Tony Dominguez has waited 17 years for his opportunity to become the Western Washington University men’s basketball coach. Western Athletic Director Lynda Goodrich ended his wait Friday morning, Aug. 17, when she offered Dominguez the position of interim head basketball coach following the news of Brad Jackson’s departure for a men’s basketball assistant coaching job
Milligan resigns at Trinity Baptist
Pat Milligan, who has coached more winning games than all other Trinity Baptist College athletic coaches combined, stepped down Thursday as head coach of the TBC Men’s Basketball Program. He will remain on staff as the Associate Athletic Director, and will become the Founding Director of the Trinity Athletic Leadership Institute. In addition, Coach Milligan
NABC submits Amicus Brief
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), along with 43 current and former college basketball coaches, has submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on August 13, 2012. The amicus brief, or “friend of the court” brief, was submitted on the Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin, et al. lawsuit. This
Rhodes College staff update
Rhodes College Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Mike DeGeorge, announced today that assistant coach Ron DuBois has been named the head coach at University of California at Santa Cruz. Assistant Coach Kyle Bossier has accepted a position on the UC Santa Cruz staff. Coach DeGeorge also announced the hiring of Josh Dinkins. Josh is coming to
Columbia’s Altman to NBA
Columbia assistant coach Koby Altman recently accepted a position with the Cleveland Cavaliers as the Manager of Pro Player Personnel. Altman was the head coach of Columbia’s developmental basketball team, a lead recruiter and assisted with practice plans while working under head coach Kyle Smith at Columbia. With the Cavaliers, Altman will be working under
Two-year extension for Rod Barnes
CSU Bakersfield Athletic Director Jeff Konya has announced men’s basketball coach Rod Barnes has signed a two-year contract extension to remain at the helm of the Roadrunners. With the two additional years Barnes’ contract now runs through the 2017-18 season. There are not any financial changes in the contract extension meaning Barnes’ salary will be
Illinois State promtes Ford
Illinois State men’s basketball head coach Dan Muller announced Tuesday that assistant coach Dana Ford has been named associate head coach for the Redbirds. Ford was hired on May 21, after he previously served as an assistant coach at Wichita State, Tennessee State and Chipola Junior College. He is a 2006 graduate of Illinois State
OFFICIAL: Pfeiffer staff moves announced
Pfeiffer University has officially hired Matt Adams and Steve Enright as assistant coaches. We first blogged about this more than two weeks ago. Here’s the link to the official press release: http://gofalconsports.com/article.asp?articleID=2959… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Gabriel named AC @ Shepherd U.
Shepherd University head men’s basketball coach Justin Namolik announced today that Eric Gabriel has been named assistant men’s basketball coach. Gabriel replaces Casey Weitzel, who resigned to accept a similar position with Azuza Pacific. Gabriel comes to Shepherd after serving as an assistant at Mount Olive College for the past three seasons. He helped lead
Kalamazoo names new head coach
Eric Dougal was introduced as Kalamazoo College’s head men’s basketball coach on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Dougal spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at two highly competitive NCAA Division III programs, Manchester College (2006-11) and UW-Platteville (2011-12). As recruiting coordinator at Manchester, Dougal helped bring in classes that took the program to
Strickland named assistant @ Roanoke
Michael Strickland has been named as an assistant coach at Roanoke College. He will be responsible for recruiting, scouting, player development, practice planning and other administrative duties assigned. Strickland comes to Salem from Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. He helped coach the Eagles to a 27-7 record and a third place finish in
Brown names assistants
First-year Brown head men’s basketball coach Mike Martin ’04 has rounded out the Bears’ coaching staff with the addition of former Boston College star Dwayne Pina and former Williams College assistant coach Kevin Snyder. The duo join associate head coach TJ Sorrentine, now in his fifth year at Brown, to complete the Brown basketball coaching