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
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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
Daily Dirt – 3/1/12
A couple quick items…. After mentioning it for the past few days, I can now confirm that Russ Caton is out as the head coach at DII UC-Colorado Springs. Caton had been at UCCS since 2006 compiling a 64-100 record. No word on when the official announcement will be made. Another name for the Idaho
Mars Hill College Coach Retires
Mars Hill College coach Thomas Nash has decided to retire from coaching after 4 seasons as head coach with a overall record of 48-62. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Scathing UCLA article
Sports Illustrated reporter George Dohrmann spent two months digging into the issues at UCLA. Dohrmann reports about the drug and alcohol abuse by players, as well as fist fights involving teammates. Here is his piece that will appear in the 3/5 edition of SI: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/magazine/02/28/ucla/in… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news