We tabbed Williams head coach Mike Maker as the leader for Marist yesterday – it’s now official… Marist College has hired Mike Maker as its head men’s basketball coach, it was announced Tuesday by Director of Athletics Tim Murray. A press conference to introduce Maker as the 11th head coach in program history will take
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Pittsburgh Dirt…
I have heard that UMass assistant Marlon "Smoke" Williamson will be hired as an assistant at Pitt. He would replace Barry "Slice" Rohrssen who departed Jamie Dixon’s staff back in May to become an assistant at Kentucky. Smoke has been at UMass for the past two seasons. Before joining the Minuteman staff, he spent nine
BGSU names DBO
Bowling Green State University men’s basketball head coach Chris Jans has named Ohio native Jeff Clapacs as the Director of Basketball Operations. Clapacs comes to BGSU after serving six seasons as an assistant coach with the Arkansas State basketball program, the last two alongside current Falcons’ assistant coach Corey Barker. "We are pleased to announce
Rhode Island College Dirt…
I have now confirmed from two separate sources close to the situation that Rhode Island College will name Robert Morris assistant Mike Byrnes as their next head coach. He will replace Bob Walsh who departed earlier this spring to become the head coach at Maine. A Wednesday press conference has been scheduled. Before joining the
Marist Update…
A quick update on what I’ve heard at Marist… It sounds like Williams College head coach Mike Maker is the leader right now at Marist. Maker is 147-32 (.821) record in six seasons at Williams, including three NCAA DIII Final Four appearances. I have heard from two separate sources that he is in the final
Montana and Oregon State Dirt…
Busy weekend…Here are a few things that I have heard around Montana and Oregon State… • Travis DeCuire is beginning to assemble his staff at Montana. I can confirm that current assistant Jonathan Metzger-Jones has been retained. He just wrapped up his third season at Montana. I have also heard from a great source that
HOT: Northern Arizona extends Murphy
Northern Arizona head men’s basketball coach Jack Murphy has received a contract extension that will run through 2019; the Arizona Board of Regents approved this week. Murphy completes his second season at NAU after leading the Lumberjacks to a second place finish in the Big Sky. "We are very pleased to have Jack Murphy continue
Montana Tech Adds Assistant
Head Men’s Basketball Coach Patrick O’Herron announced a new assistant coach today. Chris Cline joins the Oredigger staff after spending two seasons at Simon Fraser University. "Chris brings great experience and energy to the Orediggers," said Head Coach O’Herron. "I have known Chris for three years and I am very impressed with his knowledge of
Morehead State Hires Assistant
Preston Spradlin, who has spent the past five seasons on the men’s basketball staff at Kentucky, has been named an assistant coach at Morehead State. His time will be spent in a variety of areas, including recruiting, scouting, practice/game preparation and academics monitoring. Spradlin spent two seasons (2009-11) as a graduate assistant with the Wildcats
Gilfillan named DBO at Illinois State
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller announced the hiring of Mitch Gilfillan as ISU’s Director of Basketball Operations Monday. Gilfillan’s resume includes four years as an NCAA Division I assistant coach, one year as a director of operations, and four years as an exemplary student-athlete. "I could not be more excited to welcome
OFFICIAL: Florida A&M hires Samuels
Thanks to a great source for getting us out in front of this a few days ago… Collegiate coaching veteran Byron Samuels will embark on a new chapter in his career with his appointment as head men’s basketball coach at Florida A&M University (FAMU). Samuels comes to FAMU from the University of Georgia, where he
Owens named DBO at Nebraska
Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles announced Friday that Teddy Owens has been named Director of Operations for the Husker basketball program. “Teddy will be terrific as our Director of Operations. It is a challenging job, but one he will handle well,” Miles said. “In this role, we rely on him to be a liaison