Scott Gines, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation, announced Monday that former Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball player and graduate assistant Johnny Estelle will be returning to the Javelina Nation as the 16th head coach in the program’s history. "Our objective from the start was to identify a highly successful head coach who will
Georgia State’s Hunter receives extension
Georgia State Director of Athletics Cheryl Levick announced Friday that the contract of head men’s basketball coach Ron Hunter has been extended for two additional years, keeping the award-winning coach in Atlanta until 2020. In addition to adding to the length of Hunter’s contract, both sides agreed to an adjusted base salary, NCAA tournament salary
Montana State adds assistant
Kenya Crandell has spent only a few fleeting days in Bozeman, but joining Brian Fish’s first Montana State coaching staff gives the school’s newest assistant coach the feeling that he is returning to where he belongs. "I’m very excited for the opportunity to work with Coach Fish," Crandell said upon officially joining the staff Thursday.
OFFICIAL: N’Diaye to Georgia Tech
Mentioned this as a rumor last week – just wanted to follow up… Mamadou N’Diaye, who has worked the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Coastal Carolina, is joining the Georgia Tech basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Brian Gregory announced Friday. At Coastal Carolina, N’Diaye (pronounced Mama-Doo In-Jiye) helped Cliff
HOT: Extension for Montgomery at NIU
Northern Illinois University has extended the contract of men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery by two years, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced Friday. With the extension, Montgomery now has four years remaining on his contract, through 2017-18. This past season, in his third year as head coach at NIU,
Duke staff update
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski announced two staff changes Friday, promoting associate coach Jeff Capel to associate head coach and special assistant Jon Scheyer to assistant coach. The moves were made in response to the departure of associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski, who was hired as Marquette’s head coach April 1. “We are ecstatic about Jon
OFFICIAL: Haith to Tulsa
The University of Tulsa named Frank Haith as the school’s 30th head basketball coach, it was announced today by TU’s Vice President & Director of Athletics Dr. Derrick Gragg. Haith brings 28 years of collegiate coaching experience and 17 years of advancing to postseason competition to the Tulsa basketball program. "We are extremely pleased to
Bowling Green Hires Assistant
Bowling Green State University men’s basketball head coach Chris Jans has announced the addition of David Ragland to his coaching staff effectively immediately. Ragland comes to Bowling Green after spending four years on the coaching staff at Indiana State University under head coach Greg Lansing. "I am extremely excited to add Coach Ragland to our
HOT: Extension for Wardle at UWGB
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and head men’s basketball coach Brian Wardle have agreed to terms for a new five-year contract, Director of Athletics Mary Ellen Gillespie announced on Thursday. "We are very excited about the direction of our men’s basketball program,” Gillespie stated. “Brian and his staff have done an outstanding job the past
Hansen signs extension at Nebraska-Omaha
Omaha Director of Athletics Trev Alberts has extended head men’s basketball coach Derrin Hansen’s contract to a four-year deal through June 30, 2018, it was announced Sunday. In his ninth season in 2013-14, Hansen guided Omaha to a record of 17-15 (5-9 Summit League) and his program’s first Division I postseason appearance in school history.
Price names staff at Lamar
Since having the interim tag removed from his title Lamar head basketball coach Tic Price has been busy getting his team ready for the 2014-15 season. That work has consisted of recruiting and putting together a coaching staff. Part of that work was completed Wednesday when Price announced the hiring of Anthony Anderson, Robert Kummer
Moore Named Assistant at Air Force
Air Force men’s basketball coach Dave Pilipovich announced today that Andy Moore has joined the program as an assistant coach. Moore replaces Silvey Dominguez, who resigned earlier this month to become an assistant coach at Washington State. Moore, 44, recently finished his second season on the men’s basketball staff at Virginia Tech. The 2013-14 season