An instrumental leader in the resurgence of the Angelo State men’s basketball program, Cinco Boone has been promoted to head coach following the resignation of Chris Beard who accepted the same position at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Boone, who helped guide the Rams to a 47-15 record over the past two seasons as the associate head
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OFFICIAL: McHale named head coach at Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky University has chosen Dan McHale, a former University of Louisville assistant, to be its men’s basketball head coach. McHale will be introduced at a press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday on the court inside McBrayer Arena. All media and fans are invited to attend. “We are ecstatic to welcome Coach Dan McHale
Evansville Dirt…
Evansville head coach Marty Simmons is on the hunt to fill two assistant spots on his staff. I’ve heard from a great source that there are two leaders for these spots are former Nevada associate head coach Doug Novsek and former SIU-Edwardsville head coach Lennox Forrester. Novsek had been at Nevada since 2006, and has
OFFICIAL: Wade introduced at VCU
The VCU Men’s Basketball program welcomed back a familiar face Wednesday when it introduced Will Wade as its new head coach in a press conference at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Wade, who served as an assistant for the Rams from 2009-13, returns to the Black & Gold after spending two seasons as head coach
WATCH LIVE: Avery Johnson Press Conference at Alabama
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University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle will formally introduce Avery Johnson as the Crimson Tide’s new head men’s basketball coach at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning on the UA campus. Johnson was announced as the 20th head coach in the program’s 102-year history on Monday night. Here is the link to
Daily Dirt – 4/8/15
Fired up to be posting the “dirt” on our new site! Here are some things that I’ve heard… From a good source… former Mississippi State graduate assistant Tanner Smith will become the Director of Operations at Charlotte under new head coach Mark Price. Smith played at Clemson when former MSU head coach Rick Ray was
Otterbein names Oilar head coach
Otterbein University named Brian Oilar its new head coach for men’s basketball, Dawn Stewart, director of athletics, released today. A six-member selection committee narrowed the field down from a pool of more than 250 applicants to four finalists. Oilar, 29, comes to Otterbein from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., where he has served as men’s basketball
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HOT RUMOR: Dan McHale to EKU
Multiple sources including ESPN are now reporting that Minnesota assistant Dan McHale will become the next head coach at Eastern Kentucky. McHale is a former manager at Kentucky who has been on Richard Pitino’s staff since 2013. He has also worked for Kevin Willard at Iona and Seton Hall. Sounds like this will be made
Barnes Announces Full-Time Coaching Staff
Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes announced his full-time coaching staff Tuesday. The group includes associate head coach Rob Lanier, and assistant coaches Chris Ogden and Desmond Oliver. Lanier and Ogden both were members of Barnes’ staff at Texas. Oliver spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at Charlotte and also boasts five years
BREAKING: Wade to VCU
Multiple sources are now reporting that former Shaka Smart assistant and current Chattanooga head coach Will Wade will become the new head coach at VCU. Wade went 40-25 in two seasons at UTC, including a 22-10 mark this past season. More on this as it becomes official.
HOT: Brannen named head coach at Northern Kentucky
Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof has announced that John Brannen has been named head coach of the men’s basketball program. NKU will hold a press conference and celebration open to both members of the media and Norse Nation on Tuesday, April 7 at 3 p.m. in the Bank of Kentucky Center. “I