According to a Jeff Goodman tweet, Alabama assistant Antoine Pettway is expected to be hired as the new head coach at Kennesaw State. He would replace Amir Abdur-Rahim who took over at South Florida back on March 29th. Pettway, an Alabama alum, has spent 15 seasons on the basketball staff at his alma mater. He
Providence Basketball Staff Update
Providence College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kim English announced today (April 7) the hiring of Dennis Felton and Nate Tomlinson as an assistant coaches on his staff. Dennis Felton Felton worked under English the last two years as an assistant coach at George Mason. This is the first hire announced by English, who was named as the
Gibson named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Arkansas Fort Smith
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Director of Athletics Curtis Janz announced that Zane Gibson will be returning to Fort Smith as the university’s men’s basketball head coach. Gibson, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., returns to UAFS after five seasons at fellow Lone Star Conference institutions UT Permian Basin and Western New Mexico, including the
REPORT: Western Illinois’ Jeter headed to Southern Utah
According to a Pete Thamel tweet, Western Illinois head coach Rob Jeter is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach at Southern Utah. Jeter has been at WIU for the past three seasons and also spent 11 years as the head coach at Milwaukee. He owns a 223-215 (.509) career record, and left
OFFICIAL: Powell named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Valpo
Following-up on today’s earlier report. Roger Powell, Jr. has officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Valpo. Here’s the press release from the Beacons: Valparaiso University Director of Athletics Dr. Charles Small has announced that Roger Powell Jr. has been selected as the 23rd head coach of the Valparaiso University men’s basketball program. After helping guide
Texas Tech Basketball Staff Update
Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Achoki Moikobu and Matt Braeuer who are joining him from the North Texas staff which won 31 games and the 2023 National Invitation Tournament championship. “Both of them have been instrumental in our success,” McCasland said. “We’ve always recruited, coached and tried
Sprinkle named Head Basketball Coach at Utah State
Utah State University Interim Director of Athletics Jerry Bovee announced Friday that Danny Sprinkle has been named the Aggies’ 21st head men’s basketball coach. Sprinkle is 81-43 (.681) in four years as a head coach and has 23 years of collegiate coaching experience. A press conference to formally introduce Sprinkle will be held at the
REPORT: Valpo set to hire Gonzaga assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
According to a report from Pete Thamel, Valparaiso is expected to name Gonzaga assistant Roger Powell as their new head basketball coach. Powell has been on Mark Few’s staff for the past four years, and been a part of a program that has gone 121-13 during that time. Prior to that, he worked for Bryce
OFFICIAL: Davis named Head Basketball Coach at UNH
I’ve been tweeting / blogging about this one all morning. Here’s the official release from UNH on the hiring of Nathan Davis as their new head basketball coach: University of New Hampshire Director of Athletics Dr. Allison Rich announced Friday that Nathan Davis has been hired as the new men’s basketball head coach. Davis, who will be introduced in
Long-time D1 assistant takes over at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Back on 3/21 (DAILY DIRT), I mentioned Owen Miller as the name to watch at Mississippi Gulf Coast. His hiring as the Bulldogs new head coach is now official. Here’s the release from MGCCC: Mississippi Gulf Coast wanted to hire a men’s basketball coach with championship pedigree, college coaching chops, Mississippi high school coaching experience
D2 Jessup University hires D1 Assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
After an extensive national search, Jessup University is pleased to announce Mark Darnall has been selected as the next head coach of Jessup Men’s Basketball. “We had tremendous interest in this position, and Mark rose to the top of that field of candidates because of the quality of his character and his ability as a basketball
Phillips named Head Coach at Utah Valley
After an extensive nationwide search, Utah Valley University Director of Athletics, Dr. Jared Sumsion, announced today the hiring of Todd Phillips as the fourth head coach in UVU men’s basketball’s NCAA Division I history. Phillips has spent the last four seasons on the Utah Valley staff under Mark Madsen where he served two years as an assistant