North Carolina A&T head men’s basketball coach Jay Joyner announced the hiring of three assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations on Wednesday. Ray Martin, Will Jones and Marque Carrington will serve as Joyner’s assistants as he heads into his first full season as the Aggies head coach. Adrian Powell will serve as the
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DIII DIRT: Penn State Altoona set to name new Head Basketball Coach
HoopDirt.com can confirm that the next head coach at DIII Penn State Altoona will be LaGrange College (GA) associate head coach David McGreal. He will replace former NBA player Doug West who became the head coach at his alma mater Altoona HS earlier in the spring. McGreal has spent the past five seasons on the
HOT: Terrence Stewart Named Head Basketball Coach at DII GCU
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Director of Athletics and Recreation Laura B. Liesman announced today that Terrence Stewart has been tabbed as the new head coach of the Georgian Court University Men’s Basketball program. “On behalf of everyone at Georgian Court University, I am delighted to introduce Terrence as the head coach of our men’s basketball program,” said Liesman. “Coach
Jayden Olson Promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at North Dakota State
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North Dakota State’s Jayden Olson has been promoted to associate head coach of the Bison men’s basketball team, head coach David Richman announced Wednesday. Olson is entering his third season at NDSU after joining Richman’s staff in April 2014. “Coach Olson has made a tremendous impact on our program and our culture in two short
Rick Karius Named Director of Basketball Operations at South Dakota
Rick Karius has been named as the new director of basketball operations for University of South Dakota head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith. Karius has spent the last two years in the profession, including one year each at Bradley and Green Bay. “Rick brings a wealth of experience to USD that will help our program
Dwayne Killings Named Assistant Basketball Coach at UConn
UConn men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie has announced the addition of Dwayne Killings to the Huskies’ coaching staff as a fulltime assistant coach. Killings has experience dealing with every level of basketball from AAU ball through the NBA. For the past five years (2011-2016), he has been an assistant coach on the staff of
Canisius Dirt…
I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now
Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned former Canisius assistant Mike Iuzzolino will join Andy Toole’s staff at Robert Morris. Iuzzolino was not retained at Canisius when Reggie Witherspoon took over this past spring. He had been an assistant with the Golden Griffins for the past two seasons, and had also worked as the DBO at New Mexico. Iuzzolino
Tropf Promoted To Associate Head Coach at Goshen College
Jon Tropf has been promoted to associate head coach of the Goshen College men’s basketball program, head coach Neal Young announced Tuesday. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Tropf will begin his third season on the Maple Leaf sideline this fall. Goshen improved from 5-25 in 2013-14, the year before Tropf’s arrival, to 19-13 in
Castleberry Added to The Citadel Basketball Staff
The Citadel head coach Duggar Baucom named Jack Castleberry the program’s Director of Basketball Operations, it was announced Tuesday. “I am extremely excited to add Jack back to our coaching family,” Coach Baucom said. “He brings a wealth of experience to his new position and great familiarity to our staff. Having played and coached in
Commodore Promoted to Assistant Coach at EKU
Terrence Commodore has been promoted to an assistant coach for the Eastern Kentucky men’s basketball program, head coach Dan McHale announced on Tuesday. Commodore served as the Colonels’ Video Coordinator/Director of Player Personnel during the 2015-16 season. In that role, the EKU graduate and native Kentuckian planned recruiting schedules for staff, assisted in on-campus official
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