After serving as an assistant coach, former West Hills College Coalinga basketball standout Adedokun Olanrewaju (ahh-day-doh-kuhn oh-lan-ray-wah-ju) was named head coach of the Falcons. Olanrewaju spent the 2017-18 season assisting his mentor and former head coach Mark Arce, who recently retired after 17 seasons at the helm of the WHCC program and 34 years overall.
Weatherford College Announced the hiring of Chris Lewis as Assistant Basketball Coach
The Weatherford College Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Chris Lewis as assistant men’s basketball coach. Lewis, 31, comes from the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana, where he served one year as an assistant coach. Prior to Providence, he spent five years as an assistant coach at North Lake College in Irving,
Bland Joins Minnesota State Moorhead Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff
Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball coach Chad Walthall has announced the addition of Spenser Bland to the Dragon coaching staff for 2018-19. Bland has experience coaching at the Class 4A and 3A level in Minnesota. He was the boys JV head coach at Totino-Grace from 2017-18 and previously served as an assistant at Blaine
Proctor named Assistant Basketball Coach at UAFS
University of Arkansas Fort Smith men’s basketball coach Justin Bailey has announced the hiring of Aaron Proctor as assistant men’s basketball coach. Proctor is a native of Houston, Texas, and was previously the head boys basketball coach at North Forest High School in Houston. “I am excited to welcome Aaron to our Lions family,” Bailey
Downer added to Vanguard University Men’s Basketball coaching staff
Vanguard University Men’s Basketball has announced the addition of Justin Downer as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Downer joins the Blue and Gold from Riverside Poly High School where he has coached the past three seasons as the associate head coach, totaling a 62-29 record. He helped lead RPHS to its first CIF
Fairley Named Interim Assistant Basketball Coach at Norfolk State
Norfolk State men’s basketball head coach Robert Jones announced today that Leonard Fairley has officially joined the program as an interim assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Fairley has been heavily involved with the Spartans dating back to his days as a student manager. “As we searched to fill our third assistant coach position, we
UT Permian Basin Men’s Basketball Staff Update
UT Permian Basin men’s basketball coach Josh Newman announced the additions of AJ Holland and Zane Gibson to his coaching staff. Both Holland and Gibson come to the Falcons after spending time with Newman at UA Fort Smith; Gibson the last two seasons and Holland joining UAFS prior to last season. The pair helped the
Haddon named Assistant Basketball Coach at Gettysburg
Dan Haddon has been added as an assistant coach with Gettysburg College men’s basketball team. Haddon is a 2017 graduate of East Carolina University earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in sport studies with a minor in business administration. He spent the 2017-2018 basketball season interning with the Princeton men’s basketball program, as assistant to
The Coach’s Insight, featuring Bethune-Cookman Head Coach Ryan Ridder
Ryan Ridder, Head Coach at Bethune-Cookman University, gives insight on how he has turned around two struggling basketball programs at both the JUCO and Division I levels by using his 30-60-90 day plan of attack upon arriving on campus. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing Adam Nelson Episode 2: Cal State Fullerton
Chalupa Hired as Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Albright
Albright College head men’s basketball coach Rick Ferry announced Monday the hiring of Matt Chalupa as an assistant coach. Chalupa comes to Albright after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Mount Saint Mary College. Last season at Mount Saint Mary, Chalupa helped the Knights to a 13-13 overall record and a
Devon Mulry Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Lake Superior State
Lake Superior State University men’s basketball coach Steve Hettinga has announced the appointment of Devon Mulry as assistant coach and JV head coach. Mulry, who spent the last seven years (2011-2018) with the University of Michigan men’s basketball program, will serve as the second assistant and the JV head coach with fellow assistant coach, Ted
Dr. Dish Skill Builder: Wide Pin Down Series 1 and 2
Recently, we were very fortunate to have Jordan Delp of our partners at Pure Sweat Basketball join us in the Dish Lab to demonstrate a ton of game-like and purposeful drills using the Dr. Dish All-Star. In this 2 part series, Jordan went through the wide pin down action that is commonly used at all