Dan Evans has been hired as Ohio Dominican University’s head men’s basketball coach, athletic director Jeff Blair announced Monday. Evans will be introduced at a 3 p.m. press conference in Alumni Hall today. The 13th head coach in Ohio Dominican history, Evans joins the Panthers after spending the past six seasons as an assistant coach
Pace Hires Kennedy
Pace University Director of Athletics Mark Brown has announced that former Florida State University and Iona College Head Coach Pat Kennedy will join the Pace Athletics Department as the Head Coach for the Men’s Basketball program. Kennedy returns home to Westchester County where he started as an assistant coach with the Gaels under legendary coach
OFFICIAL: Toole extended through 2017-18 at RMU
Director of Athletics Craig Coleman, M.D., announced that Robert Morris University has extended the contract of head men’s basketball coach Andrew Toole. Toole, who originally signed a five-year deal when he was named the eighth head coach in program history in May of 2010, is now signed through the 2017-18 season. “Andy has done an
Rohrssen returns to Pitt staff
Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon officially announced the appointment of Barry Rohrssen as an assistant coach on Friday evening. Rohrssen begins his duties immediately. A former Pitt assistant for seven years from 1999-2006, Rohrssen played a vital role in Pitt’s dramatic rise to prominence. During a five-year period, he helped guide Pitt to a 133-33
Truman State staff update
Truman men’s basketball assistant coaches Todd Lorensen (Iowa Wesleyan) and Matt Fitzpatrick (Alabama-Birmingham) have each accepted new positions and will be leaving the Truman program, head coach Matt Woodley announced Tuesday. Lorensen was named the head men’s basketball coach at Iowa Wesleyan College, an NCAA Division III exploratory program located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He
Wright Named Assistant at Ball State
Billy Wright, a Richmond, Ind., native with coaching experience at both the college and high school levels, has been hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ball State. Wright, a former head coach at Pike High School in Indianapolis, comes to Ball State after serving most recently as the associate head coach at Western
OFFICIAL: Davidson joins N. Colorado staff
I mentioned last month that Casper College (WY) head coach Joel Davidson was going to join the staff at Northern Colorado – it is now official… Northern Colorado men’s basketball coach B.J. Hill has announced that Joel Davidson will be joining his staff after an illustrious and successful coaching career at the junior college level.
Loeffler Named Assistant @ Loyola (MD)
A veteran of the Patriot League, Josh Loeffler has joined the men’s basketball staff at Loyola University Maryland as an assistant coach, Head Coach G.G. Smith announced today. Loeffler, who spent the 2012-2013 season as the director of basketball operations at Rutgers University, was an assistant coach at Lafayette College where he helped Fran O’Hanlon’s
Siena staff update
We blogged about these hirings as "rumors" a few weeks ago. Now that they are official, we wanted to pass along the official statement: Luke D’Alessio and Lucious Jordan have been hired as assistant men’s basketball coaches at Siena. They begin their new duties immediately. D’Alessio just finished his third season under head coach Jimmy
McRoy named AC @ UTPA
The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that 16-year coaching veteran Elwyn McRoy is now an assistant coach for the Broncs men’s basketball team. At the NCAA Division I level, McRoy has been an assistant coach at Iowa State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern and Southern University. He has received
Tapp resigns at IU South Bend
Chad Tapp, the head coach of Indiana University South Bend men’s basketball team since 2010, resigned from his position Tuesday morning, IU South Bend Executive Director of Athletics & Activities Gary Demski announced. Tapp has accepted the head men’s basketball coaching position at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. The Scots are members of the National
Portland State Hires Assistant
Portland State men’s basketball has hired Jase Coburn as assistant coach. Coburn comes to the Park Blocks with nine years of coaching experience, most recently as an assistant at Howard Junior College in Texas. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.