A lot of crazy stuff going on in Houston. Here are a few things that I’ve heard while pounding $7 Bud Lights in the Hilton Lobby…. It sounds like Loyola (IL) is set to name St. Louis associate head coach Porter Moser as their next head coach. Before joining Rick Majerus’ staff, he was the
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Breaking: Utah Hires Coach
New Jersey Nets assistant Larry Krystkowiak signed a multi-year contract late Saturday night to become the new head coach of the Utes. Krystkowiak played for the Utah Jazz in 1992-93. He was 42-20 in two seasons at the helm of his alma mater Montana. He was also head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Lamar Update
Sounds like Lamar is down to 8 Finalist for the job, we were hearing that Central Oklahoma coach Terry Evans is the leader but who knows at this point, the job has thought to been offered twice already but A.D. Larry Tidwell has denied those rumors. Finalist : Terry Evans – Central Oklahoma Head Coach
Small College Update
UW-Eau Claire opened up the other day when Terry Gibbons resigned as the head coach. This is a big time job in the state of Wisconsin. At one time it was one of the premiere small college programs in America. Ken Anderson turned down UW to stay here back in the day because the camp
Daily Dirt from Houston
Tough morning here in Houston…..I’m trying to recover from a Bud Light induced coma. A few things I’ve heard while banging around the Hilton lobby…. There are 8 finalists at Lamar (this from a source VERY close to the situation). They are: former Texas Tech coach Pat Knight, Lamar assistant Tic Price, Lamar State College-Port
BREAKING: Missouri State to hire Lusk
Purdue assistant Paul Lusk will be officially introduced as the next head coach at Missouri State. A 1:30pm news conference is scheduled for tomorrow. Lusk, who has spent the last seven seasons at Purdue, will sign a five year contract. He replaces Cuonzo Martin who became the head coach at Tennessee.
Kent State Update
Kent State’s search is under way here in Houston, interviews are being held now and there is a couple of new names. Rob Murphy- Current Syracuse assistant, former Kent State assistant Jayson Gee- assistant on former KSU head coach Gary Waters’ staff at Cleveland State, spent three seasons as head coach at the University of
UNLV Names
With Lon Kruger accepting the job at Oklahoma,two former UNLV players Dave Rice and Reggie Theus will make strong pushes for the job. Rice, who played on UNLV’s national championship team in 1990, is the associate head coach at BYU. He also has local recruiting ties through his brother, Grant, who is the head coach
BREAKING: Kruger to Oklahoma
Multiple sources are reporting that UNLV head coach will become the next head coach at Oklahoma. Apparently Kruger has agreed to a contract that will pay him $2M annually. Once he meets with Oklahoma President David Boren, the official announcement will be made. Kruger has been the head coach at Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV,
More Houston dirt….
A few more things that I just heard…. It sounds like Oklahoma video coordinator Dionne Phelps is going to be the choice at Oklahoma City University. Phelps spent one season at Oklahoma, and has been an assistant at Baylor, UTSA, and Texas State. I’ve heard that new Wyoming head Larry Shyatt is considering hiring Jeremy
DirtKing @ 39,000 feet….
Gotta love the airline WI-FI….I’ve been able to get some work done at 39,000 feet! Here are a couple of thngs that I just heard via email…. Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson was on campus at Fairfield yesterday. This is confirmed from one of our troops on the ground who saw him on campus with
The DirtKing is off to Houston…..
The Dirtking is off to Houston! I’m sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, so I thought I’d get a few things up. I will try to blog throughout my trip – mostly during the few sober hours…. A few thoughts about my trip first….. Deciding last minute to go to the Final Four