Sixth-year Virginia head coach Tony Bennett was named 2014-15 U.S. Basketball Writers Association Henry Iba National Coach of the Year, announced Monday (March 23) by USBWA. The award is based on regular-season performance. Bennett guided Virginia to a 30-4 overall record and a 16-2 ACC finish that produced the program’s second consecutive outright regular-season conference
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Kellogg CC names Reed head coach
Kellogg Community College has hired Battle Creek Central alumnus and retired professional basketball player Ben Reed as the new head men’s basketball coach to lead the Bruins in the 2015-16 season. Reed, an assistant men’s basketball coach at KCC for the past three years, was appointed head coach following the resignation of former coach Melvin
BREAKING: Geno Ford fired at Bradley
New Bradley AD Chris Reynolds has been on the job for less than a week, and has already made a major move. Reynolds sent an email this morning announcing the firing of head basetball coach Geno Ford. The email read in part, "We appreciate the contributions of Coach Ford during his four years of leading
Sunday Dirt – 3/22/15
Very busy weekend….just wanted to pass along some quick updates. I expect tomorrow to be NUTS!! • UIC: We have confirmed that Indiana associate head coach Steve McClain will be named as the next head coach at Illinois-Chicago. I have heard that the school will make an official announcement tomorrow, and that the presser will
RUMOR: UIC to Hire Indiana Assistant Steve McClain
Multiple outlets are reporting that UIC has selected Indiana associate head coach Steve McClain as its next basketball coach. McClain has been an assistant at Indiana under Tom Crean for five seasons and was 157-115 in nine seasons as head coach at Wyoming, which he led to one NCAA tournament and three NIT appearances. He
BREAKING: Mississippi State Official Statement
Mississippi State Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin released the following statement on Bulldog men’s basketball Saturday: "After much thought and deliberation, I have made the decision to replace Rick Ray as Mississippi State’s men’s basketball coach. This has been a difficult decision, as I have the utmost respect for Rick, and am highly appreciative of
Ray out at Mississippi State
DK is at an 85th bday party today. Trying to keep things updated… Mississippi State head coach Rick Ray has been relieved of duties at Mississippi State. More as soon as I can post it…
Daily Dirt – 3/20/15
Great games yesterday, looking forward to more today. Best moment so far was watching the Butler game with my 9-year old daughter…when Kellen Dunham made a FT with 5:37 left, he stepped off the line before he shot the 2nd one. She jumped up and yelled “stay on the line!” Sure enough, he missed the
HOT: Langel receives extension at Colgate
Colgate has rewarded men’s basketball head coach Matt Langel with a five-year contract extension. Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA’94 made the official announcement Thursday, less than two weeks after the Raiders completed their best season since 1996. Colgate finished second in the Patriot League standings and advanced to the tournament semifinals. It
Nevada Dirt…
I have heard that Nevada will announce their new head coach as early as next Thursday. The candidate has already been identified, and is just waiting approval from the Nevada Board of Regents (they will meet on Thursday). This search has moved pretty quickly. Former head coach David Carter was released immediately following the Wolfpack’s
Daily Dirt II – 3/20/15
DDII…a few VERY quick updates… • I mentioned Jay Larranaga as a candidate at George Mason a few days ago. Sounds like he was high on their radar, but he has decided to remain in the NBA. • Will Wade out as a candidate at Charlotte – a few different ways to read this one.
WATCH LIVE: Boeheim Press Conference
Here’s the link to watch Jim Boeheim’s press conference live today at 10:00am: http://www.cuse.com/press-conference/…