Joe Holladay, one of college basketball’s most widely respected coaches, is retiring after 20 years and 594 wins as a member of Roy Williams’ staffs at the University of North Carolina and University of Kansas. Holladay recently finished his fourth season as Director of Basketball Operations after a 16-year stint as assistant coach. Former Vanderbilt
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Kansas City Kansas CC rumors
The search to replace Jon Oler at Kansas City Kansas CC is nearing the final stages. I have heard that there are six finalists (I believe that I have 5 of them). On a side note, I have heard that Oler will join the staff at Highland CC (KS). It sounds like he will replace
Wofford adds Johnson as assistant
Wofford men’s basketball head coach Mike Young has announced that Tim Johnson has joined the coaching staff for the 2013-14 season. Johnson was a four-year letterman for the Terriers and spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Wyoming. A former standout student-athlete at Wofford, Tim Johnson served as a graduate assistant at
OFFICIAL: Williams named head coach at Stetson
Stetson University Director of Athletics Jeff Altier announced on Monday the selection of Corey Williams as the new head coach of the Hatters men’s basketball program. Williams, the 21st head coach in program history, takes the helm at Stetson after 13 years of collegiate coaching experience. A native of Macon, Ga., Williams played point guard
OFFICIAL: Hayes promoted at Georgia
I blogged about this as a rumor last night – it’s now official – Jonas Hayes has been promoted to assistant coach at Georgia. Here’s the release: Jonas Hayes, 2004 UGA graduate and the Bulldogs’ Basketball Operations Coordinator for the past year, has been promoted to Assistant Coach, according to an announcement Monday by head
Daly & Urgo Promoted @ Penn State
Penn State basketball coach Patrick Chambers today announced the promotion of third-year assistant coaches Brian Daly and Keith Urgo to associate head coach positions in the Nittany Lion program. Both Daly and Urgo were among Chambers’ first hires upon taking over the Penn State program in June of 2011. In addition to their current coaching,
Longwood adds assistant
Longwood University first-year men’s basketball head coach Jayson Gee has announced the appointment of Jake Luhn as his top assistant coach. Luhn previously served as an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure University during 2006-07 after three years as the Bonnies’ director of basketball operations (2003-06). He has been an assistant coach at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Metcalf named head coach at USAO
After nearly 15 seasons at the University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma, coach Vinson Metcalf has taken the reins after being named head coach of the Drovers men’s basketball program. “First and foremost, I’d like to give all praises to my lord and savior Jesus Christ,” Metcalf said. “I am so ecstatic to be
Georgia rumor
I have heard that Georgia head coach Mark Fox will promote program coordinator Jonas Hayes to the position of assistant coach. He would replace Kwanza Johnson who departed for TCU in May. Hayes is a former Georgia player who rejoined the program last spring after spending five seasons as an assistant at Belmont Abbey. The
Stetson rumor
Multiple sources are reporting that Florida State assistant Corey Williams will be named as the head coach at Stetson tomorrow. Williams has been at Florida State for the past six seasons. He won an NBA Championship as a player with the Chicago Bulls in 1993. Williams would replace Casey Alexander who became the head coach
Ocean County CC names head coach
Andy Smith is looking forward to a “homecoming” as the new head men’s basketball coach at Ocean County College. A high school basketball standout at Brick Memorial and former Ocean County College Viking, Andy Smith utilized his talents to receive a full athletic scholarship to the University of Hawaii at Hilo. A proud graduate of
OFFICIAL: Howard to Kansas
Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self announced Friday that Jerrance Howard will join his staff as an assistant coach for the Jayhawks. Howard comes to KU after one season in the same position on Larry Brown’s staff at SMU. He replaces Joe Dooley who left KU after 10 seasons to become the head coach at