we’ve been talking about this for the past week or so – just wanted to pass along the official press release… Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced that Ernie Nestor will join the Navy coaching staff, replacing Kurt Kanaskie, who took a similar coaching position at Virginia Tech last month. Nestor comes
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Missouri State names DBO
Missouri State University head basketball coach Paul Lusk announced that Sam McMahon has been named as the program’s director of basketball operations. McMahon has been with the MSU program for two years as video coordinator. He replaces Trevyor Fisher who stepped down from the Bears’ operations position on April 16 after seven years to accept
Piedmont names head coach
The Piedmont College Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Mark Bollinger as the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Bollinger comes to PC after a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Ohio Wesleyan University. In his four seasons on the OWU bench, the team posted a 66-40 record including a 44-20 mark
New Mexico Staff Update
University of New Mexico men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has announced changes within his staff, promoting Drew Adams from director of operations to assistant coach, and Craig Snow from video administrator to director of operations. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Virginia Tech Hires Ops
Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach James Johnson has announced the hiring of Andy Moore as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. Moore comes to Blacksburg following four years at Eastern Michigan University. Moore moved into game operations during the 2011-12 academic year after spending the three previous seasons as a full-time assistant coach at EMU.
MSU Promotes Stephens
Michigan State announced today that Dwayne Stephens has been promoted to from assistant basketball coach to associate head coach. A four-year letterwinner at MSU in 1989-93, Stephens will begin his 10th season on the Spartan bench this fall. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt – 6/11/12
Some "dirt" to start the week… • I can confirm that UC Santa Cruz head coach Gordon Johnson has resigned. He had led the Banana Slugs for the past 10 seasons (71-160). The UC athletic department is planning on doing a national search for the part-time position, but I’ve heard that current assistant James Page
Tennessee Tech Staff Update
Second year head coach Steve Payne has announced the addition of two assistant coaches to the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball staff in Brian Kloman-Ferguson and former Golden Eagle ball player, Rick Cabrera. Cabrera returns to his alma mater with 12 years of coaching experience at various ranks under his belt. He comes back to TTU
Assistants added at Binghamton
New Binghamton head men’s basketball coach Tommy Dempsey has added Lazarus Sims and Ben Luber to his coaching staff, the University announced Monday. Sims, a former point guard at Syracuse, has served as SU’s coordinator of player development since 2007. Luber, a former Penn State standout, coached the last two seasons with Dempsey at Rider.
Mississippi Valley State finalists
The three finalists to replace Sean Woods at Mississippi Valley State are: Interim head coach Chico Potts, Arkansas Pine-Bluff head coach George Ivory and Tougaloo College assistant Harvey Wardell. MVSU conducted phone interviews with the candidates Thursday and will release the name of the new head coach early next week.
UMKC Staff Update
UMKC men’s basketball announced that Nate Johnson is joining the program as an assistant coach, while Doug Hall is being promoted to an assistant coach position after serving the last three years as the Director of Basketball Operations. Nate Johnson, a Kansas City product and former star at Ruskin High School, has coached the last
Daily Dirt – 6/8/12
The DirtKing will be away from the HoopDirt World Headquarters today – I’m headed on a field trip to the Federal Courthouse with one of my kids (maybe they’ll keep him there – it will save a lot of time and energy in the future). Here’s an early edition of the “Daily Dirt”…. • Now