Due to a death in the DirtKing’s family, the Coach of the Week announcement for week 11 has been delayed. The DirtKing is currently traveling home, and hopes to have the winners announced later tonight. Thank you for your patience.
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BREAKING: Cy Alexander Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at NC A&T
North Carolina A&T men’s basketball coach Cy Alexander has resigned his position effective immediately. Associate head coach Jay Joyner will serve as interim for the remainder of the season, Director of Athletics Earl M. Hilton III announced on Friday. Alexander becomes the third DI head coach this season to resign, and second this week to
Bob Sheldon Notches 400th Career Victory at Tufts
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The Tufts University Men’s Basketball team gave head coach Bob Sheldon the 400th victory of his Jumbo coaching career on Thursday night with a 99-78 win at Newbury College in non-league action. Sheldon becomes the 41st active coach in the NCAA Division III to reach 400 victories. In his 28th season with the team (1988-2016), he
Bartley Sets School Record for Wins at WPI
WPI head coach Chris Bartley became the Engineers all-time wins leader last night as he picked up the 291st win of his career passing the mark of 290 held by Ken Kauffman. Bartley is a five-time NEWMAC Coach of the Year compiling a 291-107 record. He has led Engineers to nine NEWMAC regular season championships
“The Dish” sponsored by Dr. Dish
Basketball Shooting: 3 Simple C’s to Focus On As a player, it can be overwhelming to incorporate all of the different basketball shooting tips that are heard from coaches, trainers, parents, and other influencers. “Keep your elbow in! Don’t use your off-hand! Square up to the hoop! Don’t use your palm!” Etc…etc… Many of these suggestions
PART III – Filtering: A Blueprint for Focused Development of Championship Level Culture
Filtering: A Blueprint for Focused Development of Championship Level Culture By: HoopDirt.com guest contributor Patrick Henry The final part of a three part series on an approach for development of a Championship Level Culture focuses on putting the four building blocks discussed in the prior segments of the series together, illustrates the two key
OFFICIAL: Rimm Resigns at Prairie View A&M
Thanks to great sources who got HoopDirt.com out in front of this one earlier this morning (HOT RUMOR). It has now been made official – Byron Rimm II has resigned as the head coach at Prairie View A&M and has been replaced on an interim basis by associate head coach Byron Smith. Here is the
HOT RUMOR: Byron Rimm Resigns at Prairie View A&M
I have now heard from multiple sources this morning that Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Rimm II has resigned. Rimm was in the midst of a rocky tenth season with the Panthers – they are currently 1-18 (1-6 SWAC). He wraps up his tenure at the school with a 115-192 overall record. It sounds
Top Plays of 2015
2015 was a great year for basketball. We at FastModel Sports® were able to share more great #XsOs with our coaching community than ever before. Our amazing group of basketball coaches willing to share their knowledge and grow the game of basketball helped us create thousands of amazing plays using FastDraw®, the play diagramming software used by all U.S.
GUEST BLOG: Assistant Coaches’ Role in Preparing Scouting Reports
Assistant Coaches’ Role in Preparing Scouting Reports By: Bert DeSalvo As a former women’s college basketball head coach, I always believed that our scouting reports were a key component to our success on the court. Having the necessary information on each opponent has allowed my programs a great amount of success during my head coaching
Doty Wins 100th Game at Rock Valley
On Saturday the Rock Valley College Golden Eagles traveled to College of DuPage to play a solid 15-4 Chaparrals team. RVC would come home with a 89-50 victory. The win marked #100 for the Spalding 2014 NJCAA D3 National Coach of the Year Craig Doty who is in his 4th season leading the Golden Eagles. “Winning 100
Tuesday Starting Five – 1/26/16
HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday 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: Lucas Shapiro / HoopDirt.com Contributor Villanova Wildcats –