William Jewel College men’s basketball coach Larry Holley won his 850th game as a head college basketball coach last week at Saint Joseph’s College. He breaks down his current place in college basketball history: "To the best of my knowledge here is where I stood at the end of the 2012-13 season……I’d have to look

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The Missouri Southern defense held Lindenwood scoreless for 10:19 in the second half and the Lions gave head coach Robert Corn his 400th win in a 70-50 win at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Now in his 25th season as head coach at Missouri Southern, Robert Corn has guided the Lions to 20 Mid-America

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Jay Herkelman reached another milestone in his storied coaching career on Friday night in front of the home crowd in Nellis Hall. Herkelman got his 500th career win as the Coffeyville Red Ravens rolled past the Highland Scotties 89-67. The game was not as close as the final indicated. Coffeyville led 51-24 at the half

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The University of Delaware men’s basketball team held off James Madison, 78-74, Saturday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center, giving Blue Hen head coach Monté Ross his 100th carer victory. Ross is the 23rd head coach in University of Delaware men’s basketball history and begins his eighth season at the helm of the Blue Hens

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Keystone College is proud to announce that the interim tag has been removed from the title of Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Cooper. Cooper was appointed as the Giants’ Interim Head Coach in late October after Nevada Smith was named the head coach of Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the NBA’s Houston Rockets’ D-League affiliate. After

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Head coach Bob Semling earned his 200th career win, tying Jack Bennett for the most in program history, as No. 1 UW-Stevens Point escaped with a 61-60 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) win over UW-Stout on Wednesday night at Johnson Fieldhouse. Semling’s 200th win came in his ninth season with the Pointers after taking over

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The Big Ten Conference office today announced a one-game suspension and public reprimand of University of Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran McCaffery for violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy during the second half of Iowa’s game at Wisconsin on Jan. 5. In addition, the conference announced that the institution has been fined $10,000 as

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Johnny Orr, the man credited with resurrecting a once-dormant Iowa State men’s basketball program and energizing an entire fan base, passed away today. He was 86 years old. Orr was one of the nation’s most successful basketball coaches during his 29-year head coaching career (1964-66, 1969-94). He compiled a 466-346 career coaching mark and led

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On Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Blue Bears of Livingstone College faced the Sharks of Nova Southeastern in the opening game of the 2013 Cruzin Classic. In what appeared at the time to be just another game on the Blue Bears’ schedule this year, something remarkable happened. The Blue Bears went on to defeat the Sharks

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Southern Illinois head coach Barry Hinson went off after his teams loss to Murray State. Definitely worth watching – GO GET ‘EM COACH HINSON!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqZY72wZ90&sns=em… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

In just over 5 seasons as a Head Coach, Dr. Jody King reached a coaching milestone on Sunday as he won his 100th college basketball game as a Head Coach as the Caimans beat Dutchess 87-44. Coach King entered the season just 11 wins short of the elusive 100 and got number 100 this afternoon

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David Hixon notched his 700th career victory as head coach of the Amherst men’s basketball team Thursday night when the No. 7 Jeffs defeated Babson at Staake Gymnasium, 90-77. Avenging last year’s loss to the Beavers, the Jeffs improved to 7-1 on the season, while dropping Babson to 7-2 overall. With the win, Hixon is

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