The basketball court at Lipscomb’s Allen Arena will be named in honor of former head men’s basketball coach Don Meyer. The dedication will take place in a ceremony on Dec. 3, 2011. Meyer is the all-time winningest men’s collegiate basketball coach with a record of 923-324 in 38 years as a head coach. He coached
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Lavin to undergo cancer surgery Thursday
St. John’s University head men’s basketball coach Steve Lavin will undergo surgery on Thursday at the world-renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York to treat his prostate cancer. Lavin will have the condition treated this week and is expected to resume his coaching responsibilities with the Red Storm after a recovery period. St. John’s
College of Eastern Utah Coach Found Dead
Sad news today in the college basketball world. According to multiple reports, College of Eastern Utah head coach Brad Barton was found dead is his apartment yesterday. Barton, who was only 31, became the permanent head coach at CEU in June after serving as the interim head coach last season. Barton was an assistant at
Daily Dirt – 10/5/11
A bunch of small college movement that I wanted to keep everyone updated on…. I’ve heard that former Syracuse player Gene Waldron is involved with an assistant spot at Cazenovia College (NY). Waldron scored 950 points for the Orange from 1980-1984. He played professionally in England after graduation, and has worked as the color guy
Hunter College release
We’ve known about this for a while, it’s just taken some time for Hunter to make the official announcement of the hiring of Shay Berry as their new head basketball coach. Here’s a link to the official release that came out today: http://huntercollegeathletics.com/news/2011/10/4/MBB_1004115… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Stevens College staff update
Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bobby Hurley announced his coaching staff for the 2011-12 season on Monday. Joining Hurley, top assistant Brendan Twomey, and Michael Collins will be 2008 Stevens Institute of Technology graduate Waleed Farid and former Cornell University team captain Jonathan Jacques (Clifton, N.J.). A two-year captain at Stevens, Farid led the Ducks to
Loyola (MD) adds DBO
Former Loyola University (MD) standout Omari Isreal was named the Director of Men’s Basketball Operations at his alma mater. Isreal, who played two years at Loyola form 2006-2008, will handle many administrative responsibilities for the program such as travel and academic coordination. Isreal arrived at Loyola in January 2006 after spending 1-1/2 seasons at the
LCCC Hires Coach
Lehigh Carbon Community College named Michael Iorio interim head coach. Iorio was the assistant coach for LCCC for the past three years. During his first year as an assistant, the team won its first Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference Championship. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Daily Dirt – 10/3/11
Pretty quiet so far today. Here are a few things…. I’ve heard that Union CC has finally hired former Concordia head coach and Felician assistant Joan Sanchez. Apparently he will have some administrative duties in the athletic department as well. According to my source, he will name one of his former players as an assistant.
Providence College staff update
Providence College Coach Ed Cooley announced the hiring of Mike Jackson, who will serve as the coordinator of basketball operations, and Kevin Kurbec, who will serve as the associate director of player development/video operations. Mike Jackson comes to Providence after spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach in the Big Ten. Last season,
Auburn adds staffer
Harper Williams, a 17-year European professional basketball veteran, has been named Basketball Administrative Assistant at Auburn. Williams was a teammate of Auburn Head Coach Tony Barbee at UMass (1989-1993). Williams was the 1992 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and was a two-time Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Player in 1992 and 1993 as well as
Daily Dirt – 9/30/11
A few things that I’ve heard over the last couple of days…. Sounds like Kevin Funston, an assistant at Lycoming College last season, has accepted a spot on the staff at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Funston spent one season on the Lycoming staff, and was a manager at Pitt before that. I guess Lycoming head