University of West Florida men’s basketball head coach Bob Stinnett announced on Monday that he will retire at the end of the 2014-15 season. Stinnett, a UWF graduate and member of the school’s athletics hall of fame, will finish his sixth season as head coach at the end of the year. Stinnett returned to UWF
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Harney Gets 200th Win
– The 10th consecutive victory by the St. Mary’s College of Maryland men’s basketball team was a sweet one on Valentine’s Day as it gave Head Coach Chris Harney ’97 his 200th career win. The Seahawks posted an 84-67 Capital Athletic Conference win over Wesley College to complete the series sweep. Already the school’s all-time
600th win for Barnes
Texas Head Coach Rick Barnes grabbed his 600th career victory on Wednesday night as his Longhorns defeated TCU, 66-43. Barnes, in his 28th season overall (600-308), became the 13th active NCAA Division I men’s basketball coach to reach the 600-win milestone, including 398 wins at Texas in 17 years. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest
Kansas suspends assistant coach Howard
Kansas assistant coach Jerrance Howard has been suspended for two weeks by head coach Bill Self. According to the Peoria Journal Star, Howard was arrested last July on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. He paid $1,178.26 in fines after the arrest and was put on six months probation. Apparently Self just recently learned of the incident.
Jerry Tarkanian Dies
DK is sitting on a bus headed up north for a game tonight. Just wanted to pass along the news that Jerry Tarkanian has died. As a young guy growing up in the 1990’s, I always loved the way his teams played. Here is a link to Sports Illustrated’s article about Tark’s passing: http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/02/11/jerry-tarkan…
Small College Dirt…
I can confirm that AIB College of Business (IA) will be discontinuing the athletics program. The college recently inked a deal to merge with the University of Iowa. The coaches of all of the sports have been informed of the news, and I have heard that all scholarships will be honored through 2016. AIB head
Brodzinski named head coach at CCBC
Steve Brodzinski has been appointed to the position of head men’s basketball coach at Community College of Beaver County. Brodzinski brings 10 years of coaching experience to CCBC, having coached at almost every level of basketball. "My last 10 years have been a potpourri of coaching experiences that have taken me to almost every level
BREAKING: Rose agrees to extension at BYU
BYU Director of Athletics Tom Holmoe today announced that men’s head basketball coach Dave Rose has signed a new five-year contract through the 2019-20 season. “I’m excited about the future of BYU basketball,” Rose said. “Tom Holmoe, Brian Santiago and the university administration have provided great support and I look forward to the things we
HOT: Hammer sheds interim title at Sheridan
Sheridan College interim men’s basketball coach Matt Hammer has been promoted to full-time head coach, college officials announced Monday. Hammer, who became the interim coach in August, has the Generals at 16-10 this season. “After an extensive, nationwide search, we are excited to announce that coach Hammer is the right person to lead the Generals,”
Magee wins 1,000th career game
Philadelphia University men’s basketball head coach Herb Magee became the second men’s basketball coach, third overall in NCAA history, to win 1,000 career games as the Rams defeated Post 80-60 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest Saturday afternoon in the Gallagher Center. Magee, a 2011 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, joins
PC’s Cooley released from hospital
Providence College men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley has been released from the hospital in Cincinnati and is returning home this morning (Feb. 8). He intends to coach the team in its next game on Wednesday versus Villanova at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center at 8 p.m. Cooley left the court two minutes into the second half
Dean Smith Passes Away
Former University of North Carolina head men’s basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday evening in Chapel Hill. He was 83 years old. “Coach Dean Smith passed away peacefully the evening of February 7 at his home in Chapel Hill, and surrounded by his wife and five children,” the Smith family said in a statement. “We