Former Alabama head coach Anthony Grant will return to Florida and re-join Billy Donovan’s staff. Grant was a long-time assistant to Donovan at UF – the pair worked together from 1996-2006. After his time on the Gators staff, Grant became the head coach at VCU where he had a ton of success, going 76-25 (.752)
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Daily Dirt – 4/13/15
A few quick hitters to start your Monday -sounds like it will be pretty active with assistants on the move this week… JC updates…from what I have heard, the searches at Panola and Indian Hills are done. Both schools have made great hires. Will give you the names later today when I come off of
DeMeo selected as 2015 Spalding NJCAA DI Coach of the Year
Northwest Florida State head coach Steve DeMeo has been chosen as the 2015 Spalding NJCAA DI Coach of the Year. DeMeo’s squad recently beat South Plains (TX) in overtime to with the NJCAA DI National Championship. The Raiders finished the year with a 33-2 record. In two seasons at NWF, DeMeo has compiled a 55-8 record.
OFFICIAL: McCall named head coach at Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics David Blackburn announced Matt McCall as the new men’s basketball head coach today. McCall recently finished his fourth season as an assistant at the University of Florida, and is the 19th head coach in the history of Chattanooga basketball. A 2005 graduate of Florida,
HOT RUMOR: McCall the choice at Chattanooga
The Times Free Press was the first to report that Florida assistant Florida assistant Matt McCall will be named as the new head coach at Tennessee Chattanooga. McCall was listed by HoopDirt.com as one of the candidates late last week (Tennessee-Chattanooga Dirt). He was a manager and then DBO for Billy Donovan at Florida before joining
BREAKING: Dan Earl named head coach at VMI
Virginia Military Institute Athletics Director Dr. Dave Diles announced Sunday that Dan Earl has accepted the position of head basketball coach. Earl comes to VMI from the United States Naval Academy where he was Associate Head Coach since the 2011-12 season. His duties included serving as recruiting director, scheduling, scouting of opponents, game preparation and
Bowling Green Dirt…
Pretty interesting search going on at Bowling Green as AD Chris Kingston scrambles to replace recently fired head coach Chris Jans. I’ve talked to a bunch of people surrounding this one, and keep getting the same names – all Big Ten assistants plus one internal candidate. I have not heard of any current head coaches mentioned at
Stansbury Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Texas A&M
The Texas A&M men’s basketball program announced that Rick Stansbury has been elevated to the position of associate head coach. “Rick has made a huge impact on our program in a very short time,” Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said. “His experience in coaching, recruiting and all areas has been a great benefit. There
Oats Sheds Interim Tag at Buffalo
Nate Oats, the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the last two seasons, has been named the 13th head men’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Director of Athletics Danny White announced on Saturday. “After hours of conversations with Nate, it became very clear to me that the
Saturday Dirt – 4/11/15
Saturday Dirt from the HD World Headquarters… Yesterday I mentioned the names that I have heard as candidates to replace Will Wade at Chattanooga (http://hoopdirt.com/tennessee-chattanooga-dirt/). I have now heard that there are two more to add to that list: Georgia assistant Philip Pearson and VCU assistant Jeremy Ballard. Pearson was a long-time Alabama assistant who
OFFICIAL: Leitao Adds Carter and Garrett to Staff
DePaul head coach Dave Leitao has filled two positions on his staff with Rick Carter and Billy Garrett. Carter joins the Blue Demons as associate head coach after coaching at Xavier the last two seasons while Garrett remains on the DePaul sidelines as an assistant coach. “We are excited to announce the addition of Rick
Hoiberg to Undergo Open Heart Surgery
Iowa State men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Friday that he will undergo open heart surgery to replace his aortic valve on Friday, April 17 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “After my initial surgery to replace my aortic root 10 years ago, I knew that this was something that would need to be