Centenary University have officially announced Dirk Kelly as the new Head Coach for the Men’s Basketball Team. Kelly served as the Assistant Coach during the 2022-23 season, which was his first season with the Cyclones. Kelly has twenty-seven years of coaching experience at both the high school and collegiate level where he has shown a lot of
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BREAKING: Boeheim retires; Autry named new Syracuse Head Coach
Jim Boeheim has officially retired as the head basketball coach at Syracuse, and Adrian Autry has been tapped to take his place. Here’s the official press release from Syracuse announcing the moves: Nearly 60 years ago, Jim Boeheim ’66, G’73 first arrived on the Syracuse University campus as an undergraduate student and walk-on with the men’s basketball
D3 DIRT: Bethany (WVa) set to hire D3 assistant as next Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I teased this one a bit today in the Daily Dirt, and can now confirm it. D3 Bethany College (WVa) will hire Nebraska Wesleyan Wesleyan assistant Brad Johnson as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Johnson just wrapped up his second season at NWU, after a three-year stint as an assistant
NAIA DIRT: Midway U (KY) opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Joe Krupinski is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Midway University (KY). This past season, Krupinski’s Eagles went 16-12 (11-7 RSC). The veteran coach had been at Midway for the past seven seasons, and was the head coach at St. Catharine
Daily Dirt – 3/8/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) With McNeese State officially opening this morning, let the Will Wade rumors start…NOW. Earlier in the week, I mentioned former Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis as a potential name at Idaho (Daily Dirt 3/7). Scratch that one – he is definitely not in the mix. Some names that I’ve heard
McNeese State releases Head Coach John Aiken
John Aiken will not return as the McNeese Cowboys basketball coach for the final year of his contract in 2023-24, McNeese Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer announced on Wednesday. In his two seasons at the helm, Aiken compiled a 22-45 overall record and 10-22 in Southland Conference play. He will be paid the remaining year of his
HOT: Allen out at Army
Army West Point athletics director Mike Buddie and Head Coach Jimmy Allen have mutually agreed to a change in the leadership of the Men’s Basketball program, effective immediately. Jimmy Allen was introduced as the Lee Anderson Men’s Basketball Head Coach on March 30, 2016, compiling a 98-112 record in seven seasons. As is our practice following each season, we conducted
Isakson named Head Basketball Coach at NAIA University of Providence
J.C. Isakson has been named the new University of Providence Men’s basketball coach, replacing Steve Keller who announced his retirement following this past season. Isakson is no stranger to Montana basketball, having grown up at Augusta, before playing for Keller at Montana Western. He coached at Glacier High School (Kalispell, Mont.) in 2013, spent the 2014-2016 seasons
D3 DIRT: Kenyon set to open
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Dan Priest is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Kenyon College (OH). Priest had been the Owls head coach since 2010. He compiled an 84-196 (.300) record during his tenure, including a 7-18 (4-14 NCAC) mark this past season. The coaching
NAIA DIRT: Oklahoma Panhandle State opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Mark Laird is no longer the men’s basketball head coach at NAIA Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Laird had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at OPSU, where he went 24-74, including a 2-26 (1-21) record this past year. Last season was his best with
OFFICIAL: Kennedy resigns at NJIT
Here’s the official release from NJIT on the resignation of Brian Kennedy yesterday: Brian Kennedy, who served as Head Coach of the NJIT men’s basketball program for the last seven seasons, has resigned, Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced on Monday. Kennedy, a four-year assistant at NJIT before taking over as head coach following the
Daily Dirt – 3/7/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… Most interesting name making the rounds at Idaho is Kermit Davis. The former head coach at Ole Miss (fired last month), and MTSU (2002-18), also had two previous stints as the head coach at Idaho. He led the Vandals from 1988-90 and then again from