early names making the rounds here – Jim Ferry (interim head coach Penn State), Mike Donnelly (head coach Florida Southern / former head coach Southern Connecticut), Steve Curran (associate head coach St. Bonaventure), Ted Hotaling (head coach New Haven),
Daily Dirt: D1 Search Updates – 3/11/21
Catching-up on a bunch of search updates – just quick hitters…. Boston College: Cleveland State’s Dennis Gates (his wife is the senior associate AD at BC) is the leader. Purdue’s Micah Shrewsberry (former Celtics assistant) in the hunt. Current non-power 6 head coach with big time pedigree is lurking. Nothing will happen until Cleveland State’s
REPORT: Texas State set to remove Interim tag from Johnson
According to multiple reports, and now confirmed by HoopDirt.com, Texas State AD Dr. Larry Teis is set to remove the interim tag from head coach Terrence Johnson by the end of the week. Texas State elevated Johnson from assistant to interim head coach after Danny Kaspar was placed on leave last June, and subsequently resigned
Daily Dirt – 3/9/21
Getting busy this week. A few things that I’ve heard…. Interesting press release from Binghamton yesterday where they announced Levell Sanders as their new head coach. There was no mention of “interim” in his title, even though after Tommy Dempsey was not retained last week, the University announced that Sanders would serve as the interim
Updated Eastern Michigan Report
Earlier today, multiple sources, including Jon Rothstein and Jeff Goodman reported that Rob Murphy was out as the head coach at Eastern Michigan. Rothstein has since deleted his tweet, and Goodman has now tweeted the following: Eastern Michigan AD Scott Wetherbee told @Stadium that he intends to meet with coach Rob Murphy in the coming