University of Northern Iowa head coach Ben Jacobson become the school’s all-time wins leader on Saturday when the Panthers recorded a 64-52 victory over the University of North Dakota in the McLeod Center. The victory was No. 167 in Jacobson’s nine-year coaching career – surpassing O.M. "Hon" Nordly’s total of 166 wins from 1938-43, 1946-54.
Three-year extension for Rice at Monmouth
Monmouth University, about to embark on its second season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, rewarded men’s basketball head coach King Rice with a contract extension on Wednesday afternoon. Rice, who is in his fourth year at the helm of the Hawks, originally signed a five-year contract upon his appointment as the fifth basketball coach
McLean added to Great Falls staff
The University of Great Falls has announced the addition of Montana prep coaching legend Mike McLean to the men’s basketball program. McLean joins first-year head coach Anthony Owens and first-year assistant coach Kevin Smith for the 2014-15 season. "I’m very excited to bring in someone with strong ties to the community," Owens said. "I look
Townsend named DBO at Arkansas-Little Rock
Head coach Steve Shields has named Marques Townsend UALR’s new Director of Basketball Operations. Townsend has spent the past two years as a manager and administrative volunteer at Kansas. “We’re very excited to have Marques join our staff,” Shield said. “He brings great experience with him to this position. Having spent the last two years
Radford adds staffer
Radford head men’s basketball coach Mike Jones has added Drew Scott to the Highlanders staff. Scott will serve as Assistant Director of Basketball Operations working directly with video coordination and other aspects of the operations side of the RU program. Scott comes to Radford from Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. where he served as an
OFFICIAL: SHSU adds Lowery to staff
Back on 10/14, I blogged that Omar Lowery was the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Sam Houston State (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c3921a1/sam-houston-state-dirt/…). It was finally made official yesterday… Omar Lowery has joined head coach Jason Hooten’s men’s basketball staff at Sam Houston State as an assistant coach. Lowery served last season as an assistant at San
Ayers Named Assistant Coach at Bucknell
Bucknell men’s basketball coach Dave Paulsen has announced the addition of Ryan Ayers as an assistant coach on the Bison staff. Ayers was an Academic All-Big East selection while playing basketball at Notre Dame from 2005-09, and then he spent five years playing professionally before shifting his focus to coaching. “I am thrilled and excited
Gembe named assistant at Shippensburg
Jaren Gembe ’11 was named Monday as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Shippensburg University. He replaces Eric Rahauser, who resigned to take a position outside of basketball. Gembe is in his second season as a coach at Shippensburg University. He joined the staff last season as a volunteer, handling a variety of responsibilities that
OFFICIAL: Johnson named DBO at Lehigh
Back on 10/23, I mentioned that Vince Johnson would be named as the DBO at Lehigh (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b6d46714/daily-dirt-10-23-14/…). It has now been made official… – Vincent Johnson has been named Lehigh men’s basketball’s Director of Operations, as announced by head coach Brett Reed on Wednesday. Johnson replaces Rob Fusaro who recently departed for a similar position
Colby College Hires Assistant
Steve Ongley, who is co-director of his own basketball camp and has worked in Connecticut as an AAU and high school coach, is a new assistant coach for the Colby College men’s basketball program. Ongley will work under Colby head coach Damien Strahorn and with assistant coach Greg Rosnick, who returns for his second year
Kubis named interim head coach at PSU Beaver
Coach Tim Kubis will lead the men’s basketball team for the 2014-15 season as the interim Head Basketball Coach. Kubis is from Hopewell, PA, where he was a three-year letterman for the basketball team. Upon graduation from Hopewell in 2006, he attended Penn State Beaver where he received a degree in Business and was a
UMass staff promotions
Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Derek Kellogg has announced promotions within his staff, highlighted with Andy Allison being named assistant coach. Allison moves up the bench after serving as the Director of Operations for the past six seasons. Additionally, Tom Doherty, the Assistant to the Head Coach the past three seasons, adds the title of