HoopDirt.com can confirm that Lee University will hire Bubba Smith as their new head basketball coach with the announcement coming tomorrow. We listed Smith as one of the finalists for the job in our “dirt” earlier this week (Lee University Finalists). Smith has spent the past eight seasons as the head coach at Sewanee where he
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OFFICIAL: Matt Lottich Hired as Valparaiso University Men’s Basketball Head Coach
Valparaiso University President Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., and Director of Athletics Mark LaBarbera announced today that Matt Lottich has been hired as the 22nd head coach in the history of the Valpo men’s basketball program. Lottich, who has been a member of the Crusader coaching staff for the last three years, is just the program’s fifth
Miller Named Assistant Coach at Arkansas State
James Miller, a former JUCO head coach with a career record of 77-23, has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Arkansas State, head coach Grant McCasland announced today. “We are thrilled to have James Miller joining the A-State men’s basketball program,” McCasland said. “I’ve known James since he was a junior college head coach
BREAKING: Valparaiso to Promote Matt Lottich to Head Basketball Coach
Multiple outlets are reporting that Valparaiso will promote assistant basketball coach Matt Lottich to head coach replacing Bryce Drew. Lottich has been an assistant at Valpo for the past three seasons, and will take over for his former boss who was named head coach at Vanderbilt earlier this week. A former player at Stanford, Lottich
OFFICIAL: Ray Harper Named Head Coach at Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State has selected a proven winner to take over its men’s basketball team. On Wednesday, Gamecocks athletics Director Greg Seitz announced the hiring of Ray Harper as the program’s 11th head coach and the fifth to run the Gamecocks at the Division I level. Harper will be formally introduced at a press conference on
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Dartmouth Dirt…
I’ve heard from a ton of sources on the search at Dartmouth. The names that I’ve heard surrounding this one are: Rob Jeter (former head coach Milwaukee), Shaun Morris (associate head coach Boston University), Dane Fischer (assistant coach George Mason), Dave McLaughlin (associate head coach Northeastern), Matt Kingsley (assistant coach Yale), Brian Earl (associate head
BREAKING: Milwaukee to Hire Michigan Assistant LaVall Jordan
HoopDirt.com tweeted early this morning that the search at Milwaukee was done. ESPN has now confirmed that and is reporting that Michigan assistant LaVall Jordan is the choice. He will replace Rob Jeter who was fired back on March 17th. Jordan has been on John Beilein’s staff since at Michigan since 2010. He has also
K-State Assistant Alvin Brooks Headed to Baylor
Kansas State assistant men’s basketball coach Alvin Brooks III announced his resignation to accept a coaching position at Baylor in his native state of Texas. “I appreciate Alvin’s contribution to our program over these past four years,” said head coach Bruce Weber. “He has been a valuable member of our staff and has helped build
2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Congratulations to the following coaches who were selected to the 2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).: J.A. Anglin, UL-Monroe Trey Brown, High Point Adam Cohen, Vanderbilt Freddy Coleman, North Dakota State Doug Davenport, Eastern Kentucky Frank Davis, Tenn. Tech B.J. Dunne, Vassar Sam Ferry, Monmouth Chester Frazier,
CNU’s John Krikorian Selected Glenn Robinson Division III National Coach of the Year
Christopher Newport Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Krikorian has been honored as the Glenn Robinson Division III National Coach of the Year. The announcement was made on Monday by Collegeinsider.com. Krikorian led the Captains to their first Final Four in the 49-year history of the program this season. CNU also set a new mark for
BREAKING: Jacksonville State to Hire Ray Harper as Head Basketball Coach
Multiple sources are reporting that Ray Harper will be named as the next head basketball coach at Jacksonville State. HoopDirt.com first mentioned Harper’s involvement at JSU on Monday. Harper resigned as the head coach at Western Kentucky back on 3/17. He went 88-64 during his tenure at WJU, including record 18-16 this past season. I have heard