With the departure of Bubba Wells from the Austin Peay staff earlier this week, rumors are swirling about his possible replacement. The “hot” name right now is Martin Methodist head coach Scott Combs. This past season, his team went 30-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NAIA DI National Tournament. McCombs is a former
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Huger Announces Coaching Staff
New Bowling Green State University men’s basketball coach Michael Huger has announced his coaching staff, with the additions of Anthony Stacey, Louis Rowe and Mike Summey who have combined for 20 years of playing experience at the professional level and over 15 years of coaching experience. BGSU men’s basketball all-time career scoring leader Anthony Stacey
BREAKING: Michael White Named Head Coach at Florida
The University of Florida has named Michael White as their new head coach. He replaces Billy Donovan who became the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder last week. White has been the head coach at Louisiana Tech since 2011 where he has compiled a 101-40 record. His squad went 27-9 this past season and
POLL: Who Will Florida Hire to Replace Billy Donovan?
As part of some new features on HoopDirt, we will begin asking poll questions to our audience. To start off the poll series, today’s question deals with the most high-profile job opening of this year’s coaching carousel: University of Florida. THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED, as Florida has officially hired Michael White, former head coach
Chris Mack Adds Former Rhode Island Assistant To His Staff at Xavier
Xavier University head basketball coach Chris Mack announced today that Luke Murray has been hired to fill the assistant coaching vacancy on his staff. Murray, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant to Dan Hurley at Rhode Island, has also spent time on the staffs at Towson, Wagner and Arizona. “I am really
Daily Dirt – 5/7/15
Today’s Daily Dirt… Yesterday I mentioned that NJIT assistant Dino Presley was headed to Rider to replace Donyell Marshall (Daily Dirt – 5/6/15). I have now heard from two separate sources that Presley’s replacement at NJIT will be Kim Waiters who is currently the Director of Team Tournaments for the Hoop Group. The Robert Morris
Corey Tate Named Assistant at Mizzou
Corey Tate, who amassed more than 250 victories in 11 seasons as head coach at Mineral Area College and was the Tiger behind one of the biggest buzzer beaters in Mizzou’s Men’s Basketball history, is coming home. Head coach Kim Anderson has announced the addition of Tate to his coaching staff, bringing home to Columbia
Austin Peay Assistant Bubba Wells Resigns
Charles “Bubba” Wells, Austin Peay State University basketball’s all-time leading men’s scorer who has served the program as assistant coach for the past 10 seasons, has resigned his position to pursue other coaching opportunities. That was announced Wednesday afternoon by Governors head coach Dave Loos. “Bubba Wells and I have shared lots of basketball and
OFFICIAL: Morgan Named Assistant at Kentucky Wesleyan
We had this as a rumor in the Daily Dirt yesterday – it has now been made official. Former Citadel assistant Andre Morgan has been named as the associate head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan. Morgan, 28, spent this past season as assistant coach with the Division I Bulldogs. “We are very fortunate to have a person
FEATURE ARTICLE: Implementing Culture by Maurice Joseph (Assistant Coach GWU)
Implementing Culture by Maurice Joseph (Assistant Coach George Washington University) The term “culture” gets thrown around frequently in the world of sports, referring to the daily habits and norms of operation that organizations and programs generate, apply and sustain over the course of time. We often hear people talk about “rebuilding a program’s culture” or that
Daily Dirt – 5/6/15
Somethings that I have heard today… I have heard that NJIT assistant Dino Presley will fill Donyell Marshall’s spot at Rider. Marshall left back in April to become an assistant on Nate Oats’ staff at Buffalo. Before coming to NJIT in 2014, Presley spent four seasons as an assistant at Marshall. He has also worked at
Simms Named Assistant Coach At Brown
Tyler Simms, an assistant coach at Trinity College for the past two years, has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Brown in an announcement made by Bears’ head coach Mike Martin. Simms was the recruiting coordinator at Trinity and contributed to all aspects of the program, including scouting, player development and the establishment