Sean Dooley, an assistant coach at perennial NAIA basketball powerhouse Columbia (Mo.) College, has been named the 26th head coach in Baker University men’s basketball history, Baker University Director of Athletics Theresa Yetmar announced on Friday. At Columbia, Dooley is coming off four consecutive 25-plus win seasons and four trips to the NAIA National Tournament,
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Ryan extended at Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin has approved a five-year contract extension for Bo Ryan, who has taken the Badgers to the round of 16 the past two seasons. The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved the deal Friday. Ryan’s contract will now run through 2017. Terms were not disclosed. Wisconsin went 26-10 last season and was
SMU adds Howard
Jerrance Howard has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at SMU, Head Coach Larry Brown announced today. Howard spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois, his alma mater. There, he quickly earned a reputation as one of the top young assistant coaches in the country and one of the nation’s
HOT RUMOR: Tyndall the choice at Southern Mississippi
According to great sources, Morehead State head coach Donnie Tyndall has been offered the Southern Mississippi job. We were led to believe earlier that Steve Barnes and Greg Heiar were the final two, when in fact it came down to Tyndall and MVSU head coach Sean Woods. According to our source, Tyndall is still mulling
Daily Dirt II – 4/27/12
Round two… It sounds like Southern Mississippi interim AD Jeff Hammond has narrowed the search down to two candidates and has begun negotiations to hire Larry Eustachy’s replacement. Originally we expected the announcement to take place today – now it sounds like it will drag out until at least Monday. We still believe that the
Seltzer completes staff at Samford
Samford head men’s basketball coach Bennie Seltzer officially announced his full complement of assistant coaches and program administrators. Joining Seltzer on the Samford basketball staff this season will be assistant coaches Scott Padgett, Yasir Rosemond and Jake Headrick. Seltzer also announced Anthony Saccoccia as the Bulldogs’ Director of Basketball Operations, while Charles Newton was named
UPDATE: Burgess hired at Brevard
Just following up on this morning’s HOT RUMOR. Our sources nailed it again – Lee Burgess was named head coach at Brevard College about an hour ago. Here is the official statement announcing the former Samford assistant as the Tornado’s new coach: http://bctornados.com/article.asp?articleID=2141…
HOT RUMOR: Brevard College set to hire
I mentioned yesterday in my blog that Brevard College had scheduled a press conference for today to announce their new coach. According to two separate sources, HoopDirt has learned that the choice will be former Samford assistant Lee Burgess. Burgess is a Samford alum who had spent 9-seasons on the staff there. We’ll bring you
Jones adds assistants at LSU
New LSU men’s basketball head Coach Johnny Jones announced Thursday that Shawn Forrest and Charlie Leonard will be joining the basketball staff at LSU. Forest served the last four years on Jones’ staff at North Texas, while Leonard has worked with Jones as far back as his interim season as head coach at Memphis in
Brown elevated at St. Andrew’s
Current assistant coach Andrew Brown will be taking the reigns as head coach of the men’s basketball program at St. Andrews University after former coach Richie Schueler announced yesterday his decision to step down as the head coach. Brown helped with player recruitment, player development, team community functions, and opponent scouting, as well as other
Davis agrees on five-year contract extension
Middle Tennessee State University and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kermit Davis have agreed in principle on a new five-year contract as announced Wednesday by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro. Davis’ contract will run through the 2016-17 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
HOT RUMOR: Davis out of So. Miss search
Multiple sources are reporting that Middle Tennessee State head coach Kermit Davis has pulled out of the running at Southern Mississippi. In my experience, this has happened for one of two reasons. 1) He has been told that he’s not getting the job. 2) The more likely scenario….he’s going to get an extension at MTSU.