Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced a pair of promotions to his coaching staff as Jermaine Henderson has been elevated to assistant coach and former Wildcat Shane Southwell has been selected as the director of student-athlete development. Henderson, who served as the director of student-athlete development the past two seasons (2017-19), has 20 years
Cantamessa named Head Basketball Coach at Greensboro College
Greensboro College Chief Operations Officer and acting Director of Athletics, Dr. Robin Daniel, announced the hiring of Jim Cantamessa as Greensboro College’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. “Jim is an unassuming and humble individual who’s behind the scenes contributions to men’s basketball and our athletics program did not go unnoticed,” Daniel said. “The Greensboro
Nimley added to Charleston Southern Basketball Staff
Charleston Southern head men’s basketball coach Barclay Radebaugh is welcoming back another one of the Buccaneers’ all-time greats to the coaching staff as he announced the addition of Saah Nimley as an assistant coach on Wednesday morning. Nimley takes the place of former teammate Arlon Harper who left CSU following the 2018-19 season to pursue
OFFICIAL: Peckinpaugh resigns as Head Basketball Coach at WJU
Following up on some DIRT from last night. Wheeling Jesuit University has released the following statement on the resignation of head basketball coach John Peckinpaugh: Citing family and personal reasons, John Peckinpaugh will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at Wheeling Jesuit University. Peckinpaugh has accepted a coaching job at Noblesville High School in
Taylor rejoins McCaffery; Named assistant at Iowa
University of Iowa Head Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff, replacing the position previously occupied by Andrew Francis. Taylor joins the Hawkeye staff as an assistant coach after 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including head coaching stints at Ball State, Lehigh, and Belmont Abbey. McCaffery
OFFICIAL: Reinert named Head Basketball Coach at CSI
The College of Southern Idaho welcomed its new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Reinert Tuesday at a press conference. Reinert is no stranger to Golden Eagle Basketball, having coached against CSI from 1994-2002 while he was the head men’s coach at Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University). “I’m really excited to be here,”
Stackhouse adds Phillips to Vandy Basketball Staff
Vanderbilt head men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has announced the hiring of Faragi Phillips as an assistant coach for the Commodores. Phillips comes to Vanderbilt after serving as the head coach at Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee, for the last four seasons. Phillips went 75-30 in his four seasons as Whitehaven’s head coach. Before
OFFICIAL: Morris named assistant coach at Louisiana Lafayette
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned back on May 6th. Louisiana Lafayette has officially named Brock Morris as an assistant coach. The University released the following statement: Louisiana men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin brought back a familiar face to both the Ragin’ Cajuns and Sun Belt Conference as he announced on Tuesday the addition
Dorian Green added to Northern Colorado Basketball Staff
University of Northern Colorado Men’s basketball head coach Jeff Linder has rounded out his staff for the 2019-20 season with what is a familiar name to many local fans. The Bears are proud to announce the addition of Dorian Green to the Bears basketball family. “I’m excited to join the coach Linder, the staff and
Gutting tabbed as Head Basketball Coach at Casper College
Casper College announced today that Shaun Gutting was named the new men’s basketball head coach for the Thunderbirds going into the 2019-20 season. Gutting replaces Dan Russell, who recently took an assistant coaching job with Montana State University in Bozeman. Gutting is entering his seventh season as a college basketball coach, and his second at
Cooley withdrawn name from Michigan search; Inks multi-year extension at PC
Providence College President Reverend Brian J. Shanley, O.P. and Vice President/Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced today that Ed Cooley has agreed to a multi-year contract extension to remain head coach of the men’s basketball program. As a result, Cooley has withdrawn his name from consideration in the job search at the University of Michigan. “While
Williams resigns as Head Basketball Coach at WVU Tech
Bob Williams, who has been at the helm of men’s basketball at WVU Tech the past 17 seasons, has resigned his position as head coach to spend more time with family. “This has been an extremely difficult decision for me to make. However, this is something I have been thinking about since the season ended