News

OFFICIAL: Boone named Assistant Basketball Coach at Abilene Christian

Following up on something that I mentioned in the DAILY DIRT back on 4/10. Cinco Boone has officially been named as an assistant at Abilene Christian University. No press release from the school yet, but the following was posted to Twitter earlier today: Boone spent last season as an assistant at Texas Arlington, after a

Continue Reading →

D2 DIRT: Seattle Pacific set to open; Leep taking D1 assistant job

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I teased this one yesterday on Twitter and can now confirm that D2 Seattle Pacific head coach Grant Leep will step down and become an assistant at D1 Seattle University. Leep had been at SPU for the past 14 seasons – 7 as an assistant, and the last seven as the

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

OFFICIAL: Saddler named Head Basketball Coach at Nicholls State

Following up on HoopDirt.com’s report from earlier today. Nicholls State has officially named Tevon Saddler as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here’s the release from the school: Nicholls State University Director of Athletics Jonathan Terrell announced Thursday the hiring of Tevon Saddler as the head men’s basketball coach. The hiring is pending approval from the University of Louisiana

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Thomsen named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Frostburg State

Frostburg State Director of Athletics Troy Dell has announced that Zack Thomsen will be the school’s 15th head men’s basketball coach in program history.  Thomsen will be the team’s second head coach to take helm as a member of Division II and the Mountain East Conference.  “I want to thank President Nowaczyk, Director of Athletics Troy Dell and

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

SOUTHLAND DIRT: Nicholls State set to hire Maryland Staffer as new Head Coach

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following up on my TWEET from earlier today…I have heard from multiple sources that Maryland Director of Player Personnel Tevon Saddler will be named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Nicholls State. He would replace Austin Claunch who became an assistant at Alabama a few weeks ago. Saddler, a

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Temple Basketball Staff Update

New Temple head basketball coach Adam Fisher has announced three additions to his staff. Chris Clark and Bobby Jordan have been named as assistant coaches, and Jimmy Polisi has been added as the director of basketball operations. They join Michael Huger, who was announced as the associate head coach last week. CHRIS CLARK Chris Clark,

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Southern Illinois names Jerrance Howard Assistant Basketball Coach

Southern Illinois men’s basketball has added Jerrance Howard to its staff as an assistant coach, head coach Bryan Mullins announced. “We are excited to welcome Jerrance and his family to our program. Jerrance has an infectious personality and will bring tremendous energy and experience to our staff,” Mullins said. “His winning background will have an immediate impact

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Pickens joins UT Arlington Basketball Staff

 UT Arlington men’s basketball head coach KT Turner has finalized his third assistant coach position with the hiring of former Division-I student-athlete Keith Pickens. Pickens, 32, spent the previous five seasons (2018-23) in the same position at Southeast Missouri, helping lead the Redhawks to the NCAA Tournament last month after SEMO won its first Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Valpo Basketball Staff Update

Valparaiso University men’s basketball head coach Roger Powell Jr. has announced the first three members of his coaching staff as Pat Baldwin and Matt Gordon will serve as assistant coaches, while Kylen Butler joins the staff as special assistant to the head coach. Baldwin brings head coaching experience to the Valpo bench as he spent five seasons as the head coach at Milwaukee

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Mangrum named Associate Head Coach at New Mexico State

New Mexico State Head Basketball Coach Jason Hooten announced the hiring of Associate Head Coach Kenneth Mangrum who rejoins Hooten’s staff after serving as an assistant coach at Sam Houston State University 10 years ago. “I am very happy Kenneth has decided to join us here at New Mexico State,” said Coach Hooten. “As a young

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

OFFICIAL: Rector named Head Basketball Coach at Coker

Following-up on something that I first mentioned back on April 13th (D2 DIRT). Coker University has officially named Brett Rector as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here’s the press release from the school: Brett Rector has been named Coker University’s head men’s basketball coach, announced today Wednesday, April 19th  by Vice President of Athletics

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Daily Dirt – 4/19/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) The search at UIW is moving quickly. I can confirm that after initial interviews, the pool has been cut to seven, with 1 or 2 coming to campus very shortly. The names that I’ve heard include, Arkansas assistant Gus Argenal, LSU assistant Ronnie Hamilton, Central Michigan assistant Shane Heirman, Santa Clara

Continue Reading →