niversity of Arizona men’s basketball coach Sean Miller today announced the hiring of Wildcat alumus and former NBA great Damon Stoudamire as assistant coach. Stoudamire returns to Tucson after completing his second season as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis. He joined the Tigers’ staff in May of 2011 after a two-year stint
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Cal St. Fullerton staff update
Cal State Fullerton head men’s basketball coach Dedrique Taylor announced Friday (May 17) that John Smith, Danny Sprinkle, and Robert Spence have been added to the Titans’ coaching staff for the 2013-14 season. "We are extremely excited and fortunate to have assembled a staff that coincides with our vision for Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball
Missouri-Kansas City rumor
Three separate sources have now told me that Seward (KS) CC assistant coach Jason Sautter will be hired as an assistant at UMKC. Before joining the Seward staff two years ago, Sautter was the head coach at Western Texas College. He has also been an assistant at Howard College (TX), and Lincoln University. The hiring
Junior College Dirt – 5/16/13
A couple quickies from the JC world… • Garden City Community College head coach Rand Chappelle has resigned and will become an assistant at Eastern Illinois. Chappelle just finished his first season at GCCC with an 11-20 record. He has also been the head coach at Central Arkansas, Henderson State, and Phillips (OK). • I
Ozarks head coach Boxell resigns
University of the Ozarks Head Men’s Basketball Coach Doug Boxell has resigned from his position and accepted the head boy’s basketball job at Bowie High School in Bowie, Texas, Athletics Director Jimmy Clark announced Thursday. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Baker Named Head Coach at Mount Marty
Andrew Baker has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Mount Marty College. Baker will be the 8th Head Coach in Lancer history, succeeding Jim Thorson, who resigned recently after leading the program the last 18 years. Previous to assisting the Lancer men’s program the past two years, Baker served as a coach
OFFICIAL: Midland hires Dreiling
We broke this one last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8f7f9b34/midland-college-update/…) – just wanted to pass along the official press release now that Jordan Dreiling has been tabbed as the head coach at Midland College… Here’s the link to the PDF announcement: http://www.gochaps.com/docs/New_Head_Coach_Jordan_Dreiling.p… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Hayes named head coach at Thomas
Thomas College Athletic Director David Roussel ’91 has announced the hiring of Jon Hayes as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Hayes, who was an assistant coach last season, will fill the position vacated by former Head Coach T.J. Maines, who stepped down earlier this month after leading the Terriers for the past seven seasons. Coach
OFFICIAL: Duquette named head coach at UMass Lowell
Pat Duquette, former associate head coach at Northeastern University and Boston College, was named the head men’s basketball coach at UMass Lowell, Director of Athletics Dana Skinner announced Thursday. Duquette comes to the University following three years as the associate head coach to Bill Coen at Northeastern; which followed 13 years as an assistant/associate head
Daily Dirt II – 5/15/13
Here’s the second installment of the "dirt" for today… • I have now heard from two different sources that former Marquette assistant Scott Monarch will become the new head coach at Claffin University (SC). He had worked at Marquette from 2008-2012 and also worked for Buzz Williams at New Orleans. Monarch also served as the
Washington rumor
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Villanova assistant Raphael Chillious will return to Lorenzo Romar’s staff at Washington. Chillious worked at UW for three seasons before joining Jay Wright’s staff last summer. He has also been the head coach at South Kent Prep (CT), and worked as Nike’s business manager for Elite Youth Basketball. The
Memphis rumor
Multiple sources are saying that LSU assistant Robert Kirby will accept a similar position on Josh Pastner’s staff at Memphis. Kirby just wrapped up his first season at LSU – he was an assistant at Georgetown before that. He also spent 14 seasons as an assistant at Mississippi State. The hiring is expected to be