I can confirm through great sources that Western New Mexico will hire Zane Gibson as their new head men’s basketball coach. Gibson has spent the past two seasons as the associate head coach at Lone Star Conference foe Texas Permian Basin. He also served as an assistant at Arkansas Fort Smith, and worked as a
Daily Dirt 2 – 3/11/20
Things are moving quickly – here are updates on some things that I mentioned earlier (and one new one)… Wyoming: I mentioned earlier that Northern Colorado’s Jeff Linder (an early name last month here) was “fizzling out”. I’ve now been told by multiple (multiple) sources that he is by no means out of this one,
Daily Dirt – 3/11/20
Things are definitely picking up. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… The search at Wyoming is underway. I’ve heard that AD Tom Burman is running this one in house without the help of a search firm. Early names such as former Nebraska head coach Tim Miles and Northern Colorado head coach Jeff
D2 DIRT: Hironaka out at Colorado Christian
I teased this one last night on Twitter, and can now confirm it… According to multiple sources, Jeff Hironaka is out as the head men’s basketball coach at Colorado Christian University after just three seasons. After a very successful run as the head coach at Seattle Pacific (134-67 in seven seasons), Hironaka struggled in his
Wyoming fires Allen Edwards
Waiting for the official press release, but Wyoming has fired Allen Edwards today. In four seasons with the Cowboys, Edwards went 60-76 (.441), but after winning 43 games in his first two years, he was only able to manage 17 in his final two seasons. The Cowboys recently won their first two games in the
REPORT: Central Arkansas set to remove Interim tab from Boone
According to a report from Jon Rothstein, the University of Central Arkansas will remove the interim tag from Anthony Boone, and name him as the new head coach. Boone replaced former head coach Russ Pennell back on December 16th, after Pennell took a leave of absence (he and the school then parted ways on January
Daily Dirt – 3/9/20
A few quick things to kick off what will be a busy week… Two jobs that opened in the past 24 hours already have search firms in place. Fogler Consulting has the Loyola Marymount search, and Todd Turner’s Collegiate Sports Associates is on board at James Madison. Last week, I mentioned Central Michigan assistant Chris
Daily Dirt – 3/5/20
Some things that I’ve heard today… An odd situation developing at Sacramento State…head coach Brian Katz, who currently has the Hornets sitting at 15-13 with one game to go, is in the last year of his contract. According to multiple sources, Katz has been told on several occasions that an extension was in the works
JUCO DIRT: Missouri State West Plains opens
I have heard from multiple sources that Chris Popp is out as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Missouri State West Plains. Popp has been the head coach at the college for the past four years. This past season, his squad finished 10-21 (3-6), with his best season coming in 2017-18 when the
Daily Dirt – 3/4/20
Starting to get busy around here! I tweeted yesterday that the O/U on DI openings this week was 6 – two popped after that tweet, so we’re trending towards the over. A bunch of D2’s and D3’s have opened this week as well (with more coming in the next few days). Here are a few
D2 DIRT: Stricker out at Maryville U
I can confirm that Marc Stricker is out as the head men’s basketball coach at D2 Maryville University (MO). Stricker was hired at Maryville back in 2017 following a stint as an assistant coach at Oral Roberts. Prior to that, he had served as an assistant at Maryville. This past season, the Saints went 5-22
D3 DIRT: SUNY Fredonia Opens
I can confirm that Phil Seymore is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 SUNY Fredonia. Seymore had been the Blue Devils coach since the 2013-14 season. During his career at the school, he put together a 39-133 (.227) record, which included an 8-17 (4-14 SUNYAC) mark this past season. Seymore, a former