Here are a few thing that I’ve heard while hoping that Big Papi makes a quick recovery… I can confirm that Brian Merritt has joined Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. Merritt has most recently served as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations at LSU, and has also been an assistant at Arizona State, Texas
Daily Dirt – 6/7/19
Some DIRT to wrap up the week… Canisius assistant Eddie Shannon is on the move and will be headed back to Chattanooga, where he will be named as an assistant coach. He had previously served on the Mocs staff from 2015-17 under former head coach Matt McCall. Shannon, a former standout at Florida, had been
Daily Dirt – 6/5/19
Today’s Dirt… I can confirm that Southeast Missouri associate head coach Adam Gordon has resigned and will focus on running Rising Coaches Elite on a full-time basis. Gordon had been at SEMO since 2015, and also worked in administrative roles at Mississippi State and Clemson. He and others co-founded RCE back in 2010. I have
Daily Dirt – 6/4/19
A few things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that Brown University head coach Mike Martin will add Cooper Handelsman to his staff. Handelsman had most recently worked as the director of the Hoop Group Elite. Before that, he spent one season as the video coordinator at Lehigh. I can also confirm that Wagner head
DII DIRT: Georgia Southwestern set to announce new head coach
Yesterday, Aaron Coombs announced his resignation as the head basketball coach at NAIA Oklahoma Pan Handle State University. I can now confirm that he resigned in order to become the next head coach at D2 Georgia Southwestern State University. He will replace Ben Hicks who departed earlier this spring to become the head coach at
JUCO DIRT: Kansas City Kansas CC set to name new Head Basketball Coach
I can confirm that Kansas City Kansas CC will name Brandon Burgette as their new head basketball coach. Burgette just completed his third season as an assistant at Johnson County CC (KS). This past season, he helped his team advance to the NJCAA DII National Championship game. Before becoming an assistant at JCCC, Burgette spent
Daily Dirt – 6/3/19
Catching up on a bunch of things that I’ve heard… I have heard from a great source that Drew Gibson will be hired as an assistant at Navy. He would replace David Harris who left to become an assistant at Northern Kentucky. Gibson has been an assistant at DII Augusta University (GA) for the past
DIII DIRT: Manhattanville opens
I can confirm that DIII Manhattanville College has opened as Pat Scanlon has resigned. The veteran head coach has accepted a teaching and coaching position an Greenwich Country Day School (CT). Scanlon had spent the past fifteen seasons as the head coach at his alma mater Manhattanville where he went 198-192, including an 11-14 mark
Clemson Dirt…
Brad Brownell has two vacant spots on his staff at Clemson after contract of assistant coach Steve Smith was not renewed, and director of recruiting Lucas McKay became an assistant at UMKC. It sounds like he has found the replacement for both of those guys. I have heard from multiple sources that Quinnipiac assistant Anthony
JUCO DIRT: Salt Lake CC to hire former Idaho State assistant
I can confirm that former Idaho State assistant Kyle Taylor will be named as the new head basketball coach at Salt Lake CC. He will replace Todd Phillips who became an assistant at Utah Valley. Last season was Taylor’s only season at ISU – before that, he spent two seasons as an assistant at Utah
Michigan Dirt…
Following on something that I TWEETED at 4:00pm… The Phil Martelli to Michigan rumors are heating up. I’ve now heard from multiple sources that he could be named as the associate head coach on Juwan Howard’s staff as early as tomorrow. Martelli was released as the head coach at St. Joe’s earlier this spring after
REPORT: Idaho places Verlin on administrative leave
According to a report from the from the The Spokesman-Review, University of Idaho head basketball coach Don Verlin has been placed on paid administrative leave. This comes after the university received a consultants report which detailed three possible NCAA violations from within the men’s basketball program. From The Spokesman-Review, “Verlin’s administrative leave is initially for