**UPDATE** Saturday 8/21 Our sources were correct – Here’s the link to the official press release on Howard Moore’s hiring at UIC. http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082010aaa.… Friday 8/20 Sources are telling us that Wisconsin assistant coach Howard Moore will be named Illinois-Chicago’s men’s basketball coach. Moore has been at Wisconsin since 2005. He is very familiar with the
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D3 Assistants Hired
Lycoming College head coach Guy Rancourt has hired Kevin Funston has an assistant coach. Funston was the head manager at Pitt for the past two seasons. Wentworth assistant L.J. Harrington has left to take an assistant spot at Regis College. Prior to Wentworth Harrington was the head coach at Newbury College
UIC finalists
Apparently Illinois-Chicago has narrowed their search down to five candidates. With the help of a search firm and former South Carolina head coach Eddie Fogler as a consultant, AD Jim Schmidt and his crew will choose between these five: Howard Moore – Wisconsin assistant Mark Montgomery – Michigan State associate head coach Willis Wilson –
Franklin to Vincennes
Southeastern Illinois College men’s basketball coach Todd Franklin has accepted the head coaching position at Vincennes University. An official announcement will be made on Wednesday (12:30 CDT). Franklin is 329-97 in 13 seasons at Southeastern.
Rumors from The DirtKing….
Here are some things that I’ve heard over the weekend…. Sounds like Florida Gulf Coast assistant Nick Bennett is off to join the staff at UTPA. Bennett has spent three seasons as an assistant at FGCU. Rumor has it that Larry Mendez, former assistant coach at South Plains JC, has been hired as the new
Bluefield State rumor….
My sources are telling me that Jimmy Voight will be named head coach at Bluefield State (WV). Voight spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Louisiana-Monroe. He has been a head coach at New Mexico Junior College, Eastern Oklahoma State, and Bacone. The official announcement is expected any day.
New England small college moves
A few things that I’ve heard from the great northeast (where it’s probably snowing already): Jim O’Connell has left his spot as an assistant Bridgewater State after nine seasons to become the associate head coach at Curry. O’Connell also spent time as an assistant at Dean JC. Suffolk University assistant Rich Fazzi has departed for
The DirtKing is back!
I took the DirtFamily on a quick vacation after camp – I’m finally back! Mr. Dirt did a great job of keeping the news and jobs updated. I will sort through my emails and all of the contact submissions and get some new rumors, etc. up shortly!
Vincennes U. rumor….
I’ve heard this from a few guys over the past few days – it appears that Vincennes University will hire Indian Hills head coach Jeff Kidder. He would replace David Ragland who became an assistant at Indiana State last month. Kidder lead his Indian Hills squad to 25-8 record last season.
On the road…..
Sorry for the lack of updates…..DK and staff are absolutely killing it on the road right now….I’ll try to get some things up today.
UIC Rumors
Here are some of the names that I’ve been hearing to replace Jimmy Collins at Illinois-Chicago: Howard Moore – Assistant Coach Wisconsin. A Chicago native. Has spent the past 10 seasons recruiting Chicago while at Wisconsin, Bradley, Ball Sate, and Loyola (Chicago). Ernie Kent – Former Head Coach Oregon. A native of Rockford, Illinois. Jerrance
Collins resigns at Illinois-Chicago
I guess I was wrong when I blogged about Tracy Dildy’s hiring last week as being the last DI opening to be filled for the upcoming season. In a suprise move yesterday, UIC head coach Jimmy Collins announced his retirement. So there is now one more job to fill before we can close the books