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South Florida Basketball Staff Update

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University of South Florida Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Mack today officially welcomed several members of his first Bulls coaching staff. Mack will bring to Tampa four members of his College of Charleston staff who helped the Cougars post a pair of 20-win seasons in Mack’s two years leading the program, as well as a

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Will Bailey returns for second stint as Assistant Coach at Loyola Chicago

Head men’s basketball coach Drew Valentine announced Will Bailey will return to his coaching staff for the 2026-27 season. Bailey previously served as an assistant coach in 2023-24 where he helped the Ramblers to a share of the Atlantic 10 regular season title. “It’s great to welcome Will back home to Chicago. Having him back with our program

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DeWeese named Head Basketball Coach at Colorado Mesa

Colorado Mesa University Director of Athletics Rob Courtney announced the hiring of Ken DeWeese as the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach on Thursday (Apr. 9) morning. “My family and I are extremely grateful and excited to be joining the Colorado Mesa Maverick family,” DeWeese said. “I want to thank athletic director Rob Courtney and President John Marshall for believing

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Winston-Salem State hires Butler as Head Basketball Coach

Winston-Salem State University has named Lester “Jay” Butler head men’s basketball coach. Following a national coaching search, Butler was selected from a competitive pool of candidates to lead the Rams into their next era of excellence. Butler brings more than two decades of collegiate coaching experience, including 20 years as a head coach at the

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Sotsky promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Harvard

Harvard Men’s Basketball’s Mike Sotsky – a member of the Crimson’s coaching staff since the 2016-17 season – has earned a promotion to Associate Head Coach, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, has announced. “Our entire program is beyond excited to announce this promotion for Coach Sotsky,” Amaker said.

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Webster named Assistant Basketball Coach at Loyola Chicago

 Head men’s basketball coach Drew Valentine announced the hiring of Christian Webster to serve as an assistant coach for Loyola Chicago. Webster brings with him over 10 years of coaching experience. “Christian is someone that I’ve loved getting to know throughout this process, and I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for,” said Valentine. “He’s experienced, talented, and has proven

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OFFICIAL: Smith joins Lamar Basketball staff

This one has been out there for a while. It’s finally official…here’s the announcement from Lamar on the hiring of Aaron Smith as an assistant basketball coach: Aaron Smith has been named assistant coach announced Lamar University head men’s basketball coach Jordan Fee Thursday morning. Smith becomes Fee’s first assistant coach hire since taking over

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LIU MBB assistant Baronton Terry takes over as Sharks Women’s Basketball Coach

Baronton Terry has been named Long Island University Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics Elliott Charles announced on Thursday. Terry takes over leadership of the women’s basketball program after one season as an assistant coach in the men’s program. With Terry on staff, this past season the LIU men’s basketball team recorded a 24-11 record, clinched

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Frederick named Men’s Basketball Chief of Staff at Butler

Story courtesy: John Dedman, Butler Athletics Butler men’s basketball head coach Ronald Nored has hired Matt Frederick as the program’s Chief of Staff. “I’ve known Matt for a long time and his skillset is ideal for this position within our program,” said Nored, who was hired at Butler last month. “The college basketball industry has

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Brunt named Assistant Basketball Coach at Syracuse

Jamal Brunt, a Division I assistant coach for more than 20 years, has joined the Syracuse men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, according to Coach Gerry McNamara. Brunt comes to Syracuse following three seasons as associate head coach at Penn State. BRUNT COACHING CAREERHe embarked on a coaching career at his alma mater, Division III

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Wes Long departs MTSU staff, heads to K-State

Wes Long has departed the MTSU basketball staff and will head to Kansas State. Long posted ths following message on social media: ‘Thank you, Middle Tennessee, and all of your wonderful people, for eight years that enriched our lives beyond what we could’ve imagined. Murfreesboro will always be a place we can call “home,” because

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Ballard added to Marquette Basketball Staff

Marquette men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart announced the hiring of Jeremy Ballard as an assistant coach. Ballard most recently served as the head coach at Florida International University (FIU) for eight seasons, where he became the winningest coach in school history and was just the second program mentor to surpass 100 career victories. Ballard joins the Marquette staff

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