Utah Valley will name BYU assistant Mark Pope as their new head coach at a press conference on Tuesday. This was first reported today by CBSSports.com. Pope has been an assistant at BYU for the past four seasons. The former Kentucky center played in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks
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HOT: Holtmann receives extension at Butler
Butler head Coach Chris Holtmann, who guided the Bulldogs to a very successful men’s basketball campaign in 2014-15, has been awarded a contract extension. The new deal signed by Holtmann extends the coach’s contract through the 2020-21 season. "We are very pleased to announce that we have reached a contract extension agreement with Chris," said
BREAKING: George Mason hires Paulsen
George Mason University announced today that three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year Dave Paulsen has been hired as the 10th head men’s basketball coach in program history. In Paulsen’s seven-year tenure at Bucknell, the Bison became the first team in Patriot League history to record three straight regular season titles, having amassed four outright
OFFICIAL: Duryea Named Utah State Head Coach
Utah State University Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes announced Monday that current Aggie associate coach Tim Duryea (Dur-e-a) has been named the school’s 18th head coach in 110 seasons of USU basketball. The 50-year old Duryea replaces Stew Morrill who retired after 40 seasons as a collegiate basketball coach, which included 29
OFFICIAL: Neubauer to Fordham
Jeff Neubauer, head coach at Eastern Kentucky University for the past ten years, was named head men’s basketball coach at Fordham University it was announced today by director of athletics Dave Roach. Neubauer will be introduced at a press conference on the Rose Hill campus on Tuesday, March 31, at 2 p.m. "We are delighted
United Tribes (ND) names head coach
United Tribes Men’s Basketball will enter a new era next season as Pete Conway, a well-known name in the Native American basketball communities around the west and Midwest, will take over as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Conway, who is a Blackfeet Indian, had previously coached for three seasons at fellow NJCAA school Little Big Horn
OFFICIAL: Baucom to The Citadel
The Citadel Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Monday that Duggar Baucom has been named as the 30th head coach in men’s basketball history. Baucom comes to The Citadel after a successful 10-year stint at VMI. "This is an exciting day for Citadel basketball," said Senter. "Duggar has a proven track record of success,
Daily Dirt – 3/30/15
Great tournament games this weekend! Indy should be nuts!! Here are a few things that I’ve heard… • The “hot” name right now at Northern Kentucky is Florida Southern head coach Linc Darner. His squad just won the NCAA DII National Championship and finished 36-1. Darner has won 292 games in his 9 seasons at
HOT: Harding named head coach at Assumption
Thanks to a great source on this one…we had Harding’s name here on March 23rd (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c6ff8a80/small-college-dirt/…). He has now officially been named as the head coach at Assumption College… Michael Harding has been named as the men’s basketball head coach at Assumption College, as announced by Nick Smith, director of athletics and recreation. Harding is
HOT: SIU-Edwardsville finalists
Following a national search, SIUE’s men’s basketball search committee has identified two finalists for the men’s basketball head coach position. Alabama Interim Head Coach John Brannen and California Assistant Coach Jon Harris each will visit campus this week. Brannen will make his visit Mon. and Tues., March 30 and 31. The visit includes a 5
HOT RUMOR: Chris Mullin to St. John’s
We first mentioned Chris Mullin’s name as being "hot" at St. John’s on Friday (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/6729400e/di-dirt-texas-and-st-johns…), shortly after the departure of Steve Lavin. Now, multiple sources are reporting that the former St. John’s star has been offered the job. Mullin is a NYC native and St. John’s legend. He was the #7 pick in the 1985
BREAKING: Duryea promoted to head coach at Utah State
Utah State will hold an 11:00am press conference Monday morning to announce the hiring of Tim Duryea as their new head coach. Duryea has spent the past 14 years as an assistant on Stew Morill’s staff at USU. Before coming to Utah State in 2001, he compiled a 40-25 record as the head coach at