A bunch of things happening today… • It sounds like Illinois head coach John Groce will hire former Illinois State assistant Paris Parham. Before spending the past five seasons on the staff at ISU, Parham was a very successful HS and AAU coach in Chicago. He is also a Chicago native who will bring legit
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Bucknell adds alum to staff
Charles Lee, the 2006 Patriot League Player of the Year and one of the catalysts of Bucknell’s 2005 and 2006 championship teams, is returning to his alma mater as an assistant men’s basketball coach, it was announced by head coach Dave Paulsen. Lee, who scored 1,147 points and earned the Christy Mathewson Award as the
Daily Dirt – 6/26/12
Some things that are happening in the "dirt" world… • I have heard from multiple sources that Wofford assistant Shane Nichols is involved with an assistant spot at Niagara. Nichols is a Wofford grad who has spent the past two season’s Mike Young’s staff. Shane’s brother Darris, an assistant at Northern Kentucky, is involved with
Sam Houston Hires Assistant
Former University of Texas standout Terrence Rencher has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Sam Houston State University. Rencher comes to SHSU from Tulsa where he helped direct the Golden Hurricane to a 17-14 overall record and a third-place finish in the 2012 Conference USA race. He previously coached two seasons as
Houston Baptist names assistant
Houston Baptist University has hired Jeremy Case as an assistant basketball coach, head coach Ron Cottrell announced Tuesday. Case comes to HBU after spending three years as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State and one season as a graduate assistant at Kansas, his alma mater. He played in 94 games at Kansas from 2004-08
Manhattan Hires Assistant
Manhattan head men’s basketball coach Steve Masiello has named Oliver Antigua the newest assistant coach on the Jaspers staff. Antigua comes to Riverdale following a successful career at St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx, where he coached the Ravens to five Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Class AA championships over his 13-year tenure.
Ex-UNC star Williams jons Furman staff
Furman men’s basketball coach Jeff Jackson announced the addition of former University of North Carolina standout and NBA player Shammond Williams to the Paladin staff as an assistant coach. Williams, a native of Greenville, S.C., joins the Paladins after concluding a 13-year career in professional basketball that included time in the NBA and in Europe.
Handy named head coach at Anderson
Anderson University has announced the hiring of Owen Handy as the 17th men’s basketball coach in school history. Handy replaces Tom Slyder, who guided the Ravens from 2005-12. Handy comes to Anderson University from Wheaton College, where he served as an assistant coach for the Thunder for nine seasons. The 2003 Wheaton College graduate was
Minnesota-Duluth hires assistant
Kevin Williamson spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach under Matt Bowen at Bemidji State University and now will work in that same capacity with his old boss at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The 27-year old Williamson served as an assistant coach in 2009-10 at Glendale Community College (Phoenix, Ariz.) prior to
Gipson named AC @ APSU
Corey Gipson, who helped lead Austin Peay to consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championships in 2002-03 and 2003-04, is returning to his alma mater as assistant basketball coach. Gipson, who spent the last two seasons as associate head coach at North Carolina Greensboro, will replace Scott Combs, who left earlier this spring to become head coach
Iuzzolino named DBO @ Canisius
Canisius College men’s basketball coach Jim Baron announced today that Mike Iuzzolino has been named the program’s director of basketball operations. A former professional basketball player who brings more than a decade of playing experience from the NBA and overseas, Iuzzolino joins the Golden Griffins’ staff after serving as the associate head men’s basketball coach
Daily Dirt – 6/22/12
Some “dirt” as we head in to the first weekend of the summer… • It sounds like Idaho DBO Chris Helbling has been promoted to assistant coach. Helbling has been on Don Verlin’s staff at Idaho since 2008. Prior to working for Verlin, Helbling was a student assistant at Gonzaga University under Mark Few. Helbling