Miami (OH) head coach John Cooper has filled two spots on his staff over the past few days… Trey Meyer was named as an assistant coach. Meyer was on Coach Cooper’s staff at Tennessee State the last three years, spending two years as a graduate assistant while earning his master’s degree from TSU in 2011
Edgewood names head coach
Edgewood College has named Justin Meyer the sixth head men’s basketball coach in the school’s history. Meyer has been on the Eagles’ coaching staff for a total of 11 seasons serving at various times as an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and head assistant coach, before being promoted to his current position of associate head coach
Missouri S&T names assistant
Aaron Coombs, an assistant coach at Northern Oklahoma College for the past two seasons, has been named by Missouri S&T as its new assistant coach for the university’s men’s basketball program. Coombs will fill the position previously held by Joey Goodson, who resigned to accept an assistant coaching post at his alma mater, Saint Francis
Webster promoted at Tennessee
Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin announced Tuesday that he has promoted Tracy Webster to associate head coach. Webster, who, like Martin, is entering his second season with the Volunteers, has previously held the title of assistant coach since his hiring on April 5, 2011. A three-time All-Big 10 selection during his collegiate playing career at
Extension for North Dakota’s Jones
University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Brian Faison announced today that head men’s basketball coach Brian Jones has been signed to a three-year contract extension that will take him through the 2014-15 season. The deal also includes a pair of options that could extend Jones through the 2016-17 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the
OFFICIAL: Smithpeters to JALC
Confirming what I blogged about earlier today…Kyle Smithpeters has officially been named as the head coach at John A. Logan College. Here’s the link to the official release: http://news.jalc.edu/index.php/2012/07/smithpeters-named-new…#more-12718 Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Presbyterian adds assistant
Presbyterian College men’s basketball Head Coach Gregg Nibert announced the hiring of Brooks Savage as assistant coach. Savage replaces Quinton Ferrell, who left recently to become as assistant coach at The Citadel. Savage comes to PC after a one year stint as an assistant coach at Northwest Florida State College. Aside from coaching, Savage was
UPDATE: RMU names Gallo assistant
Robert Morris University men’s basketball head coach Andrew Toole announced today the hiring of Joe Gallo as an assistant coach with the Colonials. Gallo comes to Robert Morris after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., under head coach Paul Cormier. We first mentioned this in the
UPDATE: Miller joins Illini staff
Brandon Miller has been named special assistant to the head coach at Illinois. I first mentioned this back on 5/17 in the Daily Dirt (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/a8248683/daily-dirt-5-17-12/…). Here’s the press release now that’s official: http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/07021… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
OFFICIAL: Zimmerman named AC @ Barton
I mentioned the hiring of Joel Zimmerman at Barton College in my blog on 6/21 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8e069684/daily-dirt-6-21-12/…). I just wanted to pass along the press release now that it has become official… The Barton College athletes department has announced on Monday, July 2, the return of Joel Zimmerman as assistant men’s basketball coach and assistant compliance
Iona Staff Update
Iona College men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess announced the appointment of Bill O’Keefe and Zak Boisvert to his staff for the 2012-13 season. O’Keefe and Boisvert will replace Mark Calzonetti and Bob Paul. O’Keefe comes to New Rochelle after spending last season as an assistant coach at Nassau Community College. In his one season
Drexel Hires Assistant
Drexel Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bruiser Flint has named Bobby Jordan as his newest assistant. Jordan has been on Flint’s staff the last two seasons as the team’s operations assistant. The Philadelphia native was a four-year letterwinner on the hardwood at Drexel. He originally walked-on the team as a freshman and eventually earned a scholarship.