Following up on something that I TWEETED last night… Coastal Carolina has hired Elwyn McRoy as an assistant coach. Most recently, the veteran coach had served as the recruiting coordinator at Washington State. I am not sure that there has been a coach who has logged more miles than McRoy over his career. Here’s a
DII DIRT: Tuskegee set to hire former DI head coach
I can confirm that Tuskegee University will name Benjy Taylor as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Jerry Dunn whose contract was not renewed this past spring after five seasons at the helm (52-87). Taylor has spent the past three seasons as an assistant on Rod Barnes staff at CSU Bakersfield. Before that,
Wake Forest Dirt…
Following up on my Tweet from Vacationland earlier this morning… I can confirm that University of New Orleans director of basketball operations Corey Schmidt will be hired as the video coordinator at Wake Forest. Schmidt has been a member of the Privateers staff for the last four seasons, and has been part of a program
DIII DIRT: Montclair State to hire current DIII Head Coach
I have heard from multiple sources that the new head coach at Montclair State will be Moravian College’s Justin Potts. He will replace Marlon Sears who became an assistant at Columbia back in May. This past season, Potts led Moravian to the Landmark Conference Championship, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA DIII
JUCO DIRT: Wallace State Head Coach set to resign
I can confirm that John Meeks will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA DI Wallace State Community College (AL) in order to take a job outside of coaching. Meeks was named as the Lions coach back in 2010 after a successful run as the head coach at Louisburg College (NC). This past
Daily Dirt – 8/6/19
A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Following up on something that I TWEETED earlier this morning…former Portland assistant Bob Cantu has landed at Kansas. He will serve in a non-coaching role as an advisor on Bill Self’s staff. He was at Portland from 2016 until this past spring, spent three seasons assistant at UTEP,
Sam Houston State Dirt…
Following up on something that I tweeted earlier tonight… I can confirm that Sam Houston State assistant Chuck Taylor has departed the staff and will enter the private sector. Taylor had been on the Bearkats staff since 2016. Prior to coming to SHSU, he served as an assistant at North Carolina Central and also spent
Xavier Dirt…
Xavier will name current Evansville assistant Matthew Graves as their new Special Assistant to the head coach. Graves joined the Evansville staff prior to last season after spending five seasons as the head coach at South Alabama (65-96). Prior to heading to USA, Graves had spent 17 years at Butler both as a player, and also
Daily Dirt – 8/1/19
Some things to kick off August… Elon has hired Allen Payne as an assistant coach to replace Vince Walden (Texas A&M). Payne has spent the past three seasons on the staff at Indiana University Pennsylvania, and was a graduate assistant at Xavier before that. An official announcement is expected in the next few days. Word
Daily Dirt – 7/31/19
Catching up on a bunch of things… Former Holy Cross assistant Freddie Owens will land on the staff at Patriot League foe Loyola (MD). This was first reported by Evan Daniels. He will replace A.J. Guyton who recently went back to his hometown of Peoria, IL to become the Director of Athletics for the Peoria
DIII DIRT: Rockford U set to hire current NAIA Head Coach
I can confirm through multiple sources that DIII Rockford University (IL) will name Presentation College’s Jeremy Reigle as their new men’s basketball coach. Reigle had spent the past nine years as the head coach at Presentation. This past season, the Saints set a program record with 21 victories, and Reigle was tabbed as the 2018-19
Cleveland State Search Update
The search to replace Dennis Felton at Cleveland State is coming to an end, and could be wrapped up by the end of the week. It sounds like AD Scott Garrett (with the assistance of Ventura Partners), has this one narrowed down to 4-5 finalists. I have heard from multiple sources that three of the