College of Idaho men’s basketball coach Scott Garson has announced his staff for the upcoming 2014-15 season, including new assistant coach, Colby Blaine. Blaine will be joined by returning assistants Jeff Lavender and B.J. Humphreys to make up the four-man staff. Former assistant coach, Garry Matlock, retired earlier this month after a long and distinguished
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Daily Dirt – 7/16/14
DK on the go today…Here’s what I’ve heard: • I can confirm that Will Worosylla is no longer the head coach at Scottsdale CC (AZ). He had been at SCC for the past four seasons, and has also been an assistant at Glendale CC and Fullerton JC. Assistant coach Mark Bunker has taken over as
Former DI head coach becomes AD
Former Western Kentucky, Jacksonville, and North Florida head coach Matt Kilcullen has been named as the Athletic Director at Mercy College (NY). He had been working on the administrative side of the house after getting out of coaching in 2009. Here’s the official release from Mercy: Mercy College has hired Matt Kilcullen, Jr. as Director
Pugliese named assistant at Wisconsin-Platteville
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville head men’s basketball coach Jeff Gard has announced the hiring of John Pugliese as assistant coach for the Pioneers. "I’m thrilled with what John brings to our staff, both on and off the court, in terms of coaching, recruiting and mentoring these young men," said Gard. "I have a tremendous amount
Tennessee Tech Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Tennessee Tech is former Georgia and Marshall head coach Ron Jirsa. The spot opened up last month when TTU assistant Brian Kloman left for a spot on Pat Kelsey’s staff at Winthrop. In addition to his time as a
Memphis hires Lawson as assistant
Keelon Lawson, recently the boys basketball head coach at Hamilton High School in Memphis, has been named an assistant coach for the University of Memphis men’s basketball program, Tigers head coach Josh Pastner announced Wednesday. “We’re excited about Keelon joining our staff,” said Pastner. “Keelon is a great fit for our program. We welcome Keelon
C.J. Lee added as assistant at Marist
Marist head men’s basketball coach Mike Maker has announced the hiring of C.J. Lee as an assistant coach. Lee spent the past four seasons on the staff of Head Coach John Beilein at the University of Michigan. This past season, he served as Director of Program Personnel. From 2010-13, Lee was the program’s Administrative Specialist.
Daily Dirt – 7/15/14
Busy day for the DirtKing – sorry for the late update. Had a recruit on campus this morning, a “big boy” meeting this afternoon, then hit the Little League fields with the Little DirtBags this evening. Finally have a few minutes to myself – here’s what I’ve got… • Trent Wolf has been hired as
Bemidji State names Majkrzak assistant
Bemidji State Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Boschee has announced the addition of Matt Majkrzak as an assistant coach. Majkrzak, most recently a graduate assistant at Chadron State College, joins Boschee and assistant coach Ryan Montgomery for the 2014-15 season. “We are very excited to add Matt to our coaching staff,” Boschee said. “He is
Authier joins Augustana staff
Augustana College head men’s basketball coach Tom Billeter announced on Tuesday the hiring of Collin Authier as an assistant coach. Authier replaces Jeff Trumbauer who was recently named the head coach at Black Hills State University. "We are extremely happy to have Collin back with our program," Billeter said. "His experience at Texas A&M Corpus
OFFICIAL: Popp to Vermont Academy
I reported this as a rumor last month. It’s now official – former Holy Cross DBO Alex Popp has been named as the head coach at Vermont Academy. Here’s the official press release: Incoming Athletic Director, Chris Davidson, is pleased to announce that Alex Popp has joined Vermont Academy as Assistant Director of Admissions and
Gettysburg adds assistant
Jeff Slanovec has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Gettysburg College, head coach George Petrie has announced. Slanovec replaces Chris Nevolo ’09, who had held the same position for the last two seasons. A 2012 graduate of Misericordia University, Slanovec comes to the Battlefield after spending the last two seasons working as assistant coach