Brandon Pritzl has joined the Ohio men’s basketball coaching staff as a graduate assistant, as announced by first-year head coach Saul Phillips on Wednesday (Oct. 1). A four-year letterwinner, Pritzl helped lead the Chargers to the four winningest years of basketball in Hillsdale College – including a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and NCAA
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Rider adds staffer
Shannon Hodge of Hainesport, NJ is the newest member of the Rider University men’s basketball staff, serving as Director of Player Development. “We are happy to announce Shannon Hodge to a newly created position on my staff as Director of player development,” said Rider head coach Kevin Baggett. A 2013 graduate of Temple University, Hodge
Chattanooga staff update
The Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball program is promoting two staffers, pending University approval, coach Will Wade announced Tuesday. Brooks Savage and Alex Wharton are moving into new roles in the wake of assistant coach Turner Battle leaving to take a similar position at UAB. Savage takes Battle’s place as a full-time assistant after one year
Karius elevated to DBO at Green Bay
Rick Karius has been named the Director of Basketball Operations for the men’s basketball program, Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle recently announced. Karius will be working on Wardle’s staff for the second-straight season and first as the director of basketball operations. In 2013-14, Karius helped the Phoenix win the Horizon League regular season championship
Shaka Smart Coaches Clinic with VCU Practice
Fifth Annual VCU Coaches Clinic Date: Saturday, October 25 Time: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Location: Siegel Center, 1200 West Broad St. Richmond, VA 23284 Registration fee: $70.00 per person, All attendees will receive a clinic notebook The clinic begins with a VCU practice at the Siegel Center. After breaking for lunch, the participants will
Baruch adds two assistants
Baruch College Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Alesi has announced the additions of TJ Tibbs and Brian McKenzie as assistant coaches for the 2014-15 season. The two new assistants bring a plethora of experience to the program, both as former players and young rising coaches in the business. TJ Tibbs (full name Thomas Tibbs, Jr.)
Durr named DBO at Colgate
Colgate men’s basketball head coach Matt Langel announced Monday the hiring of Pete Durr as the director of basketball operations. Durr’s primary responsibilities include serving as the team’s travel and video coordinator, in addition to assisting with recruiting efforts, summer camps and day-to-day office duties. "We are thrilled to add Pete to our coaching staff,"
Daily Dirt – 9/29/14
A couple of things to kick off the week… • I have heard that Pfeiffer assistant Ben McDonald has departed and will join the staff at Combine Academy (NC). Last season was McDonald’s first at Pfeiffer – he was a HS coach in NY before that. He also founded a company that specialized in strength
UNC-Asheville hires assistant
Former Coastal Carolina standout Logan Johnson has been hired by UNC Asheville head men’s basketball coach Nick McDevitt as the program’s new assistant coach. Johnson joins the Bulldog program from Ouachita Baptist University where he served as an assistant to head coach Dennis Nutt for the past three years. OBU enjoyed two winning seasons during
Dunk named interim head coach at Elizabeth City State
Alico J. Dunk will be in his first season as the Interim Head Coach of the ECSU men’s basketball program.Previously he spent five years as the head coach of the ECSU Lady Vikings and was the men’s assistant coach from 2003-2009 which included the Vikings’ 2007 CIAA Tournament Championship. During his five year stint as
C of C hires DBO
Head Coach Earl Grant has hired J.D. Powell as director of men’s basketball operations at the College of Charleston. Powell will enter his 12th year in the Lowcountry having last served as an assistant coach at The Citadel under head coach Chuck Driesell from 2010-14 and as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern University under
Hopkins named DBO at New Mexico
Head coach Craig Neal has rounded out his staff of the University of New Mexico men’s basketball program with the appointment of Cody Hopkins as Director of Basketball Operations. Hopkins comes to Albuquerque after spending the last season as an assistant coach at the University of Texas – Pan American. He replaces Mile Iuzzolino who