Ole Miss All-American Rahim Lockhart has returned to Oxford to join the Rebel basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Andy Kennedy announced Monday. Lockhart, a standout on the hardwood for the Rebels from 1998-2001, returns to Ole Miss after a successful high school and junior college coaching career. Most recently, Lockhart was the
Tyus Edney Promoted to Assistant Coach at UCLA
Tyus Edney has been promoted as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s basketball team, as announced Friday by head coach Steve Alford. Edney, who served as the program’s Director of Operations for the past seven seasons, will take over as an assistant coach with the Bruins, effective immediately. Edney fills the assistant coach position
USC approves raise and contract extension for Frank Martin
Coming off historic runs through the NCAA Tournament, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees has approved new contracts for head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin and head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, it was announced today. Martin, who guided the Gamecocks to their first Final Four in program history, had one year added
Weir Adds Assistant Coach Marc Hsu
The University of New Mexico men’s basketball head coach Paul Weir has added Marc Hsu as an assistant coach as announced Thursday morning. Hsu comes to New Mexico after a season as assistant coach under Weir at New Mexico State. “Marc is one of the best young recruiters in the country,” said Weir. “I watched
Maryland Names Broadus Assistant Basketball Coach; Warren Assumes Administrative Role
Maryland men’s basketball head coach Mark Turgeon announced the hiring of Kevin Broadus as an assistant coach with the program today. Additionally, Cliff Warren will assume a new role as director of player development. Broadus most recently spent nine years at Georgetown and brings more than 20 years of coaching and recruiting experience to Maryland.
Chase Teichmann Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Florida College
Head Coach and Athletic Director, Pat Todd, announced the appointment of Chase Teichmann, as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Florida College. “We are very excited to welcome Chase to our basketball family. Chase has had the opportunity to learn from some outstanding coaches in our profession. He understands the culture of Florida College and
Former Bluejay Alan Huss Joins Creighton Basketball Staff
Creighton University head coach Greg McDermott has named Alan Huss an assistant coach with the Bluejay men’s basketball program. Huss, a 2002 Creighton graduate, has spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico. Huss replaces Steve Lutz on the Creighton staff after Lutz accepted a position at Purdue
Summers resigns as Head Basketball Coach at DII Urbana; Rejoins James Madison staff
Former West Virginia star and James Madison men’s basketball director of operations Rob Summers will rejoin the JMU men’s basketball program as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season, as announced by Head Coach Louis Rowe on Thursday. Summers returns to the JMU program after serving as the head coach at Division II Urbana (Ohio),
Beau Braden Rejoins Morehead State Basketball Staff
Beau Braden, who was a member of the Morehead State men’s basketball staff from 2011-2014, has once again been named assistant coach. “Beau and I have been extremely close since we both got into coaching. We’ve always bounced ideas off of each other and talked about X’s and O’s, so this is a real dream
Bill Tharpe Resigns as Head Basketball Ferrum College
Ferrum College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Tharp has announced that he will not return to the Panthers’ sideline next season. The 2016-17 season marked his 12th and final year as head coach. “Ferrum has been very good to me and gave me an opportunity to live a dream of coaching college basketball,” said Tharp.
Justin Gainey Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Santa Clara
Santa Clara men’s basketball coach Herb Sendek moved quickly in filling an opening on his staff. Justin Gainey, one of Sendek’s former players who spent the last three seasons at Marquette, was hired Thursday as an assistant coach. Gainey, a standout guard at NC State who went on play professionally, was the director of operations
Dean Oliver named assistant coach at Wisconsin
Dean Oliver, an All-Big Ten guard, nine-year professional and six-year coaching veteran, has been named as an assistant coach on the Wisconsin men’s basketball staff head coach as announced by Greg Gard on Thursday. “We are really excited to welcome Dean back to the Big Ten and the Wisconsin basketball family,” Gard said. “I have