Robert Thompson is the new men’s head basketball coach at East Central Community College. Thompson, 44, comes to East Central following a 10-year career as head coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., where his teams accumulated an a overall 142-156 mark. He led the Badgers to four winning seasons and two campaigns in
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Stanford assistant headed to D-League
Stanford assistant coach Mark Madsen will be introduced as head coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders today, as announced by team President/CEO Joey Buss and General Manager Glenn Carraro. Madsen, who will become the fifth head coach of the NBA Development League franchise, served as an assistant coach with the Cardinal for the 2012-13 campaign.
BREAKING: Wade hired at Tennessee Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics David Blackburn announced Will Wade as the new men’s basketball head coach today. Wade just finished his fourth season as an assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., and is the 18th head coach in the history of Chattanooga basketball. A native
URI rumor
I have now heard from three separate sources that URI head coach Dan Hurley will hire Towson’s Luke Murray as an assistant. Murray would replace Hurley’s brother Bobby who became the head coach at Buffalo earlier this spring. Murray has been at Towson for the past two seasons and brings some very strong NYC and
North Dakota State rumor
I have heard that Concordia (MN) assistant Freddy Coleman is in the mix to become an assistant at North Dakota State. Coleman is a NDSU alum (2011) who has been on the Concordia staff since graduation. NSDU head coach Saul Phillips is looking to replace Jason Kemp who departed last week for a similar position
OFFICIAL: Forrest to WKU
Reported this last night as a rumor…now confirmed by Western Kentucky’s press release: WKU head men’s basketball coach Ray Harper announced Monday the hiring of 16-year collegiate coaching veteran Shawn Forrest as assistant men’s basketball coach. Forrest spent the 2012-13 season at Louisiana-Lafayette, and prior to his time in Lafayette, Forrest had been an assistant
TPG Sports Group Masters in Coaching Clinic
TPG Sports Group invites you to attend the 2nd Annual Masters in Coaching Clinic this September 7-8 in Charlotte, NC. The TPG Masters in Coaching Clinic is a one of a kind basketball coaching clinic that will give you the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest clinicians in the country. 2013 clinicians include
Hansen departs SDSU for N. Colorado
After five years on the bench for the Jackrabbits, South Dakota State assistant men’s basketball coach Austin Hansen resigned his position at SDSU to accept an assistant coaching position the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. “I appreciate the opportunity coach Nagy and South Dakota State gave me to be a part of this
Copeland Resigns at AMU
Jamon Copeland, the head coach of Ave Maria University’s men’s basketball program since 2009, resigned from his position Monday afternoon, AMU Athletics Director Shawn Summe announced. Copeland has accepted the head men’s basketball coaching position at The University of Texas at Tyler. The Patriots are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and compete
Western Kentucky rumor
Multiple sources have told me that Western Kentucky will hire Louisiana Lafayette assistant Shawn Forest as an assistant. Forest spent just one season on Bob Marlin’s staff at UL. He has also been an assistant at North Texas, Arkansas State, Florida A&M, and Troy. He would replace Phil Cunningham who became the head coach at
Yahn named head coach at Concordia (MI)
Concordia University is pleased to announce the signing of Ricky Yahn as the new head coach of the men’s basketball team. The Cardinals welcome Coach Yahn from his most recent position as assistant coach at Longwood University. While there, he was involved in all aspects of the program, including on-campus and off-campus recruiting, opponent scouting
Western Michigan assistant resigns
It was announced that Western Michigan assistant men’s basketball coach David Kool has accepted a position as the head boy’s basketball coach and Dean of Students at Jenison High School. Kool spent the last two seasons as an assistant on head coach Steve Hawkins’ staff after having been a four-year letterwinner for the Broncos, finishing