Tony Dominguez has waited 17 years for his opportunity to become the Western Washington University men’s basketball coach. Western Athletic Director Lynda Goodrich ended his wait Friday morning, Aug. 17, when she offered Dominguez the position of interim head basketball coach following the news of Brad Jackson’s departure for a men’s basketball assistant coaching job
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Milligan resigns at Trinity Baptist
Pat Milligan, who has coached more winning games than all other Trinity Baptist College athletic coaches combined, stepped down Thursday as head coach of the TBC Men’s Basketball Program. He will remain on staff as the Associate Athletic Director, and will become the Founding Director of the Trinity Athletic Leadership Institute. In addition, Coach Milligan
CONFIRMED: DII Champs lose coach
What I’ve been hearing as a rumor for the past few hours has now been confirmed – Western Washington head coach Brad Jackson is indeed departing to become an assistant at the University of Washington. Here is the official statement released by WWU: http://www.wwuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081712aaa…
HOT RUMOR: WWU’s Jackson to depart for Washington
Two separate sources have confirmed with me that Western Washington head coach Brad Jackson is departing for an assistant position on Lorenzo Romar’s staff at Washington. Jackson led WWU to the DII National Championship this past season (31-5). He has compiled a 518-279 record in his 27 seasons at the helm at WWU. It appears
NABC submits Amicus Brief
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), along with 43 current and former college basketball coaches, has submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on August 13, 2012. The amicus brief, or “friend of the court” brief, was submitted on the Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin, et al. lawsuit. This
Daily Dirt – 8/17/12
A busy end of the week – here we go… • According to Albany head coach Will Brown’s Twitter, his GA Josh Pelletier has been named as the DBO at Long Island University. Pelletier had been on Brown’s staff for the past two season, and was a player at St. Rose before that. I have
Rhodes College staff update
Rhodes College Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Mike DeGeorge, announced today that assistant coach Ron DuBois has been named the head coach at University of California at Santa Cruz. Assistant Coach Kyle Bossier has accepted a position on the UC Santa Cruz staff. Coach DeGeorge also announced the hiring of Josh Dinkins. Josh is coming to
Columbia’s Altman to NBA
Columbia assistant coach Koby Altman recently accepted a position with the Cleveland Cavaliers as the Manager of Pro Player Personnel. Altman was the head coach of Columbia’s developmental basketball team, a lead recruiter and assisted with practice plans while working under head coach Kyle Smith at Columbia. With the Cavaliers, Altman will be working under
Daily Dirt – 8/16/12
Today’s Daily Dirt… • I have heard from a great source that Dustin Pfeifer has resigned as the head coach at Colby CC (KS). Assistant coach Rusty Grafel will be named as his replacement. Grafel has been on the CCC staff for the past three seasons. • It sounds like Virginia has hired Marlon Stewart
Two-year extension for Rod Barnes
CSU Bakersfield Athletic Director Jeff Konya has announced men’s basketball coach Rod Barnes has signed a two-year contract extension to remain at the helm of the Roadrunners. With the two additional years Barnes’ contract now runs through the 2017-18 season. There are not any financial changes in the contract extension meaning Barnes’ salary will be
HOT: Murphy to remain at EMU
Eastern Michigan head coach Rob Murphy will remain at the school, and not take a job with the Orlando Magic. Murphy was all set to accept a job in the Magic’s scouting department – that is until he was informed that he would owe a $210,000 buyout to the school if he left. Here is
Daily Dirt – 8/15/12
Busy day today here at the HD World Headquarters…. • From a great source…It sounds like William & Mary will hire Kevin Hogan as the director of basketball operations. He spent last season as an assistant at Tallahassee CC, and has also been an assistant at Florida A&M. He is the son of Coastal Carolina