University of Minnesota head basketball coach will return to coach the Gophers next season, according to a report in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. There has been much speculation over the future of the 7th year head coach as the Gophers struggled through a 15-16 (8-12 Big Ten) season. During his tenure at Minnesota, Pitino
REPORT: UIC to part ways with Steve McClain
According to a report by Jeff Borzello, the University of Illinois Chicago will part ways with head basketball coach Steve McClain. McClain led UIC to a 18-17 (10-8 Horizon) record this past season. In his five years at the school, McClain wet 76-93, but really turned the program around after s 5-win first season (averaging
REPORT: Ehsan out at UAB
UAB has parted ways with head men’s basketball coach Rob Ehsan according to a Jon Rothstein report. Ehsan just wrapped up his 4th season at UAB with a 19-13 (9-9) record. His squad was coming off of back-to-back 20 win campaigns in 17-18 and 18-19. He wraps up his tenure with a 76-57 overall mark
D2 DIRT: Holy Names (CA) makes coaching change
I have heard from multiple sources that Omar Sanchez is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D2 Holy Names University in Oakland, CA. Sanchez had been at Holy Names since 2000, first as a player, then as an assistant coach, and in 2011 was named as the head coach. This past season, the
D2 DIRT: Western New Mexico set to hire new Head Coach
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