Jimmy Patsos, the man who transformed Loyola from a one-win team to a perennial MAAC contender, is the 16th head coach in Siena men’s basketball history, and the 10th since the program moved to Division I 1976-77. Patsos led Loyola to a school-record 24 wins and a MAAC Championship in 2011-12. This past year, the
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Boise State Announces New Contract Terms for Rice
Boise State University and men’s basketball head coach Leon Rice have agreed in principle to new contract terms, Director of Athletics Mark Coyle announced Wednesday. The terms, including an increase in salary and a two-year extension, are subject to approval by the Idaho State Board of Education Rice’s contract is slated to be extended until
OFFICIAL: Gee Named Head Coach @ Longwood
Jayson Gee, the associate head coach at Cleveland State University for the past seven seasons, has been named the new men’s basketball head coach at Longwood University. He becomes the eighth head coach in the 37-year history of the program, as announced today (Wednesday) by Director of Athletics Troy Austin. A coaching veteran with 24
HOT RUMOR: Richard Pitino to Minnesota talks heating up
Talks between the University of Minnesota and Florida International head coach Richard Pitino are heating up. Pitino, the son of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino just completed his first season at FIU. He has also been an assistant at Louisville and Florida. It sounds like the two sides may be negotiating a contract as we
HOT RUMOR: Jeff Jones to Old Dominion
Multiple sources have told me that American University head coach Jeff Jones has been hired at Old Dominion. Jones has been at American since 2000 – he was the head coach at Virginia before that. He compiled a 212-182 record in his 13-seasons at AU (358-286 overall). He apparently beat out Cal assistant Travis DeCuire,
Daily Dirt – 4/2/13
Here’s what I’ve heard so far today… • I have heard that former Louisville assistant Walter McCarty is on campus interviewing today at Fairleigh Dickinson. He follows NJIT’s Jim Engles who visited yesterday. McCarty played at Kentucky for Rick Pitino (won a National Championship in 1996) and spent 10 years in the NBA (New York,
OFFICIAL: USC hires Enfield
Here is the official statement released by USC on the hiring of Andy Enfield: Andy Enfield, a proven winner as a player, assistant coach and head coach who this year captivated the nation at Florida Gulf Coast University as he guided the first No. 15 seed into the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, has reached agreement with
HOT RUMOR: Theus to Cal State Northridge
Multiple sources are reporting that Reggie Theus has accepted the job at Cal State Northridge. The former NBA standout is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles D-fenders (NBA Developmental League). He has also been the head coach at New Mexico State, and in the NBA with the Kings. More on this as it
OFFICIAL: Price returns to Lynn
I’ve mentioned this several times over the past two weeks. Just wanted to pass along the statement from Lynn now that Jeff Price has officially been named as the head coach. Looking to return the men’s basketball program to its glory days, Lynn University Director of Athletics Dr. Kristen Migliano turned to a familiar face
BREAKING: Neal named head coach at New Mexico
We mentioned this yesterday – it’s now official. New Mexico has promoted Craig Neal to replace Steve Alford as the Lobos head coach. A 3:00pm press conference has been scheduled for tomorrow to officially introduce him. We’ll bring you more after the presser.
HOT RUMOR: Patsos accepts Siena job
Multiple sources are saying that Loyola (MD) head coach Jimmy Patsos has accepted the job at Siena. We first mentioned Patsos involvement with Siena back on March 15th (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/ac0907a6/siena-rumors/…). It sounds like the announcement will come sometime tomorrow.
BREAKING: Biedenbach resigns at UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone has announced today that head men’s basketball coach Eddie Biedebach has resigned to accept an assistant coaching position at UNC Wilmington with Buzz Peterson. “We are grateful and thankful for the great job that Eddie Biedenbach has done with our men’s basketball program,” stated Cone. “He has