Two members of the Villanova Basketball Family will take on new roles in changes to the men’s basketball staff announced today. Baker Dunleavy, a 2006 Villanova graduate, has been named associate head coach and Kyle Neptune, who served as the Wildcats’ video coordinator from 2008-10, is returning to the staff as an assistant coach. Dunleavy,
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Mississippi State Coaching Clinic
Mississippi State Coaching Clinic When: Saturday October 26th, 2013 Where: Mize Pavilion at Humphrey Coliseum Cost: $20 per coach / $40 for the entire staff Tentative schedule: 9:30-10:15 – Registration 10:15-10:30 – Coach Ray Welcome 10:30-12:00 – Miss St. Assistant Coaches 12:00-1:00 – Lunch 1:00-1:20 – MSU Compliance 1:20 – 1:50 – Richard Williams (MSU
Gibbons joins St. Aug staff
Saint Augustine’s University has added Gordon Gibbons as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, the University announced. Gibbons comes to St. Aug as one of the all-time winningest coaches on the NCAA Division II level. For the past 12 seasons, Gibbons was head coach at Clayton State University, where he is the school’s career leader in wins
Alexander named head coach at Thomas
Thomas College Athletic Director David Roussel ’93 has announced the hiring of Darrell "Texas" Alexander ’10 as head men’s basketball coach. Alexander, a native of Fairfield, Texas, returns to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Smith College. As a member of the Pioneers’ coaching staff he helped the team reach their
Daily Dirt – 9/25/13
Here we go… • Butch Estes has finalized his staff at Barry University (FL). Justin Furr, former assistant at Lynn University will become the associate head coach. Ryan Saunders and Mike Bradley will remain on the staff as assistant coaches. Also, Marcos Molina has been named as an assistant – he was formerly the head
Former WKU coach lands in D-League
purs Sports & Entertainment today announced that they have named Ken McDonald as head coach of the Austin Toros. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced. McDonald served as an assistant last season for the Toros under head coach Taylor Jenkins, where he helped lead the team to a 27-23 overall record
Figger promoted to Associate Head Coach @ South Carolina
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday, that longtime assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Matt Figger has been promoted to associate head coach for the Gamecocks’ program. Figger, who has over 20 years of coaching experience in various levels of the college ranks, will remain the recruiting coordinator as
Daily Dirt – 9/23/13
Today’s "dirt"… • I mentioned last week that I had heard that Villanova assistant Billy Lange was headed to the Philadelphia 76ers. It now sounds like a done deal. The “hot” name to replace him on Jay Wright’s staff is Hofstra assistant Kyle Neptune. I’ve heard from three different coaches that Neptune could be the
McHugh added to Emory staff
Emory University head men’s basketball coach Jason Zimmerman has announced the appointment of Chris McHugh as assistant coach. McHugh takes over for Chris Murphy who recently accepted the head coaching position at Union College (NY). McHugh joins the Emory program after serving as an assistant coach at Connecticut College College during the 2012-13 season. While
VGCC names head coach
Vance-Granville Community College has named Michael Woody as the new head coach of the Vanguards men’s basketball team. Woody (pictured above) most recently served as assistant men’s basketball coach for Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory. He will lead VGCC’s program into its sixth season of play in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
Former Oregon coach Kent named to NABC staff
Former University of Oregon head men’s basketball coach Ernie Kent has joined the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) as associate executive director. Kent was president of the NABC in 2011-12. An outstanding player as one of coach Dick Harter’s “Kamikaze Kids” at Oregon, Kent began his coaching career in Saudi Arabia from 1980-87 before
Williams named assistant at Nyack
The Nyack Warriors have hired Pershin Williams as an assistant coach. Williams had most recently served as an assistant coach for four seasons at Georgia Southern University. Prior to Georgia Southern he also served in a similar capacity at Lafayette College and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. While an assistant at Georgia Southern, Pershin