Congratulations to the following sixteen coaches who captured HoopDirt.com NAIA Coach of the Week Awards during the 2019-20 college basketball season. These coaches are all eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com NAIA Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced next week. Week 1 Kelly Wells – University of Pikeville
Tarleton State’s Reisman steps away from basketball; moves into administrative role
Chris Reisman has been promoted into an administrative role as the Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Development and Strategic Initiatives and will step down as the head men’s basketball coach. “Chris Reisman has served as an exemplary role model for the young men he has coached,” said Tarleton President Dr. James Hurley. “He deeply bleeds
Alcorn State does not renew contract of Montez Robinson
Alcorn State University will be taking its men’s and women’s basketball programs in new directions after announcing the contracts of Montez Robinson and Courtney G. Pruitt will not be renewed. “We fully recognize and appreciate the commitment they made to Alcorn. These were very difficult decisions especially considering how they were both great mentors to
Korn named Head Basketball Coach at SEMO
Director of Athletics Brady Barke named Brad Korn the new head men’s basketball coach at Southeast Missouri. A closed introduction will be held and shown live online at the GoSoutheast Facebook page Tuesday at 2 p.m., CT. Korn spent five years at Big 12 Conference member Kansas State working the last four seasons as an assistant
REPORT: Boston College’s Christian to return next season
According to an ESPN report, Jim Christian will return to Boston College next season. Christian’s contract runs through the 2021-22 season. The report cites the Boston Globe, which revealed that Christian met with athletic director Martin Jarmond on Monday. “There is so much uncertainty right now with everything,” Jarmond told the Globe. “You need to
Curran out, Lovell in at ETBU
I teased this one earlier today on Twitter. Here’s the official release… Following a strong four years of men’s basketball, East Texas Baptist University will be transitioning head coaches as Brandon Curran follows a call into full-time church ministry. Curran leaves a solid foundation for the new incoming head coach Chris Lovell who comes to
Watson retires as Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball Head Coach
University of Southern Indiana Athletics announced the retirement of Rodney Watson, Men’s Basketball head coach, in a video press conference Monday. The University will begin a national search to fill the position. “Rodney Watson has been an exemplary leader for our men’s basketball program,” said Jon Mark Hall, USI director of Athletics. “Watson came to
Ficca out as Head Basketball Coach at Laramie CC
Jason Ficca is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Laramie CC (WY). The College released the following statement today: Ficca just wrapped up his 13th season at LCCC. He also worked as the head coach at Martin Methodist College and Treasure Valley Community College , and spent one season as an assistant at
Killings promoted to Associate Head Coach at Marquette
Marquette University head men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski has announced the promotion of Dwayne Killings to associate head coach. Killings recently completed his second season with the Golden Eagles, helping the program to the NCAA tournament in 2018-19 and another potential appearance in 2019-20. He has also helped the team secure a consensus nationally ranked
HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Year Nominees presented by Just Play Solutions
Congratulations to the following sixteen coaches who captured HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Week Awards during the 2019-20 college basketball season. These coaches are all eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced next week. Week 1 Kyle Cooper – Western Texas College
Excellence in Analytics – 2019/2020 NCAA Men’s D1 Edition
As we will not be able to see which teams would have risen to the top in the 2019/2020 season, Pivot Analysis would like to recognize the teams and players who excelled in various advanced or efficiency-based metrics. All of these metrics are based on how these teams performed relative to their competition in non-garbage
North Florida’s Driscoll agrees to contract extension
University of North Florida head basketball coach Matthew Driscoll agreed in principle to a contract extension as announced by UNF Director of Athletics Lee Moon. The deal extends Driscoll from the end of his current contract in May of 2022 through May of 2025. Driscoll, who just concluded his 11th season at the helm of the UNF