Ball State head men’s basketball coach Michael Lewis has completed his staff. Lou Gudino, Jamal Meeks, Ben Botts and Bill Comar will be joining Lewis for his first year in Muncie. Gudino will serve as the associate head coach, while Meeks and Botts will be assistant coaches. Comar will be the special assistant to the
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Brown promoted to Head Coach at D3 Covenant
Covenant director of athletics Dr. Tim Sceggel announced Josh Brown as the next head men’s basketball coach for the Scots. Brown, the lead assistant for the Scots the last three seasons, becomes the 17th head coach in program history. He replaces Neal Young, who announced his departure earlier this week to become the head coach at Ohio Northern University. “I am
Daily Dirt – 4/8/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I will be traveling most of the day today. This will be the only update until possibly later tonight on the website, but I will do my best to get some stuff up on Twitter (until the DirtQueen shuts that down). Here’s my early morning dirt… With Chartlon Young headed to
D3 DIRT: Houghton College opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Lance Westberg is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Houghton College (NY). Westberg was hired at Houghton back in 2019 after a five-year stint as an assistant at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. During his three seasons at HC, Westerg put together a 10-48 (.172)
Official statement from San Diego on Lavin hiring
San Diego’s AD Bill McGillis has been going on an absolute Tweet storm about this hiring over the past 24-hours, so it’s no secret, but the official announcement from USD finally came out late this afternoon. Here is the release: Steve Lavin, a proven winner who guided UCLA and St. John’s to eight NCAA Tournament
REPORT: Florida State’s Young headed to Mizzou
HoopDirt.com can confirm multiple reports that Florida State assistant Charlton Young is headed to Missouri where he will become Dennis Gates’ associate head coach. Young and Gates had previously served together on Leonard Hamilton’s staff (2013-19). Young was hired at FSU after spending four seasons as an assistant at his alma mater Georgia Southern. Young
OFFICIAL: Erwin named Head Basketball Coach at NAIA Midland U
Following up on something that I mentioned in the DAILY DIRT earlier today. Midland University has now officially announced Tyler Erwin as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here is the official release from the school: Midland University is pleased to announce the addition of Tyler Erwin (’00) as its new Men’s Basketball Head Coach.
McMahon officially announces LSU Basketball staff
LSU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt McMahon announced on Thursday the members of his staff that will help him lead the LSU Tigers into the 2022-23 season. McMahon announced that Casey Long, Ronnie Hamilton and Cody Toppert will serve as assistant coaches. Long joins Coach McMahon after five seasons at Murray State while Hamilton comes to LSU after a
Daily Dirt II – 4/7/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Busy day. Here’s DDII…. Great sources confirm to me that Jeff Rutter will join DJ Stephens new staff at Western Michigan. Rutter had been an assistant at Miami (OH) for the past five seasons, and has also been at Drake, Iowa State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Stetson. Kyan Brown
OFFICIAL: Schrage named special assistant to the head coach at Duke
Duke men’s basketball head coach Jon Scheyer announced the first addition to his staff on Thursday with the hiring of former Elon head coach Mike Schrage as special assistant to the head coach. Scheyer was named Duke’s next head coach in June following the announcement by Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski of his plan to retire following the 2021-22 season.
Daily Dirt – 4/7/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Today’s Daily Dirt… I have heard that UMass Lowell assistant coach Biko Paris has resigned. Sounds like he is getting out of the business. Paris, a former player at Boston College, had sent the past nine seasons as an assistant at Lowell. In yesterday’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned that phone interviews
D3 DIRT: Wilmington College (OH) set to open
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that K.C. Hunt is no longer the men’s basketball head coach at D3 Wilmington College (OH). Hunt, who had been the head coach at WC for the past fifteen seasons, finishes his tenure with the second most wins in school history (185). He led the Quakers to Ohio