After leading the Marist College men’s basketball program for one season, Jeff Bower has resigned his position as head coach. Bower will become the General Manager of the Detroit Pistons. “I have a lot of respect for Jeff and the job he did in his time at Marist,” Marist Director of Athletics Tim Murray said.
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HOT RUMOR: Marist’s Bower headed back to NBA
Yahoo! Sports first reported, and I can now confirm, that Marist head coach Jeff Bower is close to finalizing a deal to become the GM of the Detroit Pistons. Bower took over at Marist last spring, and guided his squad to a 12-19 record. He had previously worked in the NBA as the head coach,
Franklin College adds assistant
Franklin College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kerry Prather has announced the addition of Brian Lebowitz as assistant coach to the men’s basketball program after a successful four-year playing career at Kenyon College (Ohio) from 2011-14. Lebowitz was a three-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference player and was selected team captain for his senior and junior seasons.
Daily Dirt – 6/2/14
Somethings that I heard over the weekend… • Word on the street is that Southern assistant Ryan Price is departing and will become an assistant at Prairie View A&M. Price had been at Southern since 2011 and has also worked at Arkansas-Ft. Smith, Henderson State, and Gannon. He is the son of current Lamar head
Ingle out, Sherman in at Gordon State
Garett Sherman has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Gordon State College. He replaces Izzy Ingle who has accepted a job as head basketball coach at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah. Sherman has been at Gordon State since 2012 serving as assistant coach to the men’s team and assistant professor of
DeCuire formally introduced as Griz head coach
Travis DeCuire (pronounced: Dee-cure) was formally introduced as the University of Montana’s 27th men’s head basketball coach today (Monday, June 2) at a press conference in the Max & Betty Swanson Grizzly Sky Club, located in UM’s Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena. DeCuire was initially named the Grizzlies’ new mentor on Saturday, May 31, by UM’s Director
Evergreen State hires head coach
After a nationwide search, The Evergreen State College has selected Tim Malroy as the fifth head men’s basketball coach in school history. “We were blessed with a very large number of applicants, and we had an outstanding finalist pool. Tim emerged from that strong field as the best fit for Evergreen,” said Matt Newman, Director
Official: Palmore to Coastal Carolina
I mentioned this last week as a rumor – it’s now official… Coastal Carolina Head Men’s Basketball Coach Cliff Ellis has named Stacey Palmore the program’s newest assistant coach. Palmore was most recently an assistant coach on Mark Fox’s staff at the University of Georgia. Palmore brings 21 years of coaching experience to Coastal and
Kloman named assistant at Winthrop
Winthrop head men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey announced Monday afternoon the addition of Brian Kloman to his coaching staff. "Brian is someone that I have known for many years through the coaching profession and have tremendous respect for," stated Kelsey. "He is a tireless worker and possesses and elite ability to cultivate relationships. He has
HOT: Kline named head coach at Arkansas Tech
Presser just wrapped up…Chad Kline has been named as the head coach Arkansas Tech. He had been an assistant there under former head coach Doug Doug Karleskint for the past three years. He was also the head coach at Frank Phillips College (90-60). There is no press release yet – I will pass it along
Mugar named head coach at Framingham State
Framingham State University Athletic Director Tom Kelley is pleased to announce the hiring of Peter Mugar as the Rams head men’s basketball coach. Mugar brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Rams bench having spent the past five years as an associate head coach at the collegiate level. This past season Mugar was
OFFICIAL: DeCuire to Montana
Travis DeCuire has been selected to be the University of Montana’s 27th head men’s basketball coach, announced UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam. DeCuire, who set and still holds the Grizzly career and single-season assists records during his three-year (1992-94) career at Montana, will be formally introduced at a press conference on Monday, June 2,