Boston College head men’s basketball coach Steve Donahue has announced that Nat Graham has been promoted to assistant head coach and Woody Kampmann has been promoted to assistant coach. Graham served last season as assistant coach, while Kampmann spent the 2010-11 season as the program’s director of basketball operations. Graham joined the Eagles for the
Demons Promote Speilbauer
Jacob Spielbauer, who has been part of the Northwestern State basketball staff for the past five seasons, has been promoted to an assistant coach. Spielbauer was an NAIA honorable mention All-American point guard and an Academic All-American at William Penn University in 2006 and 2007. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news
UALR Hires Lee
UALR head coach Steve Shields has hired former Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Robert Lee. In 14 seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns (six as a head coach), Lee was part of a program which won three Sun Belt Tournament titles, advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times and the NIT twice. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest
Wagner names DBO
Chris Alesi has been named as the Director of Basketball Operations at Wagner as announced by head basketball coach Dan Hurley. Alesi replaces Scott Smith, who was recently promoted to assistant coach earlier this summer. Alesi comes to Wagner after spending the five seasons as an assistant coach for the Xaverian (NY) High School varsity
Clarkson Hires Assistant
Clarkson University announced that Mike Hauser will take on the role as top assistant coach for the Golden Knights’. Hauser graduated from Bowdoin College in 2010, where he was a four-year member of the Polar Bears’ basketball team. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Schweer joins Monmouth (IL) staff
Steve Schweer joins Todd Skrivseth’s men’s basketball staff at Monmouth (IL) for the 2011-12 season. The 2006 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University played on two NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen teams and played in one Final Four. He served as an assistant at Lakeland College and most recently was a graduate assistant at North Park
West Alabama adds assistant
The University of West Alabama Department of Athletics announces the hiring Tyler Roden as the assistant men’s basketball coach. Roden joins Mike Newell’s staff after serving one year as a graduate assistant on the Tiger women’s basketball team. Prior to UWA, Roden spent a year at Buckhorn High School in Huntsville, Ala., as the assistant
UNA Hires Grad Assistant
Former University of North Alabama men’s basketball standout Andrew Chesney has returned to the program to join to coaching staff. Head coach Bobby Champagne has announced that Chesney has been named graduate assistant coach. He replaces Kyle Morris, who was recently promoted to assistant coach. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news
Ryan joins Caldwell staff
The Caldwell College (NJ) men’s basketball team has added assistant coach Ed Ryan to its coaching staff. Ryan has been an assistant at Centenary College (NJ) for the past three seasons. Before his stint at Centenary, Ryan was an assistant coach at Rutherford (NJ) HS. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news
UNC-Wilmington staff update
Buzz Peterson has named Brooks Lee assistant coach and elevated Jamie Kachmarik to associate head coach at UNC-Wilmington. Lee served in administrative role last season. He was the interim head coach at UNCW in 2009-10 after Benny Moss was released before the conclusion of the season. Kachmarik has been as assistant to Peterson for the
Vassar officially names assistant
I reported this as a rumor last month, but it’s now official. Vassar College has hired Matthew Healing as an assistant. He spent last season at Centenary College (NJ), and was a volunteer assistant at Vassar before that. Here’s the link to the official release: http://www.vassarathletics.com/news/2011/8/15/MBB_0815114554… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching
Miller added at CMU
Central Michigan University head basketball coach Ernie Zeigler has announced the hiring of veteran basketball coach Pat Miller as the Chippewas’ assistant coach. Miller, who is approaching 40 years of basketball instruction, has taught the mechanics of shooting to players at every level from youth basketball to the NBA. The longtime Northwood University head coach