The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is confirming that Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has passed away tonight. According to the report, the 84-year old Sutton had been in hospice care in Tulsa at the time of his death. Sutton won over 800 games in his career at the D1 level, where he served as the
Donley named DBO at ETSU
ETSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added a familiar face to his coaching staff. Shay announced on Friday that Chad Donley has been named Director of Basketball Operations. “I am ecstatic to be a part of Coach Shay’s staff,” said Donley, who was selected as one of the 50 Impactful JUCO coaches in the
Conarroe tabbed as Head Basketball Coach at Colorado College
Jeff Conarroe, associate head coach for the men’s basketball program at Division I California State University, Bakersfield, has accepted the position of head men’s basketball coach at Colorado College, Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine announced today. Conarroe, a 1999 graduate and three-year letter winner in basketball at Colorado College, spent the last nine
OFFICIAL: Lamanna Hired as Whitman Men’s Basketball Coach
After an extensive national search, Whitman Athletics has hired John Lamanna as the next head coach of Whitman College men’s basketball. “I am very humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to lead Whitman’s men’s basketball program into its next chapter,” said Lamanna, who began his coaching career at Washington State University under head coach
Mandelbaum hired as assistant men’s basketball coach at Lander
Lander head men’s basketball coach Omar Wattad has announced the hiring of Ben Mandelbaum as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the Bearcats for the 2020-21 season. “I’m really fortunate to have Ben on staff,” said Wattad. “His abundance of relationships and ability to evaluate are major assets in recruiting. He’s extremely intelligent, very organized,
Battle joins ETSU Basketball Staff
East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced the hiring of Turner Battle as an assistant coach on Thursday. Battle comes to Johnson City with 13 years of coaching experience, which includes stints at Buffalo (2007-13), Chattanooga (2013-14) most-recently at UAB (2014-20), where he spent the last four years as an associate
Florida College Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Florida College Head Coach Chase Teichmann announced Thursday that he added Jesse Repay, Bryan Doze, and Robert Rayle as assistant coaches to the Falcon’s coaching staff for the upcoming season. “I’m really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Teichmann. “All three guys are from different parts of the country and are coming
OFFICIAL: Ryan hired to lead MGCCC basketball program
Tim Ryan has officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. This was first reported by HoopDirt.com back on May 14th (JUCO DIRT). MGCCC released the following announcement earlier today: After an exhaustive national search, Mississippi Gulf Coast has hired Tim Ryan, who already has an NJCAA
Price Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Denison University
Denison head men’s basketball coach Chris Sullivan has announced the hiring of DeVon Price as the next assistant men’s basketball coach for the Big Red for the 2020-21 season. “We are really excited to have DeVon join our staff,” said Sullivan. “He’s a focused and mature young man with a growth mindset and a passion
Anderson and Tappmeyer Named Maryville University Assistant Men’s Basketball Coaches
Maryville University head men’s basketball coach Jesse Shaw announced that he has hired Jestin AndersonandSteve Tappmeyer as assistant coaches. Shaw took over the Saints program in April 2020. Anderson comes to Maryville after serving as an assistant at Western Illinois, while Tappmeyer was the head girls basketball coach at Owensville High School and previously was
NC State Basketball Staff Update
NC State men’s basketball head coach Kevin Keatts announced Tuesday that he has added Mike Summey (assistant coach), Steve Snell (director of basketball operations) and Chris Zupko (assistant director of basketball operations) to the Wolfpack’s coaching staff. “I’m thrilled to announce three quality hires for our basketball program,” Keatts said. “These are three coaches that