Legendary men’s basketball coach Don Maestri announced his retirement Saturday evening following Troy’s quarterfinal game at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Maestri has served as the head coach at Troy University for the past 31 years. Maestri, who was inducted in the inaugural Troy University Sports Hall of Fame class and has the court in
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Grundman resigns at Marywood
Marywood University Director of Athletics and Recreation Dr. Mary Jo Gunning has announced that veteran coach Eric Grundman has resigned his post as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Grundman, who has coached the men’s basketball squad for the past 12 seasons, will remain at the University as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation and Head
Daily Dirt – 3/8/13
End of the week "dirt"… • I have heard that Trent Eager, who was the interim head coach at Alabama Southern CC, was given the position on a full-time basis this morning. He was hired last August just before school started. Before ASCC, he was the head coach at Monroe County HS (AL). He played
Kennesaw State rumors
Sounds like two more assistants are out at Kennesaw State. My sources have told me that Darryl Slack and Marty McGillian are no longer with the program. They were both hired prior to this season after Mike Smith and Tim Morris left the staff. Kennesaw head man Lewis Preston will now be entering year three
Daily Dirt II – 3/7/13
A busy day today in the "dirt" world. A few more things that I’ve heard since this mornings blog… • Another name to add to the list at Fairleigh Dickinson…Northwestern assistant Fred Hill. He is a NJ guy who spent four seasons as the head coach at Rutgers (2006-10). Was an assistant at FDU, Seton
Corban (OR) hires coach
Former Warrior player and head coach Steve Masten returns for his second stint as head coach of Corban’s men’s basketball team, as announced Wednesday by the University’s administration. "Corban Athletics couldn’t ask for a better gift from a Warrior alumnus than to have Steve Masten re-take the reins of our men’s basketball program," said Tim
Daily Dirt – 3/7/13
Some early morning “dirt”… • Cameron head coach Wade Alexander has abruptly resigned. Assistant Nate Gamet has been appointed as the interim head coach. Alexander’s resignation came on Tuesday – the day before Cameron was to play in their league tournament (a game in which they wound up losing). They still have NCAA tourney hopes
Fairleigh Dickinson rumors…
As I mentioned earlier today, I have started to hear a lot of names surrounding the vacancy at Fairleigh Dickinson (which is now confirmed as open). This is a pretty “hot” job right now, mostly because there are a bunch of guys with strong NYC / NJ recruiting ties who are trying to get involved.
Daily Dirt – 3/6/13
A few mid-week quickies… • UTEP head coach Tim Floyd has addressed the USC rumors (http://www.wsmv.com/story/21524886/utep-tim-floyd-meets-with…). He basically said that he is not looking for a job, and not offered a job, but did meet with USC AD Pat Haden for three hours last week. Read into this what you may… • I can confirm
Official: Vetrone out at FDU
What was reported as rumor last week has now been made official…Greg Vetrone has been fired as the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson. Vetrone confirmed this yesterday in a text to the The Star-Ledger: http://www.nj.com/college-basketball/index.ssf/2013/03/greg_… As I said earlier in the week, I’ve heard a lot of names surrounding this one – I’m still working
Springer’s Contract Not Renewed
Shippensburg University athletics administration announced Monday that men’s basketball coach Dave Springer’s contract will not be renewed for next season. SU finished the 2012-13 season with a 7-20 record and earned the No. 6 seed in the PSAC Tournament. Springer posted a 144-189 record with the Raiders in 12 seasons as the head coach. Stay
Grogan named head coach at JWU Denver
Johnson & Wales University’s Denver Campus has announced that Quintin Grogan has been hired to lead the Wildcat Men’s Basketball program. Grogan most recently served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Northern Arizona University from 2009-2012. Prior to his tenure at NAU, Grogan served as assistant at Metropolitan State University in Denver from 2008-2009.