St. Cloud State men’s basketball coach Matt Reimer announced today that Chad Welk will join the Huskies coaching staff as an assistant coach. "I’m thrilled to add Chad to our staff," said Reimer. "His background as a player in the North Central Conference and experience the last nine years as an assistant in the Northern
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Shaw elevated at St. Mary’s (CA)
Veteran coach Jim Shaw has been elevated to the position of assistant coach on the Saint Mary’s College men’s basketball staff, head coach Randy Bennett announced today. Shaw, who joined the Saint Mary’s basketball program last summer as a special assistant to the head coach, provides nearly 30 years of coaching experience to the Gaels.
HOT: Joey James named head coach at Concordia-St. Paul
Concordia-St. Paul director of athletics Tom Rubbelke has announced the hiring of Joey James as the ninth head men’s basketball coach for the Golden Bears. James spent last season as interim head coach at the University of South Dakota where he had been an assistant for 11 seasons prior to his interim appointment. James also
Updates from the road…
DK on the run right now. Just wanted to get a few things up quickly. Blogging from my phone – please excuse any typo’s! Jay Ladner to Southeast Louisiana is official. This was a done deal even before Ladner knew it was done. Tony Sheals just got hired as the new head coach at Virginia
OFFICIAL: Coffman takes over at IPFW
IPFW director of athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton has named IPFW assistant coach Jon Coffman as the Mastodons’ head men’s basketball coach – the 12th head coach in the history of the program. "I am extremely thankful to Chancellor Carwein, Kelley Hartley Hutton, and the IPFW community for giving me the opportunity to guide the IPFW
HOT: Jasick to Jacksonville
We’ve been talking about this one for the past two days, but has now been confirmed. IPFW head coach Tony Jasick is the new head coach at Jacksonville. An email went out to JU staffers not too long ago confirming the hiring. It also sounds like the press conference will take place Thursday at 12:15.
Assistant coaches on the move…
Some assistants on the move / possibly on the move… • Mark Phelps – Heading from Missouri to Marquette. Done deal. He is the former head coach at Drake. • Jason Kemp – Heading from Toledo to Ohio. Previously worked for new Ohio coach Saul Phillips at North Dakota State. Also a done deal. •
HOT RUMOR: IPFW to hire Coffman
I have heard that IPFW will promote assistant coach Jon Coffman to head coach. He would replace Tony Jasick who just became the head coach at Jacksonville. Coffman has been at IPFW for the past two seasons – he has also served as an assistant at Stetson, Colgate, and the College of Charleston. It sounds
Minnesota-Crookston rumors…
I have heard that there are four finalists for the open job at Minnesota-Crookston. It sounds like three of the four have interviewed on campus over the past few days, with the final one to interview later this week. Thanks to a very good source here, and confirmed last night by a GREAT source –
Yoder named DBO at Houston
Former Ball State and Wisconsin head coach Steve Yoder has joined University of Houston Men’s Basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson’s staff as director of operations. In that role, Yoder will coordinate scheduling and will work as a liaison to visiting teams and Athletics Department staff. In addition, he assists with on-campus recruiting, manages correspondence and
HOT: Extension for Nutt at SEMO
Southeast Missouri Director of Athletics Mark Alnutt announced Wednesday that Dickey Nutt has agreed to a new contract to be the Redhawks head men’s basketball coach through 2016-17. Nutt guided Southeast to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament for the fourth-straight year in 2013-14. The Redhawks advanced to the OVC Tournament quarterfinals and finished with an
Official: Phelps joins Marquette staff
Had this as a rumor earlier today – it’s now official… Marquette men’s basketball head coach Steve Wojciechowski has announced the hiring of Mark Phelps as an assistant coach with the program. Mark Phelps, a veteran coach with 18 seasons of experience at the Division I level and the winningest coach in Drake University history