North Texas head basketball coach Tony Benford has completed his coaching staff with the addition of former Nebraska assistant and 12-year coaching veteran David Anwar. Anwar spent the last six seasons with the Cornhuskers, including five years as an assistant coach and one season as the director of basketball operations in 2010-11. The move reunites
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Laird promoted to Associate HC @ Sac. St.
Brandon Laird, who was hired in May of 2011 as an assistant at Sacramento State, was promoted to associate head coach. Prior to Sacramento State, Laird spent two years (2009-11) as an assistant at UC Davis. He also has three years of head coaching experience from his days at Menlo College (2006-09) where he led
C of C adds DBO
Joe Wallace has been hired as Director of Basketball Operations and completes CofC Men’s Basketball Head Coach Doug Wojcik’s staff on Thursday. Wallace previously spent the last six years at the University of Tulsa under Wojcik, the last three seasons as Director of Basketball Operations for the Golden Hurricane coordinating all video operations, scouting and
UWM adds assistant
Sharif Chambliss has been named an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball team. Chambliss comes back to Milwaukee after spending the last two seasons as the video coordinator at Wisconsin. He previously worked at UWM from 2006-2008 as the men’s basketball team’s academic mentor. Chambliss has also served assistant coaching stints at
Daily Dirt – 6/7/12
The "dirt" for Thursday… • Multiple sources are saying that Jeremy Cox will be hired as an assistant at Texas Tech to replace Jeff Kidder. Cox has been an assistant under Tech head coach Billy Gillispie at Texas A&M and Kentucky. He worked as an assistant at Nebraska last season, and was released when Doc
OFFICIAL: Lickliter to Marian
Former Butler University and University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Todd Lickliter has been named head men’s basketball coach at Marian University, the Department of Athletics announced in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. He is the seventh head men’s basketball coach in MU history. Lickliter, who has amassed a 169-119 career record as
Liberty Hires Assistant
Liberty Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dale Layer has announced the addition of Vince Walden to his staff as an assistant coach. Walden comes to Liberty from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, where he served as head coach and recruiting coordinator of the IMG national team. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news
Shyatt Signs One-Year Extension
Wyoming has extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt by one year. Shyatt’s contract now runs through the 2016-17 season. Shyatt signed his original contract with the Cowboys on March 31, 2011. His initial contract was for five years with a base salary of $190,000 per year and included incentives for up to
Navy names Saunders AC
Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced that Kendrick Saunders will join the Navy coaching staff, replacing Jason Crafton, who took the head coaching job at Division II Nyack College last month. Saunders comes to Navy after spending the last two years on the staff at Princeton. Saunders was the director of basketball
Flora named assistant @ U-Mary
Logan Flora, who owns collegiate head coaching experience and has strong ties to the Northern Sun, has joined the University of Mary men’s basketball coaching staff. Marauders Head Coach Jevin Budde today announced the addition of Flora as the U-Mary assistant coach. With experience at every level of NCAA basketball, Flora was an assistant coach
Daily Dirt – 6/6/12
Today’s "dirt"… • In Monday’s blog, I mentioned that former Iowa and Butler head coach Todd Lickliter will be named as the head coach at Marian (IN). I can now confirm that – he will be officially introduced at a 2:00pm press conference this afternoon. • Former Colorado and Northern Illinois head coach Ricardo Patton
Madsen returns to Stanford as AC
Johnny Dawkins, Stanford’s Anne and Tony Joseph Director of Men’s Basketball, has announced the appointment of Mark Madsen as an assistant coach. One of the most iconic and inspirational players in school history, Madsen replaces Dick Davey, who announced his retirement in March after serving the past four years as the program’s associate head coach.