Davidson men’s basketball coach Bob McKillop announced today that Ryan Mee is joining his staff as an assistant coach. Mee comes to Davidson from the University of Rochester, where he has spent the last three seasons. The Yellowjackets compiled a record of 53-25 during that time and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Sweet
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UW-Oshkosh Hires Coach
Pat Juckem has been selected as the new head coach of the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball team. For the past seven years, Juckem was the head men’s basketball coach at Coe College (Iowa). He led the Kohawks to an overall record of 105-79 (.571 winning percentage). Coe College won the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) championship
New Mexico adds staffer
University of New Mexico head men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has announced that Chicago native Brandon Mason has been named Video Administrator for the program, completing his staff for the 2012-13 season. Mason has had a solid career in basketball, starting with his collegiate career at New Mexico State, where he was a 1,000-point scorer
Crawford named AC @ EKU
Eastern Kentucky University head men’s basketball coach Jeff Neubauer announced today that Rodney Crawford has joined the Colonel coaching staff for the upcoming 2012-13 season. Crawford served the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Duquesne where he helped the Dukes equal a program record with 10 conference wins in 2010-11. That Duquesne squad
NC A&T staff update
As he heads into his first season as the North Carolina A&T men’s basketball coach, Cy Alexander will have staff that consists of one associate head coach and two assistant coaches. Jay Joyner will step in as Alexander’s associate head coach. Darren "Mike" Corbett and Odell Witherspoon III will work under Alexander as his assistants.
Blankenship named head coach at LSUS
Kyle Blankenship has been named the Head Coach to lead the LSU Shreveport Pilots men’s basketball team. He returns to LSUS as a coach after a one year stint at Lamar State College and the previous two seasons at Rogers State University. He was the first assistant coach at both schools. Blankenship also played one
UPDATE: Dunne named AC @ Vassar
Following up on a rumor from 6/21 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8e069684/daily-dirt-6-21-12/…). B.J. Dunne has officially been named as an assistant coach at Vassar College. Brian Dunne, who served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Emerson College last season, has been named as an assistant men’s coach at Vassar College. The announcement came from Del Harris, head men’s
Daily Dirt – 6/29/12
• Two separate sources have confirmed that Cole Pittis has been named DBO at Bradley. I first mentioned that he was involved with this gig in 6/18 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/cf301a81/daily-dirt-6-18-12/…). Now sounds like it’s a done deal. The former Mt. Union assistant played for current Bradley HC Geno Ford at Muskingum. • Nick Lagroone has been hired
Wisconsin-Superior finalists
There are four finalists for the vacancy at Wisconsin-Superior. They are: • Josh Drinkall – Assistant Coach Gustavus Adolphus College (MN). • Paul Eberhardt – Former Head Coach Scottsdale CC. Current AD at Ellsworth (IA). • Jeff Nicholas – Assistant Coach Minnesota Duluth. • Greg Polkowski – Former Assistant Coach at UW-Superior and Carroll University.
Southwestern U. adds assistant
Southwestern University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Raleigh announced the hiring of Janson Hightower as assistant men’s basketball coach. Hightower comes to Southwestern after serving as a graduate assistant and operations director for the men’s basketball program at the University of Central Arkansas for the past two seasons. Hightower is no stranger to Southern Collegiate
UPDATE: Hicks named AC @ Columbus St.
Columbus State head men’s basketball coach Robert Moore has announced the addition of Ben Hicks to the coaching staff for the 2012-13 season. A 10-year coaching veteran, he arrives in Columbus following one year stint at Jacksonville State University. We first reported this as a rumor on 6/20 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b9ebd7d9/daily-dirt-6-20-12/…). The official statement was released today:
OFFICIAL: Cox reunited with Gillispie
Texas Tech head coach Billy Gillispie has announced the addition of Jeremy Cox to his staff. Cox worked for Gillispie Kentucky and Texas A&M. We first reported this rumor on 6/7/12 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c53a691d/daily-dirt-6-7-12/…) – just wanted to pass along the release now that it is official: http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062912aaa.… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching