The University of South Florida Men’s Basketball staff has picked up a valuable addition as head coach Stan Heath has announced the hiring of Mike Wells as assistant coach. Wells joins the Bulls after spending the past two seasons at George Mason. “Mike is a little bit of an out-of-the-box hire but I see so
Norfolk State staff update
Interim men’s basketball head coach Robert Jones completed his coaching staff with the recent hiring of Kevin DeVantier and Raru Archer. Both will serve as assistant coaches for the 2013-14 season after previously serving as head coaches at a pair of junior colleges. “We had a lot of great candidates apply, and we are fortunate
Korn added to Missouri State staff
Missouri State University men’s basketball head coach Paul Lusk announced today (May 22) that Brad Korn will join his staff as an assistant coach for the upcoming season. Korn, who has spent the last year as director of basketball operations at Kansas State, will begin his new role at MSU on June 3. He replaces
Copeland Named Head Coach at UT Tyler
Jamon Copeland has been named the third head coach of The University of Texas at Tyler men’s basketball program, Dr. Howard Patterson, vice president for student affairs and director of athletics, has announced. Copeland, a Coppell, Texas native, comes to UT Tyler from Ave Maria University in Florida where he served as head coach since
Furman Staff Update
Furman men’s basketball coach Niko Medved announced on Tuesday that he will retain assistant coach Bob Richey and has appointed Sam Waniewski as the program’s director of men’s basketball operations. Richey, who recently completed his second season with the Paladin program, arrived at Furman in the summer of 2011 after five seasons on the Charleston
Eastern Illinois Hires Assistant
Eastern Illinois head men’s basketball coach Jay Spoonhour has announced the hiring of Rand Chappell as an assistant coach on the Panthers men’s basketball staff. Chappell replaces Bob Sundvold who accepted the head coaching position at NCAA Division II Missouri-St. Louis last week. Chappell has ties to the Spoonhour family going back to his playing
OFFICIAL: Cunningham to Carroll
Mentioned this earlier today in the blog – thanks to great sources for getting us out in front of this one… Dr. Carson Cunningham, the head boys’ basketball coach at Andrean High School in Indiana, has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Carroll College, announced Saints’ Director of Athletics Bruce Parker Monday.
Tigers Hoops Recommends Kirby
Robert Kirby, who spent 17 of his 28 previous years as an NCAA Division I assistant in the Southeastern Conference, has been recommended to join the University of Memphis men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Josh Pastner announced Tuesday. Kirby’s hiring is pending approval of the University and Tennessee State Board of
OFFICIAL: Devitt out at Wentworth
I blogged about this earlier today – here’s the official press release from Wentworth on the departure of head coach Tom Devitt: Wentworth Institute of Technology Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Devitt has announced that he has left the Institute after 11 seasons as the head coach and 14 years on the Leopard staff. "It
Marist staff update
Marist head men’s basketball coach Jeff Bower announced the hiring of three assistant coaches on Monday: Paul Lee, Eugene Burroughs and Brian Adams. “Putting together this staff has been a very energizing experience,” Bower said. “I feel we have put together a group of coaches that have strengths that fit together and levels of commitment
HOT: Watkins resigns at Fisk
Fisk University announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Derek Watkins, a Fisk alumnus who finished his three-year tenure with an 18-72 overall record. From the release: “Coach Watkins will be missed. He did a great job of getting making this program competitive in his three years and we were very excited about the
Alabama staff update
After spending the previous three seasons as the director of operations for the Alabama men’s basketball team, former standout Antoine Pettway was promoted to assistant coach, head coach Anthony Grant announced as part of several changes to his coaching staff on Monday. "Antoine’s done a great job for us," Grant said. "I think he has