Bobby Braswell, who served as the head coach at Cal State Northridge for nearly two decades, has been named to the UTEP basketball staff. Braswell will serve as Director of Basketball Operations. "We’re fortunate to hire someone with Bobby’s knowledge and experience in the game," UTEP coach Tim Floyd said. "I think his accomplishments were
Hampden-Sydney staff update
Hampden-Sydney Basketball Head Coach Dee Vick announced the additions of Kyle Dobyns, Yorel Hawkins, and Mike Edwards ’07 to the coaching staff. Coach Dobyns comes to H-SC from Charleston Southern University where he most recently served as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Buccaneers men’s basketball team. CSU won it’s first regular season championship
Carlson resigns at UC San Diego
Longtime UC San Diego men’s basketball assistant coach Eric Olen has been named the program’s new head coach. The announcement was made Tuesday by Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards. The 12th head coach in the history of UCSD basketball, Olen has spent the last nine seasons as an assistant with the Tritons. He replaces
Butler added to Shaw staff
Shaw University announced Friday that they have added Darryl Butler as an assistant coach for their men’s basketball team. Butler comes to Shaw from Virginia State where he served for two years as an assistant coach. Prior to that, he worked at Frederick County (Md.) and Montgomery County (Md.) Community Colleges. "Darryl brings a lot
Lehigh Staff Update
Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced two additions to the coaching staff on Tuesday, Rob Fusaro as Director of Basketball Operations and Jimmy Bradshaw as Graduate Manager. Both have been part of the program for the last several months, serving various capacities. Fusaro takes over as Director of Operations after Joe Knight accepted
Villanova staff update
Two members of the Villanova Basketball Family will take on new roles in changes to the men’s basketball staff announced today. Baker Dunleavy, a 2006 Villanova graduate, has been named associate head coach and Kyle Neptune, who served as the Wildcats’ video coordinator from 2008-10, is returning to the staff as an assistant coach. Dunleavy,
Gibbons joins St. Aug staff
Saint Augustine’s University has added Gordon Gibbons as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, the University announced. Gibbons comes to St. Aug as one of the all-time winningest coaches on the NCAA Division II level. For the past 12 seasons, Gibbons was head coach at Clayton State University, where he is the school’s career leader in wins
Alexander named head coach at Thomas
Thomas College Athletic Director David Roussel ’93 has announced the hiring of Darrell "Texas" Alexander ’10 as head men’s basketball coach. Alexander, a native of Fairfield, Texas, returns to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Smith College. As a member of the Pioneers’ coaching staff he helped the team reach their
Former WKU coach lands in D-League
purs Sports & Entertainment today announced that they have named Ken McDonald as head coach of the Austin Toros. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced. McDonald served as an assistant last season for the Toros under head coach Taylor Jenkins, where he helped lead the team to a 27-23 overall record
Figger promoted to Associate Head Coach @ South Carolina
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday, that longtime assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Matt Figger has been promoted to associate head coach for the Gamecocks’ program. Figger, who has over 20 years of coaching experience in various levels of the college ranks, will remain the recruiting coordinator as
McHugh added to Emory staff
Emory University head men’s basketball coach Jason Zimmerman has announced the appointment of Chris McHugh as assistant coach. McHugh takes over for Chris Murphy who recently accepted the head coaching position at Union College (NY). McHugh joins the Emory program after serving as an assistant coach at Connecticut College College during the 2012-13 season. While
VGCC names head coach
Vance-Granville Community College has named Michael Woody as the new head coach of the Vanguards men’s basketball team. Woody (pictured above) most recently served as assistant men’s basketball coach for Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory. He will lead VGCC’s program into its sixth season of play in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)