Portland State University has scheduled a 2;00pm news conference for today to announce the hiring of Tyler Geving. Geving , who will replace Ken Bone (took the Washington State job), has been the Associate Head Coach at Portland State since 2007, and on staff since 2005. He has been an assistant at Central Washington, Highline
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Eastern New Mexico Finalists
The search committee at Eastern New Mexico University has narrowed the field to three. Included are Andrew Helton, currently an assistant coach at University of South Alabama, Richard Davis, the head coach at St. Joseph’s College (Ind.) and Greg Young, the athletic director and head men’s basketball coach at Jacksonville College in Texas Andrew Helton
Portland State Rumors
Portland State has just finished up their interviewing process and is looking to name a head coach by sometime next week. The leading candidate to take over for Ken Bone is associate head coach Tyler Geving. He has been at Portland State for the past 4 seasons. Before Portland State he had been an assistant
Seattle University rumors
Washington assistant coaches Cameron Dollar and Jim Shaw are emerging as the top candidates to replace Joe Callero at Seattle. Shaw is a Washington native (Chimacum) and has been an assistant at UW for the past 5 seasons. Dollar has been at Washington for the past 7 season and starred at UCLA. Seattle Director of
Thoughts from Detroit
Finally back from the Motor City….what a long trip!! The games were great (Ford Field is pretty nasty), and there were a lot of coaches out there, but everything was so spread out. Most of us coaches stayed in Windsor – right across the river from Detroit. The border crossings were a huge problem –
4:00 Press Conference Scheduled at Liberty
Liberty University has scheduled a 4:00pm press conference this afternoon to announce their new basketball coach. All indications are that it will be Marquette assistant Dale Layer. Before coming to Marquette, Layer was an assistant under Ritchie McKay at Liberty. Layer was also the head coach at Colorado State from 2000-2007 (103-106). Here’s the link
Fayetteville State Finalists
Fayetteville State has narrowed down its coaching search to three finalists. Included are Grambling State assistant Alphonza Kee, Elizabeth City coach Shawn Walker, and UNC-Wilmington assistant Joe Redmond. Alphonza Kee seems to be the favorite for the job, having played at Fayetteville. He also has 11 years of coaching experience. Shawn Walker has a ton
The DirtKing is off to Detroit!!
The DirtKing is headed to Detroit for the final four! As you all know, we are in the coaching business, and the NABC Convention is a big event for us. During this time, we will be updating the news and jobs section, but the blog will be fairly quiet. When I return, I’ll post all
Memphis seeks permission to speak with Pearl
Memphis is seeking permission from Tennessee to speak with Bruce Pearl about the newly vacant head basketball position at the school. Reports out there are saying Memphis is prepared to pay in the range of $3 million per years with a 7-year pact. Reports that the offer has already been made are untrue. Also, according
What’s going on at Arizona?
What is going on with Arizona and their search to replace Lute Olson? AD Jim Livengood has had since October (when Olson resigned) to conduct this search. Kentucky and Virginia both hired within a week of dismissing their coaches. Alabama, got their man in Anthony Grant last week. Not only do I not understand the
Watch Calipari’s press conference live
Here’s the live link to Coach Cal’s introductory press conference at UK. It’s scheduled to start at 9:30 – running a bit late: http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=kty&med… Should be interesting. Enjoy!!
Nickelberry out at Hampton
Our sources have told us that Kevin Nickelberry has resigned at Hampton. He becomes the second DI coach in the state of Virginia to resign today, following Liberty’s Ritchie McKay. Nickelberry had been an assistant at Clemson, UNC-Charlotte, and Holy Cross and owns a 49-44 record (16-16 this season) in 3 years at Hampton. Will