– Brad Cooper has been named Keystone College’s Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach according to an announcement made by Director of Athletics, Dr. Matthew Grimaldi on Wednesday. Cooper spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Keystone under Nevada Smith who resigned earlier this week to take a the head coaching position with
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Weir named video coordinator at Iona
Iona College men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess announced the addition of John Weir to the Gaels’ coaching staff. Weir will serve as video coordinator during the upcoming season. Weir’s most recent experience came as assistant coach at his alma mater Rhode Island College under head coach Bobby Walsh. During the 2009-10 season, Weir was
Daily Dirt – 10/22/13
Practice is in full swing, but there is still movement out there. A few things that I’ve heard… • George Washington assistant Pete Strickland has left the staff. Apparently he has cited personal reasons for the decision. He had been at GW since 2011, and was an assistant at NC State before that. He also
HOT: Santa Clara’s Keating receives extension
Santa Clara University announced that head men’s basketball coach Kerry Keating has been given a multi-year contract extension. In addition to winning 24 games and the CIT in 2011 and 26 games and the CBI title in 2013, the Keating-led Broncos are one of just two teams nationally to finish with a post-season tournament win
Daily Dirt – 10/15/13
October 15th is finally here! For all of the non-DI’s, here we go…. Still some movement on the coaching front – here are a few things that I heard this weekend…. • Elms College (MA) has named WPI assistant Rob Southall as their new head coach. Southall has been on the WPI staff for eight
Murphy named DBO at Louisiana Lafayette
Michael Murphy, a 25-year veteran at the collegiate coaching level, has been named as the director of basketball operations for the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball program, head coach Bob Marlin announced on Thursday. The hiring of Murphy is subject to approval from the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors. "I’ve known Mike for 18 years
Piper Rounds Out Staff
Tenth-year Nicholls head men’s basketball coach J.P. Piper has rounded out his coaching staff heading into the new season, announcing the hires of Darren Kohne and Liam Tribe-Simmons as assistant coaches for the 2013-14 year. With over a dozen years of coaching experience, Kohne joins the Colonels after spending last season with the Sioux Falls
Felician College Staff Update
Mike McClendon of Mahwah has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Felician College, Felician head coach David DeFerrari announced today. DeFerrari also released the hiring of Cornell Hunt of Fairfield as the program’s strength and conditioning coach. McClendon and Hunt join associate head coach Ivan Lewis on DeFerrari’s 2013-14 staff. McClendon owns more
Braswell added to UTEP staff
Bobby Braswell, who served as the head coach at Cal State Northridge for nearly two decades, has been named to the UTEP basketball staff. Braswell will serve as Director of Basketball Operations. "We’re fortunate to hire someone with Bobby’s knowledge and experience in the game," UTEP coach Tim Floyd said. "I think his accomplishments were
HOT: Extension for IPFW’s Jasick
IPFW Interim Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton has announced that IPFW has signed head men’s basketball coach Tony Jasick to a contract extension through the 2017-18 season. Jasick, originally hired as head coach on April 20, 2011, has the most wins in the first two seasons of being head coach in IPFW’s Division I
Hampden-Sydney staff update
Hampden-Sydney Basketball Head Coach Dee Vick announced the additions of Kyle Dobyns, Yorel Hawkins, and Mike Edwards ’07 to the coaching staff. Coach Dobyns comes to H-SC from Charleston Southern University where he most recently served as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Buccaneers men’s basketball team. CSU won it’s first regular season championship
Carlson resigns at UC San Diego
Longtime UC San Diego men’s basketball assistant coach Eric Olen has been named the program’s new head coach. The announcement was made Tuesday by Director of Athletics Earl W. Edwards. The 12th head coach in the history of UCSD basketball, Olen has spent the last nine seasons as an assistant with the Tritons. He replaces