Maryland assistant coach Dalonte Hill was arrested and charged with suspicion of DUI. At a press conference at the University, head basketball coach Mark Turgeon announced that Hill was arrested on Thursday and would not make the team’s road trip to Temple. A statement issued Friday afternoon by the University athletic department said that Hill
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Bartley Wins 200th
WPI coach Chris Bartley won his 200th game yesterday as his team upset No. 3 ranked MIT 80-68. The Worcester Engineers improved to 14-3 overall with the win. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Bozeman reinstated at Morgan State
Todd Bozeman has been reinstated as the head coach at Morgan State. He was suspended last week after allegations that he hit a player during a game (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/4461b055/morgan-state-suspends-boze…). Bozeman was reinstated last night, and will coach the team on Saturday vs. NC A&T. According to an article in the Baltimore Sun, Clinton Coleman, a spokesman
UC Santa Barbara Extends Coach
UCSB Head Coach Bob Williams signed a five-year contract extension through 2015. The new contract will pay him $235K. Williams holds an overall record of 199-156 since becoming head coach in 1998 and has been named Big West Coach of the Year three times. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and
Settles keeps job at IWC
Iowa Wesleyan College interim head men’s basketball coach Jess Settles has been named the full-time head coach of the IWC men’s basketball program. Settles took over the IWC men’s basketball post on an interim basis on Nov. 24. The Tigers have an 8-6 record on the season and are 4-4 under Settles. Settles is a
Dual role for Concordia’s Glas
Rich Glas has been named the new athletic director at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., effective March 15. Glas will also retain his role as Concordia’s men’s basketball coach. Glas joined the Concordia athletics staff in 2008, earning his 500th coaching victory during his first season leading the Cobbers. He previously served as an assistant coach
#500 for Florida Tech’s Mims
Florida Tech head coach Billy Mims recorded his 500th career victory Tuesday night with a 64-54 victory over Trinity Baptist. Mims has recorded 95 wins in seven seasons with the Panthers after earning nine wins in one season at UT-Permian Basin. He won 317 games as a professional coach in Europe with the Leicester Riders
Twomey Promoted to Associate Head Coach
Brendan Twomey was promoted to Associate Head Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology. Twomey is in his fourth year as a member of Coach Hurley’s staff and has currently helped guide the Ducks to a record of 12-2 to start to the 2011-12 season, including a 4-0 mark in Empire 8 play. Stay with HoopDirt
Seibert named VC at Iowa
Al Seibert has been named video coordinator for men’s basketball at the University of Iowa. He replaces Ryan Bowen who accepted a spot with the Denver Nuggets last month. Seibert was 43-94 in his five seasons as the head coach at New Haven. He has also been an assistant at Hartford and Western Kentucky. Stay
New England Dirt – 1/17/12
Here are a few things that I’ve heard from snowy New England…. New Wheelock College head coach Matt LeVangie (hired on 1/6 – http://hoopdirt.com/news/75bdd968/wheelock-names-levangie-he…) has hired two assistant coaches. Dan Heppert and Mike Kernan have been brought on board – they are both former players at DII Stonehill College where LeVangie was an assistant for
Daily Dirt – 1/10/12
Today’s dirt…. Last week I blogged that that Kevin Emerick was out as the head coach at Lincoln Trail CC – I can now confirm that report. Emerick has indeed been suspended and Wasbash Valley assistant Mike Ray has taken over. Apparently Emericks employment status will be reviewed at the January Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
Morgan State suspends Bozeman
Morgan State head coach Todd Bozeman has been suspend for allegedly punching one of his players in the face in the final two minutes of Saturday’s game at South Carolina State. Here’s a link to the Baltimore Sun article with a pretty detailed account of what went down: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/b…