The Auburn men’s basketball staff will have a different look under second-year head coach Bruce Pearl in 2015-16 as assistant coach Tony Jones has resigned to pursue other coaching opportunities, while current assistant coach Chuck Person, and staff members Todd Golden and Steven Pearl have each been promoted. One of the greatest players in Auburn
Collins Named Head Coach at St. Louis CC
Terry Collins has been named as the new head coach at St. Louis Community College. Collins comes to the Archers with more than 30 years of coaching experience, including four different head coaching tenures. He began his head coaching tenure at Belleville Area College’s Granite City campus in 1984, after a one-year stint as an
Bubba Wells Named Assistant at SIUE
SIUE men’s basketball Head Coach Jon Harris has announced the addition of Ohio Valley Conference great and former NBA player Charles “Bubba” Wells to the coaching staff. Wells comes to SIUE after spending the last 10 seasons on the staff at his alma mater, Austin Peay, where he is the all-time leading scorer with 2,267
Bill Foster -Former Head Coach at Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech Passes Away
Bill Foster, 79, who guided Clemson to the Elite Eight of the 1980 NCAA Tournament in the school’s first invitation, passed away on Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C., after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. The native of Hemingway, S.C., is the only coach to serve as the head coach of three current Atlantic Coast
OFFICIAL: Matt McMahon Added to Louisiana Tech Staff
HoopDirt.com first reported this morning that Murray State assistant Matt McMahon would be hired by new head coach Eric Konkol at Louisiana Tech. The move was made official this afternoon – McMahon has been named as the new associate head coach for the Bulldogs. The announcement comes one day after Konkol added the first piece
Mike Newell Named Head Coach at Dillard University
The Dillard University Department of Athletics announced that Mike Newell has been named Bleu Devils head men’s basketball coach. Newell takes over a struggling men’s program that produced only two road wins and a total of 15 wins in the last four years. “I believe Coach Newell’s experience will help take our program to another
Thunder Dan Majerle Receives Extension at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon University’s rise in NCAA Division I athletics was further entrenched Wednesday with three major announcements surrounding the program. Men’s basketball coach Dan Majerle and baseball coach Andy Stankiewicz each received new four-year contracts, while the university also signed a five-year deal with apparel and footwear giant Nike. “We want to be a top-25
Cal Poly DBO Lowe Retires
Bob Lowe, the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s director of operations for the past two seasons, has announced his retirement after 30 years on the collegiate sideline. A replacement to fill Cal Poly’s director of operations position has not yet been named. During his two seasons as Cal Poly’s director of operations, Lowe was integral to
Pacific Assistant Joe Ford Resigns
Pacific Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ron Verlin has announced the resignation of assistant coach Joe Ford. Coordinator of basketball operations Matt Sperisen will also transition to assistant to the head coach. Verlin will open a search for the vacant assistant coaching position as soon as possible. “Joe has meant a lot to the program over
OFFICIAL: American U. Assistant Philippe Heads Home to Canada
Back on May 4th, HoopDirt.com reported a rumor that American University assistant Nate Philippe would be hired as the next head coach at the University of Quebec at Montreal (American Dirt). It has now been made official – Philippe has returned to his native Canada to take over at UQAM. Typically, we would post the
Ivan Lewis Named Head Coach at DII Felician College
Ivan Lewis of Prospect Park, a 2004 graduate of Felician College, has been named head coach of the Golden Falcon men’s basketball team, Felician athletics director Ben DiNallo Jr. announced today. Lewis becomes the seventh coach in program history, succeeding Dave DeFerrari. He is the first alumnus of Felician to hold the position. “I commend
Johnson Named Assistant Coach At Marquette
Veteran collegiate coach Stan Johnson has been named an assistant with the Marquette University men’s basketball program, head coach Steve Wojciechowski announced Tuesday afternoon. “I am excited to welcome Stan and his family to the Marquette basketball family,” Wojciechowski said. “He is an outstanding person, who has established himself as one of the top young