The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that Deleon Hines, who was the top assistant coach with the Sharyland Pioneer boys basketball team in 2014-15 and a basketball operations assistant with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in 2015-16, is now a special assistant to the head coach with
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Cyclones Add David Hobbs To Men’s Basketball Staff
Iowa State men’s basketball head coach Steve Prohm has added a familiar face to his staff with the addition of former Alabama head coach David Hobbs as special assistant to the head coach. Hobbs, who has 26 years of experience as a coach at the collegiate level, led the Crimson Tide program when Prohm was
UC Irvine Dirt…
I have heard that there has been some staff movement on the staff at UC Irvine. Director of Basketball Administration Michael Wilder has been promoted to assistant coach replacing Ali Ton who departed for Fordham back in June. Wilder had been in an administrative role at UCI the past two seasons. He wrapped up his
Christian Hildebrandt Added to Central Methodist Men’s Basketball Staff
Christian Hildebrandt has been hired as the Graduate Assistant at Central Methodist University and will assist in both the varsity and junior varsity programs. “I think we hit the jackpot.” Explains CMU head coach Jeff Sherman. Coach Hildebrandt is a winner! He has a tremendous work ethic and knowledge on the game of basketball. He
St. John Fisher Names Michael Grosodonia Assistant Basketball Coach
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St. John Fisher College has announced the hiring of Michael Grosodonia II as the new assistant men’s basketball coach. “I am excited to be a part of St. John Fisher College and coach basketball at the college level beside a great coach in Rob Kornaker”, Grosodonia said in a statement. He comes to Fisher after
The Coach’s Insight, featuring North Carolina Wesleyan Head Coach John Thompson
In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler and John Thompson (Head Men’s Basketball Coach at NC Wesleyan College) discuss adjusting your style of play to fit the strengths of the players that you have. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing Adam Nelson Episode 2: Cal State Fullerton Associate Head Coach
Chicago State Head Basketball Coach Tracy Dildy Assumes Interim AD Role
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Chicago State University officials announced today that men’s basketball head coach Tracy Dildy has been appointed university Interim Director of Athletics. He replaces former Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Denisha Hendricks, who recently resigned from the position. Dildy, a native Chicagoan, has extensive experience in collegiate athletics. “I thank God for this great opportunity to serve as the Interim
USU Men’s Basketball Announce Staff Changes
Utah State head men’s basketball coach Tim Duryea announced some staffing changes on Tuesday as Tarvish Felton and Chris Jones have assumed new titles and Kyle Taylor has joined the staff as the Video Coordinator/Director of Player Development. Felton has been named associate head coach, while Jones has assumed the role of recruiting coordinator. “All
Livingston to Join LSU Basketball Staff
LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones announced on Tuesday that former Tiger basketball player and New Orleans prep legend Randy Livingston will join the LSU coaching staff as an assistant coach. Livingston completes the coaching staff and will join Associate Head Coach Robert Kirby and Associate Coach Brendan Suhr for Coach Jones’ fifth season at
HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Croatia vs Italy
HoopDirt.com’s Starting Five Presented by FastModel Sports FastModel Sports® is the creator of FastDraw® & FastScout®, the best play diagramming and report building software in basketball. FastDraw is used by all U.S. professional teams, 85% of college teams, and 6,000+ high school and youth teams. Learn more about FastDraw here. By: Wes Kosel / HoopDirt.com Contributor Italy and Croatia faced off
Prairie View A&M Dirt…
HoopDirt.com has learned that Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Smith will hire Derrick Daniels as an assistant coach. Daniels was most recently the director of basketball operations at UT Arlington. He had also spent six seasons as an assistant at UT Arlington before heading to the HS ranks, and eventually returning to Scott Cross’
Cline Named Director of Basketball Operations at East Tennessee State
Matt Cline has been named as the director of basketball operations at East Tennessee State University. He joins the ETSU staff after spending the past two years at Eastern Michigan University under Coach Rob Murphy. While at EMU, the Eagles went 21-14 in 2014-2015, and appeared in the CBI post season tournament. In 2015-2016, EMU went