Jerome Robinson has joined the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Mark Schmidt announced. Robinson worked at Eastern Michigan the past three years under head coach Rob Murphy. He was the Director of Player Development and Video Coordinator last season, and the Lifeskills Coordinator prior to that. Last season,
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Late Night Dirt – 7/21/14
A late night update…The DirtKing is running his camp this week – going to be a wild one. A bunch of snot nosed 9-year old kids…ugh! Here are some things I’ve heard while dealing with peanut allergies, epi–pens and, ADHD (in the old days, camp was just about basketball)… • I have heard that Penn
OFFICIAL: Williams Hires App
We had this the other day, it’s now… Kevin App, has been selected as the 12th coach in the history of the Williams College men’s basketball program, it was announced Saturday by Williams Director of Athletics Lisa Melendy. App spent the 2008-09 season as an Eph assistant under former head coach Mike Maker, who resigned
Schwartz Promoted at Fresno State
After helping change the culture of the Fresno State men’s basketball program both on and off the court, Michael Schwartz has been promoted to associate head coach, Bulldogs’ head coach Rodney Terry announced Monday. "We have one of the best young basketball minds in the business," Terry said of Schwartz. "He has really helped us
OFFICIAL: Carey to Hawaii
We reported this as a rumor earlier in the spring. It’s now official… University of Hawai’i men’s basketball head coach Gib Arnold announced the addition of Senque Carey as an assistant coach for the Rainbow Warriors. Carey, who has coached at the Division I level for nearly a decade, will serve as the program’s recruiting
Williams Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that the leader at Williams is Army assistant Kevin App. The former Cornell player started his coaching career as an assistant at Williams (2008-09). He has been at Army since 2010 and also spent one season as an assistant at his alma mater. It sounds like an announcement
UMC Adds Beamish to Coaching Staff
The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball program announced the addition of Bryan Beamish as assistant coach. Beamish will join Head Coach Dan Weisse and Assistant Coach Mike Annese on staff for the Golden Eagles for the 2014-15 season. Beamish comes to UMC after one season as a graduate assistant under Jim Larranaga at NCAA
Yale Dirt…
I can confirm that Yale assistant Jamie Snyder-Fair has departed the staff after four seasons. He is currently involved with a bunch of DIII jobs – RPI, WIlliams, and Hobart. Snyder-Fair is a DIII guy, having played at Colby and has also worked at Washington and Lee, and Vassar. Yale head coach Joe Jones has
Oregon Tech Coach Danny Miles to Retire in 2016
After more than 1,000 wins spanning 43 years as the coach of the Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls men’s basketball program, legendary Coach Danny Miles announced today that he will retire effective July, 2016. A local, state and nationally recognized coach, Miles has led the Hustlin’ Owls to more wins than any men’s basketball coach in
Loenser promoted at Iowa State
Iowa State graduate assistant Nate Loenser has been promoted to director of player development, a move announced by head coach Fred Hoiberg today. Loenser moves into the role, which was previously held by assistant coach Charlie Henry, after spending the 2013-14 season as a graduate assistant for the Cyclones. “Nate has been a great asset
Mitchell tabbed as head coach at Vorhees (SC)
Derrick Mitchell enters into his first season as the head men’s basketball coach at Voorhees College. Mitchell was appointed to the position in July of 2014 Prior to coming to Voorhees, Mitchell served as assistant coach of the women’s basketball team at Division II Southern Arkansas University. While at Southern Arkansas University (SAU), he assisted
McBride named assistant at UIS
University of Illinois Springfield head men’s basketball coach Bill Walker has hired Rich McBride as his assistant coaches for the 2014-15 season. A standout in the Springfield community, McBride comes to UIS after four seasons as assistant coach at his alma mater Lanphier High School. Former Illinois basketball guard earned All-Big Ten honorable mention as