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
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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.
HOT: Rike out at Angelo State
Angelo State University has announced that it will not renew the contracts of men’s head basketball coach Fred Rike or assistant men’s basketball coach Kenneth Mangrum. "I appreciate everything Fred and Kenneth have done for our university and our student-athletes,” said Angelo State Athletics Director Sean Johnson. "I wish them success and the best moving
HOT: Harter fired at Pace
After sixteen years of service at Pace University, Jim Harter will not continue as head coach for men’s basketball. Harter finished his 16th season, leading the Setters to a 9-16 overall record and 6-15 finish in the Northeast-10, short of a bid into the conference playoffs. Harter went 224-213 overall in his time at Pace.
USC rumors…
According to the Los Angeles Times, USC AD Pat Haden has already met with UTEP head coach Tim Floyd about the Trojan’s vacancy. Floyd was the head coach at USC from 2005-2009. He is currently in his third season at UTEP and has also coached the Bulls and Hornets in the NBA. Another name mentioned
St. Martin’s (WA) coach fired
Saint Martin’s University will not retain men’s basketball coach Keith Cooper next season, Director of Athletics Bob Grisham announced today. Cooper finished the 2012-13 season on Saturday with an 82-71 victory over Central Washington University, closing out 10 seasons as head coach. Cooper was hired as Saint Martin’s head coach in 2003 and compiled a
Daily Dirt – 3/4/13
Some "dirt" to begin the week (and I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a busy week)… • An interesting name that keeps popping up surrounding the Old Dominion vacancy is former Georgia and Western Kentucky head coach Dennis Felton. Current ODU AD Wood Selig was the AD at WKU when Felton was the
OFFICIAL: Thomas appointed head coach at UMBC
Aki Thomas, acting head men’s basketball coach at UMBC, has been appointed as the head coach of the program, Dr. Charles Brown, director of athletics, announced today. Thomas has served as acting head coach since Oct. 10, 2012, following five previous seasons as a Retrievers’ assistant coach. Coach Thomas and his staff have led UMBC
HOT RUMOR: Thomas to keep UMBC job
After a lot of speculation and rumors, it appears that Maryland-Baltimore County will retain Aki Thomas as their head coach. Thomas was appointed as the acting head coach a few days before the 2012-13 season started. Many (including me), were led to believe that this was a one year position, and a search would be
Gavers named HC at Hastings
Nearly five months after Hastings College Bronco Men’s Basketball Head Coach Lance Creech announced he would step down at the end of the 2012-2013 campaign, the search for Creech’s replacement is complete. Effective June 1, 2013, Bill Gavers ’88 will return to Hastings College to serve as Head Coach for Men’s Basketball. The Omaha, Neb.-native
AIB names new head coach
AIB College of Business has named former University of Northern Iowa standout Cory Jenkins as its new men’s basketball head coach. Jenkins served as assistant coach at AIB the past two seasons and was named interim men’s basketball coach in January. He then guided AIB to a win over St. Ambrose University to close the
Woliczko resigns @ Montana Tech
Montana Tech men’s head basketball coach Aaron Woliczko has announced his resignation. Woliczko, who came to Montana from the University of Pacific where he was an assistant coach, is moving back to California to work in his hometown of Santa Cruz. The Oredigger basketball team finished 15-15 overall this year in Woliczko’s third season at