University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men’s basketball assistant coach Jimmy Smith has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Schreiner University. Smith leaves his alma mater after serving as assistant coach for the past three seasons. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
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Louisville Staff Update
University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino announced a few staff changes. Kareem Richardson, an assistant coach the past season at Xavier University and a 15-year collegiate coaching veteran, has joined the UofL staff in a similar capacity under Pitino. Andre McGee, a program assistant at UofL for the past three seasons and a
Maranatha Baptist Bible College Hires Coach
Keith Salscheider has been named head men’s basketball coach at Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Athletic Director Rob Thompson announced Monday. Salscheider, 32, played professional basketball in Australia, Denmark, and the U.S. from 2003-09. He was an assistant coach for Edgewood College in 2011-12. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
K-State Hires Assitant
K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber continued to fill out his coaching staff on Monday, adding Alvin Brooks III as an assistant coach. Brooks has more than eight years of college coaching experience, including stints at Arkansas-Fort Smith (2004-06), Midland College (2006-07), Bradley (2007-10) and Sam Houston State (2010-12). Stay with HoopDirt for the latest
BREAKING: Macon fired at Binghamton
Binghamton University Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott announced today that effective immediately Mark Macon will no longer be head coach of the men’s basketball program. “Mark Macon led the program during an extremely difficult period,” said Elliott. “I appreciate and thank him for his efforts but after careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision
HoopDirt party tonight!
The entire DirtStaff is getting together tonight to celebrate the recent launch of WHoopDirt, and the continued success of HoopDirt. We’ve come a long way since we hatched this idea over a late night poker game almost four years ago! Tonight’s party is taking place at CasaDirt (the DirtQueen has been cooking for two straight
Lamar State-Port Arthur finalists
There are six finalists in the running to replace Matt Cross at Lamar State-Port Arthur. Interviews begin today (4/27) and will run through next week. The committee is hopeful to have an announcement by May 8th. The six finalists are (day of interview in parenthesis): • Steve Tucker –Former Head Coach Southeast Texas Mavericks (ABA)
Jankovich named associate HC @ SMU
Tim Jankovich has been named Associate Head Coach for SMU men’s basketball, Head Coach Larry Brown announced. Jankovich spent the past five seasons (2007-2012) as the head coach at Illinois State, where his teams went 105-64, and made four NIT appearances (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012). He also won at least 20 games and finished in
Daily Dirt – 4/27/12
Here’s the Friday “dirt”… Not a well kept secret here, but multiple sources have reported that new SMU coach Larry Brown has hired Houston assistant Ulric Maligi. This is a no brainer hire, and something that has been floating around for the last week. Maligi has big time Texas connections – he is the former
Dooley named HC at Baker
Sean Dooley, an assistant coach at perennial NAIA basketball powerhouse Columbia (Mo.) College, has been named the 26th head coach in Baker University men’s basketball history, Baker University Director of Athletics Theresa Yetmar announced on Friday. At Columbia, Dooley is coming off four consecutive 25-plus win seasons and four trips to the NAIA National Tournament,
Ryan extended at Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin has approved a five-year contract extension for Bo Ryan, who has taken the Badgers to the round of 16 the past two seasons. The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved the deal Friday. Ryan’s contract will now run through 2017. Terms were not disclosed. Wisconsin went 26-10 last season and was
SMU adds Howard
Jerrance Howard has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at SMU, Head Coach Larry Brown announced today. Howard spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois, his alma mater. There, he quickly earned a reputation as one of the top young assistant coaches in the country and one of the nation’s