I’m sitting on the beach with the DirtQueen and all of the Little DirtBags on our annual family vacation. The only drawback this year is that the wireless in our cottage is down, so I’m blogging from my phone. No easy task since my 4G network only has 1G here (ugh). Mr. Dirt will do
News
Williston State College Hires Assistant
Andrew VanHavermaet has been hired as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Williston State College. VanHavermaet, a Hawley, MN native played for Head Coach Eric Peterson for two seasons at Minnesota State University – Moorhead from 2009-2011. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt – 8/3/12
Packing up for a week-long vacation on the coast – here’s some "dirt" while the DirtQueen loads up the minivan… • From multiple sources…Gardner-Webb and head coach Chris Holtman are close to hammering out an extension that would run through the 2017 season. Holtmann is 23-41 in his two seasons at GWU. More on this
OFFICIAL: Ingle to Dalton State
We first reported this as a rumor yesterday – it’s now official…former Kennesaw State head coach Tony Ingle has been hired as the head coach at Dalton State. Here’s the link to the official statement released by the school: http://www.daltonstate.edu/news/articles/08.02.12_Dalton-Sta…
Daily Dirt – 8/2/12
Today’s "dirt"… • Multiple sources have told me that Washington State DBO Tim Marrion will join the staff at San Jose State as an assistant. Marrion is a WSU alum who has been on the Cougars staff for the past three seasons. He has previously worked at San Jose State – he held various roles
Griffith named assistant at Mt. Olive
Justin Griffith has been named as an assistant coach for the Mount Olive College men’s basketball team, it was announced by Trojan head coach Joey Higginbotham. Griffith will also serve as head coach of the Trojan junior varsity men’s basketball team. Griffith graduated in May with a B.S. degree in business administration from North Carolina
OFFICIAL: Davis hired at TSU
Former UAB and Indiana head coach Mike Davis has officially been hired as the Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Texas Southern. Here is the link to the official statement by TSU: http://athletics.tsu.edu/news/2012/8/2/MBB_0802123227.aspx…
Conn College adds assistant
Chris McHugh, a former assistant coach with the Mount Saint Mary College men’s basketball program, has been named as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Connecticut College. Under the direction of Head Coach Ryan Kadlubowski at Mount Saint Mary’s, McHugh helped the Knights to a record of 42-16 in his two seasons as assistant coach.
HOT: Hardin named HC @ Lees-McRae
Steve Hardin has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Lees-McRae College after serving as an assistant on the Bobcat bench for the last two years, announced Director of Athletics Craig McPhail Thursday. Hardin takes the helm after serving as the top assistant during the last two seasons, helping guide the Bobcats to
HOT: Mike Davis to Texas Southern
According to FOX-26 in Houston, former UAB and Indiana head coach Mike Davis has agreed to become the interim head coach at Texas Southern. Davis led Indiana to the Final Four in 2002 and was named Conference USA Coach of the Year at UAB after the 2010-2011 season. In 12 season as a head coach,
ESPN: Don Meyer recovering
Former Northern State coach Don Meyer is recovering in a Minneapolis-area hospital after having a pacemaker implanted. His wife, Carmen Meyer, told the American News, of Aberdeen, S.D., that the surgery on Wednesday went well. The 67-year-old Meyer also recently had three heart valves replaced with mechanical ones and had a hole in his heart
Official: Malnati named AC at Loyola
I mentioned in my blog on 7/16 that I had heard Rick Malnati would be promoted at assistant coach at Loyola (IL) (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8bdfcda2/daily-dirt-7-16-12/…). It is now official – the announcement was made late yesterday. Here’s a link to the release: http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/07311… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.