Back on 10/14, I blogged that Omar Lowery was the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Sam Houston State (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c3921a1/sam-houston-state-dirt/…). It was finally made official yesterday… Omar Lowery has joined head coach Jason Hooten’s men’s basketball staff at Sam Houston State as an assistant coach. Lowery served last season as an assistant at San
Ayers Named Assistant Coach at Bucknell
Bucknell men’s basketball coach Dave Paulsen has announced the addition of Ryan Ayers as an assistant coach on the Bison staff. Ayers was an Academic All-Big East selection while playing basketball at Notre Dame from 2005-09, and then he spent five years playing professionally before shifting his focus to coaching. “I am thrilled and excited
Gembe named assistant at Shippensburg
Jaren Gembe ’11 was named Monday as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Shippensburg University. He replaces Eric Rahauser, who resigned to take a position outside of basketball. Gembe is in his second season as a coach at Shippensburg University. He joined the staff last season as a volunteer, handling a variety of responsibilities that
OFFICIAL: Johnson named DBO at Lehigh
Back on 10/23, I mentioned that Vince Johnson would be named as the DBO at Lehigh (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b6d46714/daily-dirt-10-23-14/…). It has now been made official… – Vincent Johnson has been named Lehigh men’s basketball’s Director of Operations, as announced by head coach Brett Reed on Wednesday. Johnson replaces Rob Fusaro who recently departed for a similar position
Colby College Hires Assistant
Steve Ongley, who is co-director of his own basketball camp and has worked in Connecticut as an AAU and high school coach, is a new assistant coach for the Colby College men’s basketball program. Ongley will work under Colby head coach Damien Strahorn and with assistant coach Greg Rosnick, who returns for his second year
Kubis named interim head coach at PSU Beaver
Coach Tim Kubis will lead the men’s basketball team for the 2014-15 season as the interim Head Basketball Coach. Kubis is from Hopewell, PA, where he was a three-year letterman for the basketball team. Upon graduation from Hopewell in 2006, he attended Penn State Beaver where he received a degree in Business and was a
UMass staff promotions
Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Derek Kellogg has announced promotions within his staff, highlighted with Andy Allison being named assistant coach. Allison moves up the bench after serving as the Director of Operations for the past six seasons. Additionally, Tom Doherty, the Assistant to the Head Coach the past three seasons, adds the title of
Manhattan staff update
Manhattan College Head Coach Steve Masiello has announced his staff for the 2014-2015 season. Staff Breakdown: Associate Head Coach, Matt Grady Grady returns for his fourth season as the program’s Associate Head Coach, and like Masiello has been helped the Jaspers to 60 wins and two trips to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship
Faucher named assistant at Bowdoin
Scott Faucher has been named assistant coach for the Bowdoin College men’s basketball team. An assistant coach at St. Michaels (Vt.) College last year, Faucher assumes the role vacated by Brandon Linton, who accepted a position at the U.S. Military Academy earlier this month. A native of Lebanon, N.H., Faucher is a 2013 graduate of
Illinois Tech adds assistants
Illinois Tech first year head coach Todd Kelly has announced the hiring of two assistant coaches, Rogelio(Roy) Ramos and Ebenezer Noonoo. Ramos comes to Illinois Tech from St Joseph High School where he was the head freshman and assistant varsity coach for the previous 4 seasons. In addition Ramos is the founder and president of
Stony Brook names DBO
Bryan Dougher ’12, Stony Brook men’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer in its Div. I history, is returning home to #Seawolves Country as he has been named the Director of Basketball Operations, head coach Steve Pikiell announced. Dougher will be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks associated with the men’s basketball program including coordinating team
OFFICIAL: New deal for Jones at LSU
The LSU Board of Supervisors approved a two-year contract extension and pay raise for LSU Coach Johnny Jones Friday at its October meeting. Jones, who is entering his third season at LSU as head coach, has won 39 games in his first two years, the most by any Tiger head coach in their first two