New Clemson coach Brad Brownell is rounding out his staff. He has recently hired Wichita State University assistant Earl Grant. Prior to Wichita State Grant spent 3 seasons at Marshall. Brownell also brought with him assistant Mike Winiecki and manager/video assistant Lucas McKay from Wright State. He also hired former Tulane assistant Dick Bender last
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Hill Resigns
Rutgers head coach Fred Hill has officially resigned from his position. It’s been almost 3 weeks since Hill’s outburst at a Rutgers baseball game. He will walk away with a buyout of around 800k.
Dartmouth down to three
According to my source, Dartmouth has narrowed it’s search from five finalists to three. Apparently the DIII guys have been eliminated – Middlebury head coach Jeff Brown and Pomona-Pitzer head coach Charlie Katsiaficas are not in the final three (did I sound like Ryan Seacrest from American Idol?) The three remaining candidates are former Dartmouth
Interviews begin at Cornell
Cornell has begun interviewing candidates to replace Steve Donahue. I can confirm that Temple assistant Matt Langel interviewed for the job earlier in the week. Langel played at Penn under current Temple head coach Fran Dunphy – Steve Donahue was one of the assistants during that time. The Donahue hire worked out pretty well for
Early names at Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe AD Bobby Staub has already begun the process of searching for a replacement for Orlando Early who resigned yesterday. A few early names that have come up that appear to be involved with the job are: Kenny Natt – Former NBA player and coach. An alum of ULM. Keith Richard – Assistant at LSU.
Brown the choice at Holy Cross
Mt. St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown will be named as the next head coach at Holy Cross. An official news conference is expected early next week (with the Patriot’s Day holiday in Massachusetts on Monday, it sounds like Tuesday will be the day). I reported yesterday that Brown was on campus and interviewing for
A curve ball at UNC-Wilmington
Didn’t see this one coming…. After almost 80 days, UNC-Wilmington has decided to hire Appalachian State head coach Buzz Peterson. Peterson is 225-147 in 12 seasons as a head coach (App. St., Tulsa, Tennessee, Coastal Carolina, and back to App. St.) He has had two one year stints – winning 26 games at Tulsa in
Colorado search narrowed to three
The search for the next basketball coach at Colorado is apparently down to 3. They are: Steve McClain – Current Colorado associate head coach. Was interviewed on Thursday. Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach at Oregon. Former head coach at Metro State (Denver) and an assistant with the Nuggets. He’s interviewing today. Tad Boyle –
NYC rumors…..
Steve Lavin is working on completing his staff at St. John’s. He has already hired Tony Chiles, and is close to hiring the rest of the spots. Those who are involved are: Rico Hines – Played for Lavin at UCLA. Was an assistant for Golden State last season. Mike Dunlap – Associate head coach at
Dartmouth rumors….
I know that I often poke fun at the lengthy search going on at UNC-Wilmington (78 days and counting), but according to my math, Dartmouth has been searching for 97 days! The search for Terry Dunn’s replacement may finally be coming to an end. I’ve heard of four legitimate candidates who have either visited campus,
BREAKING: UW-Green Bay to hire Wardle
I have just heard from very good sources that Brian Wardle will be hired as the head coach at UWGB. Wardle has been an assistant at UWGB since 2005 and was the director of ops at Marquette before that. He played for Tom Crean at Marquette, and led Golden Eagles in scoring as a sophomore,
New England rumors…..
Two quick rumors from the New England area: New Boston College assistant John Gallagher is at the top of the short list at Hartford. He was the associate head coach there before moving on to Penn (and recently BC). Sounds like they may be moving quickly on this one. If this falls through, UConn assistant