After guiding the Bryant University men’s basketball team to one of the best turnarounds seasons in college basketball history, Tim O’Shea has signed a contract extension through June 2020 based on performance and milestone triggers. The extension reflects Bryant’s commitment to excel at the Division I level in both the state and region. "Coach O’Shea
News
NW Christian Univ. adds assistant
Northwest Christian University head men’s basketball coach Luke Jackson has announced the hiring of Fred Litzenberger as an assistant coach for the 2013-2014 season. A highly respected member of the Oregon basketball community, Litzenberger brings to the table over 40 years of coaching experience including the last 19 in the collegiate ranks. Litzenberger’s collegiate coaching
Minnesota rumor
According to multiple sources, Nebraska assistant Ben Johnson is close to accepting a position on Richard Pitino’s staff at Minnesota. Johnson just completed his first season at Nebraska after spending the previous four at Northern Iowa. He is a Minnesota native who played at Northwestern for two seasons before transferring and finishing his career as
OFFICIAL: Crews interim tag removed @ St. Louis
Jim Crews, who led the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team to unprecedented success in 2012-13 as interim head coach, has been named the Billikens’ head coach. “Jim Crews stepped into a difficult situation and led the Billikens to a winning season with remarkable dignity and grace,” University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J. said. “With his
Daily Dirt – 4/12/13
Today’s dirt…more to come later… • URI will announce Danny Hurley’s contract extension later today. Apparently negations heated up after he was offered the Rutgers job earlier this week (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/916196…). The extension is reportedly going to add two years to his current deal which would extend it to 2019-20. More when this becomes official. •
Edinboro promotes Cleary to head coach
For 14 years Pat Cleary sat at the right side of Edinboro head men’s basketball coach Greg Walcavich. When the 2013-14 campaign begins, Cleary will have to slide over one spot. Today Director of Athletics Bruce Baumgartner announced the appointment of the former assistant coach as Edinboro’s tenth head coach. This will mark Cleary’s first
Fairleigh Dickinson rumors…
I have heard that the search at Fairleigh Dickinson is winding down and there could be an announcement as early as today. The two “hot” names that are believed to be finalists are former Louisville assistant Walter McCarty, and UMass-Lowell head coach Greg Herenda. I mentioned that I had heard McCarty was on campus interviewing
HOT: Extension for Kennedy at Ole Miss
On the heels of an NCAA Tournament appearance and SEC Tournament Championship, Ole Miss head basketball coach Andy Kennedy’s contract has been extended to run through 2017, Athletics Director Ross Bjork announced Friday. Kennedy’s four-year deal is the longest allowed by the state of Mississippi and includes a base salary of $1.8 million, which ranks
Daily Dirt II – 4/12/13
Another busy day, another round of "dirt"… • It sounds like Kennesaw State will hire Brian Lawhon as an assistant. He has served as an assistant at Bellarmine and Wilmington (OH). He played collegiately at Northern Kentucky – now an A-Sun member with Kennesaw. KSU still has one open assistant spot to fill. • I
OFFICIAL: USC Hires Two
The USC men’s basketball program has hired Tony Bland and Jason Hart as assistant basketball coaches. Bland spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater San Diego State, helping lead the Aztecs to the NCAA Tournament both seasons. He is a Los Angeles native who was a high school All-American
HOT: Ostlund named head coach at St. Martin’s
After a nationwide search Director of Athletics Bob Grisham has announced that Michael Ostlund is the new head men’s basketball coach at Saint Martin’s University. “This was the deepest applicant pool we have ever had for this position, and many with collegiate head coaching experience that made it a difficult task for the search committee,”
OFFICIAL: G.G. Smith named head coach at Loyola (MD)
G.G. Smith has been named the head men’s basketball coach at Loyola University Maryland, the school’s president, Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., announced today at a press conference in Reitz Arena. Smith, who is the son of current Texas Tech University Head Coach Tubby Smith, has been an assistant at Loyola for the past six