Saint Augustine’s College today announced that coach Ken Spencer will not return to the Falcons next season. Spencer posted a 23-32 overall record during his two seasons with the Falcons including a 14-14 mark this season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
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Burke Resigns
Mount St. Mary’s University accepted the resignation of Head Coach Robert Burke today. Burke requested to be placed on paid administrative leave following conversations with University officials in mid-February. Burke came to the Mount in May of 2010, and amassed a 17-40 overall record. Mount St. Mary’s finished this season with an 8-21 record overall,
BREAKING: Parrotta fired at Canisius
Canisius College Director of Athletics Bill Maher announced today that Tom Parrotta will not return as head coach after six seasons. A national search for Parrotta’s replacement will begin immediately. In six seasons as the Griffs’ head coach, Parrotta posted a career record of 64-121 and a 30-78 mark in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.
ULM Hires Cross
ULM coach Keith Richard announced Monday the addition of Ryan Cross to the Warhawk coaching staff. The hire is pending final approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Cross joins the Warhawk staff after one season as an assistant coach at Bossier Parish Community College. Prior to Bossier, Cross was the head
HOT RUMOR: Brady to be retained at JMU
James Madison head coach will be retained and given the opportunity to coach the final year of his contract. According to sources, while Brady will be retained, he will not be offered a contract extension. More on this as info becomes available.
Rhode Island Fires Baron
Rhode Island has fired coach Jim Baron after the Rams struggled through a 7-24 season and failed to qualify for the Atlantic 10 Tournament. In 11 years with the Rams, Baron finished with a 184-165 record but never was able to lead Rhode Island to the NCAA Tournament. He had two years remaining on his
Pilipovich Named Permanent Head Coach
Dave Pilipovich has been named the permanent head coach at Air Force. Pilipovich has led the Falcons to a 2-4 record since taking over on Feb 8th. He is in his fifth season on the Air Force coaching staff and was in his first season as associate head coach before taking over for Reynolds. Stay
Majerus hospitalized
St. Louis head coach Rick Majerus did not coach in the Duquesne game today as he was sent to a local hospital an hour-and-a-half before tip after taking the wrong medication. As a precaution, Majerus will stay in Pittsburgh overnight for observation and travel back to St. Louis on Sunday. Stay with HoopDirt for the
Calhoun returns to UConn
Jim Calhoun returned to the bench after more than a month of medical leave and coached Connecticut to a 74-65 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday. Calhoun took an indefinite medical leave on Feb. 3 and has missed the Huskies’ last eight games because he has spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine, normally associated with
HOT RUMOR: Lowrey out at SIU
According to a well placed source, Chris Lowery is out as the head coach at Southern Illinois. It sounds like after setting a school record for losses (and almost getting fired last spring), the powers that be have decided to buyout the remaining two years of Lowery’s contract. This one is still breaking – I’ll
Lowery firing official
Southern Illinois University announced on Friday that Chris Lowery will not return as head coach of the men’s basketball program. The longest-tenured active coach in the Missouri Valley Conference, Lowery compiled a 145-116 record in eight seasons. Here’s a link to the official release: http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030212aaa…
Southern Illinois press conference
Southern Illinois University Director of Athletics Mario Moccia will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. today in the Tedrick Auditorium of the Boydston Center to discuss the future of Saluki men’s basketball. Here’s the link to the video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/siu.portal…# Moccia is expected to announce that head coach Chris Lowery has been fired as the