Tony Jones, who has worked alongside Bruce Pearl for 10 years, has been named an assistant coach at Auburn. The two spent six years together at Tennessee and four at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, reaching the NCAA Tournament eight times. A native of Detroit, Mich., Jones’ primary responsibilities at Auburn include recruiting, scheduling and working
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La. Tech’s White Agrees to Extension
Louisiana Tech University and head men’s basketball coach Mike White have agreed in principle to a six-year, $3.6 million contract extension, according to Athletics Director Tommy McClelland. The new long-term contract extension is pending the approval from the University of Louisiana System’s Board of Supervisors. "The level of excitement for Louisiana Tech men’s basketball is
OFFICIAL: Sampson to Houston
A veteran of 13 NCAA Tournaments, Houston Rockets assistant coach and former college coach Kelvin Sampson will join the University of Houston Men’s Basketball program as its head coach, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades announced Wednesday evening. Sampson will be introduced at a 3 p.m., press conference on Thursday, inside Hofheinz Pavilion. Fans
BREAKING:Christian Hired at Boston College
Multiple sources are reporting Ohio head coach Jim Christian has been named the head coach at Boston College. Christian has been at Ohio for the last two seasons, going 49-22 after taking over for John Groce. He spent the previous four seasons at TCU, after going to two NCAA Tournaments in six seasons at Kent
Virginia Union finalists
There are five finalists for the vacancy at Virginia Union. The Final Five are: • Lester Butler, Jr. – Head women’s coach University of the District of Columbia. A 1998 graduate of Virginia Union. Has 152 wins in 10 seasons at UDC. • Vance Harmon – Head coach Henrico (Va.) HS. A 1994 Virginia Union
Washington State Hires Two Assistants
Greg Graham and Silvey Dominguez have been named assistant men’s basketball coaches, Washington State Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ernie Kent announced, Wednesday. “Greg Graham and Silvey Dominguez are not only outstanding coaches; Graham on the offensive end and Dominguez on the defensive end; but they both have their master’s degrees, which is important to me,”
URI elevates Murphy to associate head coach
Head men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley announced that Preston Murphy has been elevated to the role of Associate Head Coach. "Preston is an excellent coach who impacts the many facets of our program on a daily basis," Hurley said. "He has done a great job with all of our current players, is an excellent recruiter,
Fox receives extension at Georgia
University of Georgia men’s basketball coach Mark Fox will receive a two-year extension to his existing contract, according to an announcement Wednesday by UGA J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Greg McGarity. Fox has two years left on his current agreement, and the two-year extension will extend through the 2017-18 season. “The improvement our team
Washington State rumor…
I have heard from multiple sources that Bradley assistant Greg Graham will join Ernie Kent’s staff at Washington State. Graham, who is the former head coach at Boise State (2002-10) has also worked as an assistant to Kent at both St. Mary’s (CA) and Oregon. The hiring will be made official any day.
Auburn rumor…
Word on the street is that Bruce Pearl will hire Columbia assistant Todd Golden as his DBO at Auburn. Golden played for current Columbia head coach Kyle Smith at St. Mary’s (CA), and has been on his staff for the two seasons. Pearl was the head coach of the 2009 USA Maccabiah games team –
OFFICIAL: Cutts named head coach at UC Riverside
We had this as a rumor on 3/24 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/b2ec422a/uc-riverside-rumor/…). I guess the ink is now dry… UC Riverside Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jim Wooldridge today announced the hiring of Dennis Cutts as the Highlanders head men’s basketball coach. Cutts served as the team’s interim head coach in 2013-14 after Wooldridge stepped down to become UC
Watkins named head coach at College of Coastal Georgia
College of Coastal Georgia athletic director William Carlton is proud to announce that Jesse Watkins has been named the new head men’s basketball coach for the Mariners. Watkins has been the top assistant coach for the team the last two seasons and also once played for the Mariners in the early 1990s when the team