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HOT: Steve Henson headed to UTSA

HoopDirt.com can confirm multiple reports that Oklahoma assistant Steve Henson will be named as the next head coach at UTSA.  He will be the second Oklahoma assistant to become a head coach at a Texas school this week, as we have also heard that Lew Hill is headed to UTRGV (BREAKING: Oklahoma Assistant Lew Hill

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Louis Rowe Named Men’s Basketball Head Coach at James Madison

James Madison Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne on Thursday announced the hiring of Louis Rowe as the 10th men’s basketball head coach in program history. A former JMU student-athlete and assistant coach, Rowe most recently served as the top assistant coach at Bowling Green. “As we worked through the search process and spoke with a

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BREAKING: Oklahoma Assistant Lew Hill to be Named Next Head Coach at UTRGV

Multiple sources have confirmed to HoopDirt.com that Oklahoma assistant Lew Hill will be named as the next head coach at Texas-Rio Grand Valley.  HoopDirt.com mentioned Hill as a candidate here back on March 22nd (UTRGV Search Update.) Hill has spent the past five seasons on Lon Krueger’s staff at Oklahoma.  He also spent seven years

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HoopDirt.com DIII National Coach of the Year Award presented by The Hoop Group

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS HEAD COACH JOHN TAUER TABBED HOOPDIRT.COM DIII NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY THE HOOP GROUP For Immediate release March 31. 2016 University of St. Thomas (MN) head coach John Tauer has been selected as the winner of the 2015-16 HoopDirt.com DIII National Coach of the Year presented by The

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OFFICIAL: Wes Flanigan Named Head Coach at Little Rock

Wes Flanigan has been tapped as Little Rock’s new head men’s basketball coach, Director of Athletics Chasse Conque announced on Thursday. A Little Rock native, Flanigan has spent a total of five years with the program and served as associate head coach on the Trojans’ record-setting 2015-16 team. In addition to a previous stint as

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Loras College Announces Head Men’s Basketball Coach Finalists

Director of Athletics Denise Udelhofen announced on Thursday five finalists for the vacant Head Men’s Basketball Coach position. The search committee reviewed over 170 applications before selecting five to advance to the next round. Aaron Aanonsen, current head coach at Lakeland College, enters with 11 years of coaching experience, including 10 at the Division III

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HoopDirt.com JUCO National Coach of the Year Award presented by The Hoop Group

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE HEAD COACH CRAIG DOTY TABBED HOOPDIRT.COM JUNIOR COLLEGE NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY THE HOOP GROUP For Immediate release March 31. 2016 Rock Valley College head coach Craig Doty has been selected as the winner of the 2015-16 HoopDirt.com Junior College National Coach of the Year presented by The Hoop

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HoopDirt.com NAIA National Coach of the Year Award presented by The Hoop Group

LSU-ALEXANDRIA HEAD COACH LARRY CORDARO TABBED HOOPDIRT.COM NAIA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY THE HOOP GROUP For Immediate release March 31. 2016 LSU-Alexandria head coach Larry Cordaro has been selected as the winner of the 2015-16 HoopDirt.com NAIA National Coach of the Year presented by The Hoop Group.  Cordaro was one of 16

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Self-reported Rules Violations Lead to NJCAA sanctions, Coach’s Resignation at West Plains

The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly men’s basketball program has been placed on probation by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the 2016-17 academic year. The program will not be eligible for post-season competition nor team awards and honors. These sanctions were handed down on March 21 from NJCAA officials following an investigation

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OFFICIAL: Travis Ford Tabbed Head Basketball Coach at St. Louis

Saint Louis University has announced that Travis Ford has been named head coach of the Billikens’ men’s basketball program. SLU Director of Athletics Chris May announced the hiring Wednesday night. Coach Ford will be introduced at a press conference at Chaifetz Arena on Thursday, March 31, at noon (CT). The press conference is open to the public and will

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TRACKER UPDATE: 2016 College Basketball Coaching Changes

Here’s an update of our 2016 College Basketball Coaching Tracker where we keep up with all of the changes at EVERY level of college basketball.  The Tracker can also always be found on our home page or accessed by clicking HERE. See a confirmed change that’s missing from our tracker? Shoot us a note. TRACKER UPDATED AS

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Kevin Norris Named Assistant Basketball Coach at UCF

One week after being announced as UCF’s head men’s basketball coach, Johnny Dawkins has hired Kevin Norris to serve as one of his assistant coaches. “Kevin brings a lot of experience to our program, both as player and coach,” said Dawkins. “He had an accomplished career as a student-athlete at Miami, played professionally for a number of years and

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