DePaul coach Oliver Purnell announced today that Renard Phillips has joined the men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. The newest member of the staff started work with the Blue Demons on June 17. Phillips makes the move to Chicago from Washington, D.C. where he was head varsity basketball coach at Friendship Collegiate Academy since
FDU staff update
The Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball program will welcome three additions to the coaching staff, Head Coach Greg Herenda announced Monday. Joining Herenda on his staff will be Associate Head Coach Bruce Hamburger and assistant coaches Zak Boisvert and Dwayne Lee. “I really like the diversity and balance of our staff,” Herenda said. “There is a
Wake Forest hires video coordinator
Former Demon Deacon guard Will Murphy has joined the Wake Forest basketball staff as the team’s Video Coordinator, as announced by head coach Jeff Bzdelik on Thursday. Murphy, who graduated from Wake Forest this past May, will be responsible for managing the program’s video operations, including cutups and exchanges. He will serve as Summer Camp
ETSU adds two assistants
East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Murry Bartow announced Friday the addition of assistant coaches Bob Bolen and Thomas Carr to his 2013-14 staff. Bartow, who is replacing longtime assistants Mike Boyd and Scott Wagers, said that he had very specific criteria in mind as he evaluated the pool of candidates for these
American staff update
We’ve blogged about both of these already – they’ve now been made official. Just wanted to pass along the release: American University men’s basketball head coach Mike Brennan has completed his coaching staff hires. Former Maine assistant coach Nate Philippe will assume the same role at AU while former George Washington assistant coach Greg Collucci
Coleman named assistant at NDSU
North Dakota State head men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips announced the hiring of Freddy Coleman as assistant coach for the Bison on Thursday, June 13. Coleman replaces Jason Kemp, who was hired as an assistant coach at Toledo in May. Coleman was the top assistant at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., the past two years
Hillsdale College staff update
With the departure of former assistant coach Dan Evans to Ohio Dominican University, the Hillsdale College men’s basketball coaching staff has undergone a few changes. Longtime assistant coach Brian "Pistol Pete" McCauley remains as assistant coach, while Luke Laser, who had served for three seasons as a part-time assistant coach, has been promoted to a
Richmond staff update
Former Spider standouts Ryan Butler and Kevin Smith have been hired as Director of Basketball Operations. “I am thrilled to welcome Ryan Butler and Kevin Smith back to our program,” head coach Chris Mooney said. “Both of them had great college basketball careers and had a tremendous impact on Richmond Basketball. They always have represented
Northwestern hires assistant
Chris Collins has announced the addition of a familiar face to his coaching staff as Brian James has joined Northwestern as an assistant coach. James served as Collins’ coach during his high school career at Glenbrook North where he helped Collins gain McDonald’s All-America status as well as the title of Illinois’ Mr. Basketball. "We’re
Blaney Announces Retirement at UConn
After 12 years on the University of Connecticut men’s basketball coaching staff and 43 years overall as a college basketball coach, George Blaney has announced his retirement. Blaney, 73, served as UConn’s associate head coach under former coach Jim Calhoun and also as an assistant coach for Calhoun and last year for first-year head coach
OFFICIAL: McCarthy to Towson
Former Northeastern assistant coach Jim McCarthy will join the Towson University men’s basketball coaching staff, Tiger head coach Pat Skerry announced on Wednesday. McCarthy, who helped guide the Huskies to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title in 2012-13, joins Skerry’s staff as an assistant coach. “We’re excited to get someone of Jimmy’s caliber
McCoy named assistant at Weber State
Former Weber State standout and Big Sky Conference MVP Kellen McCoy has been named an assistant coach with the Wildcat men’s basketball team, WSU head coach Randy Rahe announced Tuesday. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Kellen join our staff,” Rahe said. “He fits us perfectly as a coach, as he did as a