Southern Miss men’s basketball head coach Doc Sadler announced Marques Townsend as a new assistant coach. Townsend spent one season as the director of basketball operations at UALR. “In looking for an assistant coach, I was looking for someone with experience in a lot of different areas, including player development,” Sadler said. “I had the
St. Catharine (KY) Adds Assistant
Head Coach of the Patriot Men’s Basketball team, Joe Krupinski, has announced the hiring of Jamie Jackson as assistant coach. “We are excited to add Jamie Jackson to our staff as we start a new beginning for St. Catharine basketball,” noted Krupinski. “As a Kentucky native, he enjoyed a very good career both at Bellarmine
Bilal Batley Named Head Coach at Paris JC
Bilal Batley, who served as Paris Junior College’s assistant basketball coach in the Dragons’ 2013-2014 season that culminated in a trip to the national tournament, is returning as head coach. That year the team won both regular season and conference tournament championships, finishing with a record of 26-8 and ending the year in the Sweet
USC Staff Update
Pat O’Connell has been named Director of Basketball Operations and Martin Bahar has been hired as the Director of Scouting and Video Operations, it was announced by USC men’s basketball head coach Andy Enfield. O’Connell comes to USC from Towson where he served the past three seasons as the Director of Student-Athlete Development on the
St. Bonaventure Extends Schmidt
St. Bonaventure University today announced two-year contract extensions for men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt and women’s basketball coach Jim Crowley. Both coaches are now under contract through the 2020-21 season. “Mark and Jim are two of the best coaches in the Atlantic 10 Conference,” said Director of Athletics Tim Kenney. “Both of our programs are
Rider Names Casey Brinn Director of Basketball Operations
Casey Brinn has been named the Director of Basketball Operations at Rider University, Rider men’s basketball coach Kevin Baggett announced. Brinn comes to Rider from Northwestern University, where he was a graduate assistant with the men’s basketball team. “I am very excited to have Casey joining our staff,” said Baggett, the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic
Raheem Mapp Promoted to DBO at Temple
Raheem Mapp, who has worked with the Temple University men’s basketball program in various capacities since 2006, has been promoted to Director of Men’s Basketball Operations, announced head coach Fran Dunphy. Mapp, who earned both his bachelor’s (2009) and master’s (2013) degrees in sport and recreation management from Temple, just completed his fifth year as
Mark Richmond Joins Fordham Staff
Mark Richmond, former assistant coach and director of basketball operations at East Tennessee State, has been named men’s basketball director of player development at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Jeff Neubauer. Richmond’s responsibilities will include assisting with the evaluation of video, development of practice and game schedules, and assisting Coach Neubauer
UW and Shyatt Agree to Contract Extension Through 2020
University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Wednesday the finalization of a contract extension with head men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt through April of 2020. “After sitting down with Coach Shyatt several times since the MW Championship in Las Vegas, it became clear that his focus was his staff and players as part of
Gallaudet Names Kevin Kovacs Head Coach
Gallaudet University alum and former Bison student-athlete Kevin Kovacs has been selected as the new men’s basketball head coach as announced by Athletic Director Michael Weinstock. Kovacs will begin his new duties on August 17. “It is great to welcome Kevin back to the Gallaudet community. I love his energy and motivation that he will
NJIT Staff Update…
Kim Waiters, who will be in his first full time college coaching position, has joined the NJIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant, Highlanders head coach Jim Engles announced. Engles also announced the appointment of Andrew McGlynn as Director of Basketball Operations. Waiters got involved with coaching when he was an undergraduate at Robert Morris
Simmons Receives Extension at McNeese State
Dave Simmons has signed a three-year extension at McNeese State. Simmons, who will be entering his 10th season at McNeese, is the first coach in school history to take his team to back-to-back national postseason tournaments (2011 NIT; 2012 CBI). During his time at McNeese, he’s won 127 games and passed Wayne Cusic last season