Hiwassee College has announced the hiring of Hugh Watson to the Tiger coaching staff. Watson will serve as the Head Coach of the Men’s basketball program and will be in charge of the recruiting, coaching, scheduling, and day-to-day operations of the team at Hiwassee College. Coach Watson is a Monroe County native, growing up on
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Daily Dirt – 3/25/13
A couple quickies to get the week started… • I have heard USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett’s name come up surrounding the opening at Claflin (SC) College. Garrett at been at USC Salkehatchie for the past six seasons. He has worked as a DI assistant at both Northeastern and Bethune-Cookman. • I can confirm
OFFICIAL: Graves to S. Alabama
I mentioned this earlier in the day as a rumor. I just wanted to pass along the press release now that it has been made official. fter spending the last 10 seasons as an assistant on the staff at Butler, where his efforts helped the Bulldogs advance to back-to-back NCAA Tournament championship games while appearing
Sunday Dirt – 3/24/13
Some quick Sunday quick notes… • The name that is on fire right now at UCLA is VCU’s Shaka Smart. Rumors are that UCLA will be very aggressive with their search. Obviously it’s early here, but there are a lot of people who are close to the situation that have told me they will make
Extension for White @ La. Tech
Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde announced today that men’s basketball head coach Michael White has agreed to a contract extension pending approval from the University of Louisiana System’s Board of Supervisors. Coach White has led the Bulldog basketball program to extraordinary new heights since being named the 17th head coach of Louisiana
OFFICIAL: Howland fired at UCLA
We reported this as a rumor last night, and talked about it in the blog today. I just wanted to pass along the statement from UCLA now that Ben Howland has been officially fired. The University of California Los Angeles has relieved Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ben Howland of his duties effective immediately and a
Cal State Northridge rumors
Multiple sources are saying that the search at Cal State Northridge is down to five. They are believed to be: • Reggie Theus – Head coach Los Angeles D-fenders (D-League). Former head coach New Mexico State and Sacramento Kings. Was the 9th overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft and spent 13 years in the
HOT RUMOR: Howland out at UCLA
Multiple outlets are reporting that UCLA head coach Ben Howland has been fired. It sounds like the official announcement could come as early as tomorrow. Howland had been the head coach at UCLA since 2003 – he led the Bruins to three straight Final Four appearances (2006, 07, 08). More on this when it becomes
Southern Vermont Hires Coach
Southern Vermont College, today announced two important changes. Former Basketball Coach Michael McDonough has been promoted to full-time Director of Athletics and Dan Engelstad, until recently assistant basketball coach at the College of Holy Cross, has been named SVC’s head men’s basketball coach. Engelstad helped lead the Holy Cross Crusaders to a 20-22 record in
Williams Gets 700th career win
Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams picked up his 700th career victory when North Carolina defeated Villanova 78-71 on Friday. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Dixon extended at Pitt through 2022-23
Stating that he intends to "finish his career at the University of Pittsburgh," Pitt men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon reinforced that commitment today when he signed a 10-year contractual agreement that runs through the 2022-23 season. Dixon owns the highest winning percentage in school history (.753) with a 262-86 record from 2003-13. He has led
Angelo State update
Angelo State will name their new head coach today. A 12:15 CDT time press conference has been called to make the announcement. It can be watched live here: http://www.angelosports.com/showcase/…#Live/377 More to come after the announcement.