With the resignation of Dave Dickerson on Wednesday Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson would like to hire someone quickly. Sources are saying he will be interviewing candidates here in indy. Here are some names that have been mentioned. Billy Kennedy- Murray State head coach, His name keeps coming up but he just signed a contract
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Iona candidates
Here are the names that are being mentioned to replace Kevin Willard at Iona. Fran Fraschilla – former head coach at Manhattan, St. John’s, and New Mexico. Interviewed with Iona AD Pat Lyons yesterday. Norm Roberts – former Head Coach at St. John’s. Dennis Wolff – former Head Coach at Boston University. Joe Jones –
Boston College update
Interviews are underway at BC to replace recently fired Al Skinner. Yesterday, Fairfield Head Coach Ed Cooley (a former BC assistant) and Cornell Head Coach Steve Donahue met with AD Gene DeFilippo. Today, DeFilippo is expected to meet with Richmond Head Coach Chris Mooney and Northeastern Head Coach Bill Coen (another former BC assistant.) Harvard’s
Assistants on the move
Some shuffling going on among the ranks of assistant coaches. Here are a few things that I’ve heard while in Indy: Kevin Williard is bringing his entire staff with him from Iona. Shaheen Holloway, Dan McHale and Steve Sauers will all make to the move to the Big East with Willard. Holloway is played at
Marshall rumors
The search is underway at Marshall to find a replacement for recently departed Donnie Jones. Athletic Director Mike Hamrick is in charge of the search, and being very tight lipped about it. Here are some of the names that I’ve heard from various sources: Mark Cline – Assistant Coach Oklahoma. He’s a Williamson, W.Va. native.
BREAKING: Dickerson out at Tulane
I have just heard from a reliable source that Dave Dickerson is out as the Head Coach at Tulane. The Green Wave were 8-22 this past season and Dickerson had a record of 68-84 in 5 seasons at the helm. Expect the official announcement shortly.
Wisconsin-Green Bay names
It’s definitely early in this search, but here are some of the names that I’ve heard so far at UWGB: Brian Wardle – Assistant Coach UWGB. Has been on the staff for the past 5 seasons. Our sources are telling us that the other assistants (Angres Thorpe and Jason Kaslow are going to Toledo with
Conroy offered UNC-Wilmington job
Citadel Head Coach Ed Conroy has been offered the job at UNC-Wilmington according to our sources. Conroy’s base salary at UNCW would be in the in the $250,000 range – a definite upgrade of his $175,000 package at the Citadel. I’ll keep you updated as I hear more.
Welsh to Hofstra??
Former Providence head coach Tim Welsh interviewed yesterday at Hofstra and sources are reporting he will be introduced as the head coach as early as today. We will keep you updated on this when it becomes official.
Houston to hire Dickey
Multiple sources have told me that former Texas Tech Head Coach will take over at Houston. The announcement may come as early as tomorrow. Dickey was the Head Coach at Texas Tech from 1991-2001 and then worked at Oklahoma State from 2002-2008. He worked for legendary head coach Eddie Sutton at both OSU and Kentucky.
The Street Stops Here
Will air tonight at 10pm est on PBS. It follows legendary high school coach Bob Hurley and his St. Anthony’s team.
Kowalczyk to Toledo
Toledo will hold a 3:00 press conference today to announce Tod Kowalczyk as the new Head Basketball Coach. Kowalczyk has been the head coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay for the past 8 seasons (136-112) and was an assistant at Marquette before that. He replaces Gene Cross who resigned last month.