Installment #2 of the dirt… • Jason Grunkemeyer has been hired as an assistant at Ball State. He has previously been an assistant at Miami (OH) and St. Louis. He spent this past season as a HS AD in Ohio. The official announcement is expected shortly. • Former UCLA assistant Scott Garson has been named
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Daily Dirt – 4/24/13
On the run a bit today – here are a couple of quick things… • I have heard that the search at Pace (NY) is down to 3-4 candidates. Some of the names mentioned are Robert Morris assistant Mike Byrnes, former Towson head coach Pat Kennedy, and former Hofstra assistant Steve DeMeo. It sounds like
Daily Dirt II – 4/24/13
Like I said earlier – CRAZY DAY around here today….here are a few more things that I’ve heard… • VCU assistant Will Wade has become a hot name at Tennessee Chattanooga. He is a Tennessee native and has some connections to new AD David Blackburn. There are a ton of other names floating around today,
HOT: Herenda to FDU
UMass-Lowell head coach Greg Herenda is the choice at Fairleigh Dickinson. We have been mentioning his name here for the last few weeks. The hiring was confirmed earlier today by CBSSports.com’s Jeff Goodman. My sources tell me that late last week Herenda was offered an extension by UML – he took a few days to
Montana Tech adds assistant
Montana Tech new head men’s basketball coach Patrick O’Herron named his assistant head coach. Anaconda native Chris Stetzner is the assistant coach for the men’s basketball program. “Chris brings a wealth of knowledge about Montana Tech’s academic programs and he has an extensive basketball coaching background,” said head coach O’Herron. Stetzner, who was an assistant
Elmhurst names head coach
John Baines, the head men’s basketball coach at the University of St. Francis, has reached a verbal agreement to become the head men’s basketball coach at Elmhurst College. Baines will become the 15th men’s basketball head coach in Elmhurst history. He takes over for Mark Scherer, who announced his retirement from coaching after 17 seasons
OFFICIAL: Driscoll to Holy Cross
Reported as a rumor Sunday night – now official. Here’s the release from Holy Cross… The College of the Holy Cross has named Kevin Driscoll an assistant men’s basketball coach, as announced by head coach Milan Brown. Driscoll will be heavily involved in all areas of the Crusader program, including on-court coaching, player development, recruiting,
Linfield College hires head coach
Shanan Rosenberg has been named men’s basketball coach at Linfield College, director of athletics Scott Carnahan announced Friday. Rosenberg becomes the 17th coach in program history, replacing retired coach Larry Doty. “I’ve always considered teaching and coaching at Linfield to be my dream job,” said Rosenberg, 41. “Linfield offers tremendous balance between pursuing excellence in
UNC Asheville rumors
The search at UNC Asheville has been narrowed to three. It sounds like interviews will wrap-up this week, and a decision will be made shortly after that. The three candidates are: • Nick McDevitt – associate head coach UNC Asheville. I first mentioned him on 4/8 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8b7b7ccf/daily-dirt-4-8-13/…) – it seems like he continues to have
Daily Dirt – 4/23/13
A few quick hitters to start the day… • Simpson (CA) head coach Matt Thacker has been released. I mentioned that I had heard a Cal Pac job was going to open last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/54214ba5/small-college-quotdirtquot…), but could not go with it at the time. Thacker was actually fired on 4/15, and then appealed the decision
Rusthoven named HC @ ST. Mary’s (MN)
Saint Mary’s University athletic director Nikki Fennern knew exactly the fit she was looking for in the school’s search for a new head men’s basketball coach. Jamison Rusthoven, meanwhile, knew exactly what he was looking for in his search for a head men’s basketball coaching position. Consider the search over — for both of them.
UConn staff changes
University of Connecticut men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie has announced changes on his coaching staff. Ricky Moore, who joined the UConn staff in October, 2012, and served as the assistant director of basketball administration through the 2012-13 season, has become a fulltime assistant coach and assumed all appropriate duties, including player coaching during practice