The Chicago Bulls announced today the hiring of Fred Hoiberg. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Hoiberg, 42, is the 19th head coach in franchise history. For the last five seasons, he served as the head coach at Iowa State University. In his five years at his alma mater,
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Donovan Williams Named Assistant at Princeton
Donovan Williams, who helped guide Lafayette College to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, has joined the Princeton men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. “I’m so pleased that Donovan is joining our team,” Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green ’40 head coach of Princeton men’s basketball, said. “He is an experienced recruiter, he¹s very hard-working
Eastern Washington Dirt II…
A follow-up to the Eastern Washington Dirt that I posted back on 5/5…. Jim Hayford’s search to replace Alex Pribble focused on four candidates: Chris Victor – Head Coach Citrus College Justin Lunt – Head Coach University of Puget Sound Curtis Condie – Former Utah Valley Assistant Zac Clauss – Former Nevada Assistant I have
OFFICIAL: Musselman Adds Goldman to Staff as Video Coordinator
HoopDirt.com reported this first yesterday in the Daily Dirt – it has now been made official… University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman has completed his staff with the addition of video coordinator Rafi Goldman. Goldman joins Doug Stewart, Jay Morris, Jermaine Kimbrough, Anthony Ruta, Tim Morris and Joey Fuca on Musselman’s staff.
OFFICIAL: Carlton Owens Joins Al Skinner’s Staff at Kennesaw State
HoopDirt.com first reported Carlton Owens involvement at Kennesaw State back on 5/12 (Daily Dirt – 5/12/15). It has now been made official, Al Skinner has named Owens as an assistant coach. Owens brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to Kennesaw State, including two stints in the Big 12 where he served on staffs
Eric Daniels Named Assistant at Utah Valley
Utah Valley University men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope announced on Monday the hiring of Eric Daniels as an assistant coach. Daniels joins Cody Fueger and Chris Burgess as new members of the Wolverine staff.”Coach Daniels is a terrific addition to our staff,” said Pope. “His experience as a player and coach in college and
Tibaldi Named DBO at DePaul
DePaul head coach Dave Leitao announced today that Bryan Tibaldi has joined the program as director of basketball operations. Tibaldi spent the last four seasons in the same role at Missouri and will handle day-to-day operations of the DePaul program. “Bryan will be an integral element of our daily operations in coordinating our team travel,
Ray Finalizes SEMO Staff With Hiring of Chris Moore
Chris Moore, who coached at Wright State University the last five years, was hired as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri Monday. Moore has over 20 years of coaching experience and brings an outlook from nearly every level of basketball. “I am excited about adding someone to our staff who is as experienced and accomplished
HOT: Iowa State’s Hoiberg Boards Chicago Bound Plane
Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg boarded a private plane headed for Chicago earlier this afternoon where he is expected to be named as the Bulls next head coach. The Ames Tribune reported that Hoiberg met briefly with the media before his departure, and said; “We’ll see how tonight goes, nothing has been finalized yet.”
Daily Dirt – 6/1/15
Here are a some things that I’ve heard… The first name that has emerged surrounding the search to replace Steve Evans at LeMoyne is Patrick Beilein. The former West Virginia Wesleyan head coach spent this past season in a player development / video coordinator role with the Utah Jazz. Beilein was a 1,000 point scorer
UPDATE: VMI Dirt…
Just a quick update on the VMI Dirt that I posted last week… Chris Kreider and Steve Lepore will in fact be named to Dan Earl’s staff. The third assistant will not however be Ben Thompson – I can confirm that it will be former East Tennessee State assistant Jason Slay. Before joining the ETSU
OFFICIAL: Phelps Joins Arizona Staff
Arizona head men’s basketball coach Sean Miller announced Monday that Mark Phelps is set to join the Wildcats as an assistant coach. The Virginia Beach, Va., native will bring 19 years of experience at the Division I level, including five as head coach at Drake University, to the UA bench. He has made 13 postseason