Apparently new Florida International coach Isiah Thomas is not honoring any commitments that the previous staff had made to their incoming recruits. While this is not necessarily an uncommon practice, it seems the way Thomas is doing it is upsetting a lot of people. The link to the article is at the bottom, but this
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Fayetteville State Coaching Search
Rumors are that Fayetteville State has offered Grambling State assistant Alphonza Kee the head coaching position this past weekend. There has been no word from Fayetteville State on whether or not Kee has accepted the job. Kee is a 1998 graduate of Fayetteville State. As we reported earlier, we here at HoopDirt thought Kee was
Wayne State Finalists
Wayne State College has announced the finalist for their head coach position. They have narrowed the list to following. Paul Combs, is currently the head coach at Wisconsin-Platteville. He has been there since 03-04 and has compiled a 103-56 record. Prior to Wisconsin-Platteville he was the head coach at Lakeland College for four years. Mike
Moberly Area Community College Finalists
Moberly Area Community College has announced four finalists for the head coach position. MACC received over 150 applications and narrowed it down to the following. Christopher Tifft, who is the head coach at Lamar Community College, he has been there since 2004. This past season he led Lamar to a region IX title and a
Another Appalachian State update
Appalachian State AD Charlie Cobb has realized that his search is dragging on. After being turned down by Buzz Peterson, denied permission to talk to The Citadel’s Ed Conroy, and reportedly making another run at Peterson, Coles has attempted to quiet the critics. He issued the following statement: http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=104528&SPID=… Basically, he is saying that they
It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol…..
I can’t get this tune (off-tune?) out of my head……. For those of you who missed Bruce "Big – P" Pearl’s rap the other night here it is….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx3cmeLhEcg… Too many coaches take themselves too seriously – not Big P! He is the man!! Here’s classic pic of Pearl from a Tennessee women’s game in
Dollar expected to be named Head Coach at Seattle
Washington assistant Cameron Dollar is expected to be named Head Coach at Seattle University. The announcement could come as early as today. The 33-year old Dollar has spent the last seven seasons as an assistant at Washington. He was a member of UCLA’s 1995 National Championship team and has been in coaching ever since graduation.
Random thoughts and rumors….
Here’s are some things that I’ve heard over the past few days….. Miami-Dade College coach Matt Eisele is rumored to be joining Josh Pastner’s staff at Memphis. Two of his players have already signed at Memphis, and he could help steer prized point guard James Beatty towards the Tigers. http://www.mdc.edu/athletics/mensbasketball_coaches.asp… New North Florida coach Matt
Isiah Thomas to be named Head Coach at Florida International
The Miami Herald is reporting that Florida International and New York Knicks exec Isiah Thomas will reach an agreement on a contract today, and that Thomas will officially be introduced as the Panthers coach on Wednesday. This is obviously a very strange hire. FIU AD Pete Garcia must have had some sort of contact with
Mack to be hired at Xavier
Multiple sources have told me that Chris Mack will be hired to replace Sean Miller at Xavier. A press conference has been tentatively scheduled for tomorrow. Mack, who is an alum of the University, has been on the Musketeers staff for the past five seasons. He also worked as an assistant at wake Forest under
Appalachian State Rumors
There is a pretty wild coaching search going at Appalachian State. Last week, the Mountaineers had reportedly offered the job to Bobcats Director of Player Personnel Buzz Peterson. After thinking it over, Peterson (who was the head coach at App. St from 1996-2000), turned the job down. This move was a little surprising considering most
Bennett rounds-out staff at UVa
According to our sources, Tony Bennett has finalized his staff at the University of Virginia. As we announced last week, former Liberty head coach Ritchie McKay has joined the staff as the Associate Head Coach. Joining him will be: American assistant and former UVa stand-out Jason Williford. Williford has been at American for the past