Several moves impacting the Villanova Basketball Staff were announced today. Doug Martin, the associate head coach at Paul VI High School in Virginia, joins the staff as an assistant coach. In addition, John Shackleton is the new strength coach for men’s and women’s basketball. He replaces Lon Record, who accepted a position at the University
Western Michigan Hires Assistant
Western Michigan University announced the hiring of James Holland as an assistant coach. Holland has nearly 30 years of coaching experience and he most recently served as an assistant at Alabama from 2006-10. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Jamestown College Hires Coach
Jamestown College announced that Justin Wieck has been named the Jimmie’s head men’s basketball coach. Wieck joins the Jimmie staff after serving as the assistant coach for the Northern State men’s basketball program under head coach Paul Sather. Previous to Northern State, Wieck spent four years on staff at the University of Iowa as head
Williston State College Hires Assistant
Andrew VanHavermaet has been hired as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Williston State College. VanHavermaet, a Hawley, MN native played for Head Coach Eric Peterson for two seasons at Minnesota State University – Moorhead from 2009-2011. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Griffith named assistant at Mt. Olive
Justin Griffith has been named as an assistant coach for the Mount Olive College men’s basketball team, it was announced by Trojan head coach Joey Higginbotham. Griffith will also serve as head coach of the Trojan junior varsity men’s basketball team. Griffith graduated in May with a B.S. degree in business administration from North Carolina
Conn College adds assistant
Chris McHugh, a former assistant coach with the Mount Saint Mary College men’s basketball program, has been named as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Connecticut College. Under the direction of Head Coach Ryan Kadlubowski at Mount Saint Mary’s, McHugh helped the Knights to a record of 42-16 in his two seasons as assistant coach.
HOT: Hardin named HC @ Lees-McRae
Steve Hardin has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Lees-McRae College after serving as an assistant on the Bobcat bench for the last two years, announced Director of Athletics Craig McPhail Thursday. Hardin takes the helm after serving as the top assistant during the last two seasons, helping guide the Bobcats to
ESPN: Don Meyer recovering
Former Northern State coach Don Meyer is recovering in a Minneapolis-area hospital after having a pacemaker implanted. His wife, Carmen Meyer, told the American News, of Aberdeen, S.D., that the surgery on Wednesday went well. The 67-year-old Meyer also recently had three heart valves replaced with mechanical ones and had a hole in his heart
Official: Malnati named AC at Loyola
I mentioned in my blog on 7/16 that I had heard Rick Malnati would be promoted at assistant coach at Loyola (IL) (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8bdfcda2/daily-dirt-7-16-12/…). It is now official – the announcement was made late yesterday. Here’s a link to the release: http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/07311… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Jordan named assistant at Colgate
Head coach Matt Langel and the Colgate men’s basketball program have announced the hiring of Mike Jordan as an assistant coach for the Raiders. Jordan comes to Colgate after an extensive professional career around the world, where he played in nine different countries from 2000 to 2011. He was a two-time champion and all star
OFFICIAL: Cheeks to Delaware
We reported on 7/5 that Chris Cheeks was involved with a spot on Monte Ross’ staff at Delaware (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5fac3f6f/daily-dirt-7-5-12/…). Today, the hiring was made official as UD issued the following press release: http://www.bluehens.com/teams/mens-basketball/stories/2012/a… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Winiecki Promoted to Associate Head Coach
Mike Winiecki has been named associate head coach for Clemson men’s basketball. Head Coach Brad Brownell made the announcement Wednesday. Winiecki has been an assistant coach at Clemson each of the past two seasons, and is entering his 21st season overall at the Division I coaching level. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball
