Saint Joseph’s College and Director of Athletics Bill Massoels has announced Tom Church as the 18th head coach of the men’s basketball team. Coach Church makes his return to SJC after spending the past three seasons as an Assistant Coach at Florida Southern College. Before his three years at FSC, Church was an Assistant Coach
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Berry names head coach
Jeff Rogers has been named head basketball coach at Berry College announced Viking Athletic Director Todd Brooks. Rogers comes to Berry after serving as the head coach at Thomas More College—also an NCAA Division III institution—located in Crestview Hills, Ky. In four seasons, he led the Saints to a 77-34 (.694 win percentage) record. Rogers’
HOT: McDevitt the choice at UNCA
Press conference taking place now at UNC Asheville. Nick McDevitt was just introduced as the head coach: http://www.uncabulldogs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19200… Here’s what we’ve said about McDevitt in the past: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/aaed287b/unc-asheville-rumors/… http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8b7b7ccf/daily-dirt-4-8-13/… We’ll pass along the official statement once it’s released.
HOT: Extension for Giannini at La Salle
La Salle University and Dr. John Giannini have reached a multi-year agreement that should keep Giannini as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at 20th and Olney for years to come, Director of Athletics, Dr. Tom Brennan, announced today. Details of the contract will not be disclosed. “This past season was an outstanding one for our
Daily Dirt – 4/25/13
Another busy day here at the HoopDirt World Headquarters – here are a couple things to start the day… • Kansas State Director of Student-Athlete Development Wayne McClain is departing and will become the head coach at Champaign Central High School (IL). McClain just finished his first season at KSU – before that he spent
Loyola (IL) assistant resigns
Rick Malnati, who has spent the last two years on Porter Moser’s men’s basketball staff at Loyola University Chicago, has resigned from his post as assistant coach it was announced today. Malnati is leaving to take the head varsity boys basketball job at Fenwick High School. "I am extremely happy for Rick to be able
Daily Dirt II – 4/25/13
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
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