Head coach Danny Kaspar has announced that Jim Shaw has been hired as the new Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. The hiring of Shaw completes Kaspar’s staff for the upcoming 2013-14 season. Shaw begins his first season at Texas State after spending one year at Texas Tech in the same capacity. Prior to Texas Tech,
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OFFICIAL: Popp named DBO at Holy Cross
I mentioned this in the "Daily Dirt" last week. Just wanted to pass along the official press release now that Alex Popp has been tabbed as the DBO at Holy Cross: The College of the Holy Cross has named Alex Popp as its director of men’s basketball operations, as announced by head coach Milan Brown.
Loyola (MD) adds assistant
Dan Ficke, a 2009 and 2010 graduate of Loyola University Maryland, has returned to his alma mater as an assistant men’s basketball coach, filling out the first staff of new head coach G.G. Smith. Ficke, who played four seasons at Loyola, graduated from the school in 2009 with his bachelor of business administration degree. He
NDSU Assistant Resigns
North Dakota State University head men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips announced Tuesday, May 7, that assistant coach Jason Kemp has resigned to pursue further opportunities in coaching. Kemp had been a part of the Bison men’s basketball coaching staff for eight years, starting as a graduate assistant in 2005 and serving six seasons as an
Lauten Named Director of Basketball Operations
Northwestern head men’s basketball coach Chris Collins has announced the hire of Chris Lauten as the team’s director of basketball operations. His duties include assisting in all day-to-day operations of the Wildcat basketball program, including scheduling, team travel, serving as the team’s academic liaison and directing the summer basketball camps. Lauten comes to Northwestern after
Longtime UI Basketball Staff Member Retires
University of Iowa men’s basketball director of operations Jerry Strom has retired after 33 years with the program. The announcement came today from head coach Fran McCaffery. A longtime member of the Iowa athletic department, Strom was a member of six Iowa basketball staffs that competed in 25 NCAA and NIT tournaments. Strom joined the
Layer Adds Mance to Coaching Staff
Liberty Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dale Layer has announced the addition of Omar Mance to his staff as an assistant coach. Mance joins the Flames’ staff after spending three seasons as an assistant at Army under head coach Zach Spiker. Before arriving at West Point for the 2010-11 season, Mance served as the head varsity
Tennessee Chattanooga search update
The search at Tennessee Chattanooga is in full swing right now. According to multiple reports and sources, the consensus top five is believed to be: • John Brannen – Assistant coach Alabama. Has worked for Anthony Grant at both Alabama and VCU. He has been at Alabama since 2009. Also worked at St. Bonaventure and
Otzelberger added to Washington staff
Washington Basketball Coach Lorenzo Romar announced that T.J. Otzelberger has joined the Huskies’ staff as an assistant coach. Otzelberger was an assistant at Iowa State for seven seasons and has been associate head coach for the Cyclones since 2010. "T.J. has earned a reputation as a tenacious recruiter and his depth of experience will benefit
Arizona rumor
The Memphis Commercial appeal has reported that Memphis assistant Damon Stoudamire is departing to return to his alma mater Arizona as an assistant. He had been on Josh Pastner’s staff at Memphis for the past two seasons. After his graduation from Arizona, Stoudamire went on to become the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1996
BLC names new head coach
Bethany Lutheran College announces the hiring of Greg Holzhueter as the new head men’s basketball coach. Holzhueter has been with the Vikings for the past two seasons working as the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator under David Balza. Bethany reached the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) championship game in each of those years which included
Toledo rumor
I have heard from two separate sources that North Dakota State assistant Jason Kemp will accept a similar position at Toledo. Kemp has been at NDSU for the past six seasons. He would join recently hired Jordan Mincy (College of Charleston) as new assistants on the Toledo staff. An official announcement is expected shortly.