HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Steve Thomas joins the Spider basketball staff as its new Director of Basketball Operations in 2015-16. He will have a role in directing camps, coordinating team activities and facilitating all recruiting material. “We are excited to add Steve Thomas to our hard-working staff,” head coach Chris Mooney said. “He
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Texas Tech’s Tubby Smith Named 2016 John R. Wooden Award “Legends of Coaching” Recipient
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach Tubby Smith will receive the 2016 John R. Wooden “Legends of Coaching” award announced Tuesday at the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s annual Wooden Award Tipoff Luncheon. Adopted by the Wooden Award Steering Committee in 1999, the “Legends of Coaching” honor recognizes coaches who
Cal Head Coach Cuonzo Martin Mic’d up at Practice
Cal head coach Cuozno Martin wore a microphone for the first practice of the year last week. It all starts with “Are you willing to make the decision to succeed?” Watch the rest to see how well Martin communicates with his team. Video Courtesy Cal Athletics
Grooms Named Assistant at Connors State
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Sam Grooms has been named an assistant basketball coach for Connors State Cowboys, announced CSC men’s coach Bill Muse. “We are very excited to have Sam join the Connors State family,” said Muse. “He brings plenty of experience and knows the junior college landscape.” Grooms said, “This is a
Louisville Assistant Ralph Willard Takes Medical Leave of Absence
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish University of Louisville men’s basketball assistant coach Ralph Willard will take a medical leave of absence from the Cardinals’ program to attend to a health issue. Willard, who re-joined head coach Rick Pitino’s staff in April, has been advised by doctors to back away from his coaching duties to
OFFICIAL: Dionne Phelps Hired at Oakland
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com posted on Monday (NAIA DIRT). It has now been made official – Dionne Phelps has been named the new assistant coach for the Oakland men’s basketball team, announced head coach Greg Kampe. Phelps joins the staff after spending the past four years as
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2015 John Groce Basketball Coaches Clinic – October 16-17, 2015
Registration is underway here for the annual John Groce Fighting Illini Basketball Coaches Clinic, scheduled for Oct. 16-17 at the Ubben Basketball Practice Facility on the University of Illinois campus. This year’s clinic features talks by head coach John Groce along with special guest speakers Seth Greenberg and Herb Sendek, and includes three Illini practices, a social
NAIA DIRT: OCU’S Dionne Phelps Headed to Oakland U.
Last week, I mentioned that an NAIA job had opened (Daily Dirt – 10/9/15). I can now confirm that Oklahoma City University (NAIA DI) Head Coach Dionne Phelps has resigned in order to become an assistant coach at Oakland University. Before coming to OCU back in 2011, Phelps had spent five seasons as an assistant at
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Idaho Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Idaho assistant coach Joe Ford has resigned. Ford was placed on administrative leave late last month pending an investigation stemming from a possible inappropriate relationship with a female student-athlete while he was an assistant at Pacific last season. Back in May, Ford resigned from Ron Verlin’s staff at Pacific, and was hired by Verlin’s
HoopDirt.com Nike Gear is Here!!
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