Following up on something that I mentioned on Tuesday (D2 DIRT)…Auburn Montgomery has made the hiring of Anthony Komara as their new head basketball coach official. Here’s the release from the school: Auburn University at Montgomery Director of Athletics Erik Maas has announced the hiring of Anthony Komara as the fourth head coach of the Warhawks men’s basketball program. “We are
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DAILY DIRT – 4/2/26
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Just a few quick things…. I have heard that former NC State assistant Brandon Chambers in the leader at UTRGV and most people close to this one expect him to be the choice. Chambers is a Will Wade disciple who has been with him at LSU, McNeese, VCU as well as
Red Autry joins Virginia Basketball Staff
University of Virginia Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ryan Odom has named Adrian Autry as an assistant coach, announced Thursday (April 2). Autry reunites with Odom after serving the last 15 seasons at Syracuse, including the last three seasons as head coach. Autry and Odom were part of Seth Greenberg’s staff at Virginia Tech from
D2 NEWS: Grandits named Head Basketball Coach at Daemen
Ryan Grandits will be the seventh head coach for the Daemen University men’s basketball program, Vice President for Athletics Traci Murphy announced on Thursday morning following a short search. “Given the recent success of our men’s basketball program, this was not an ordinary coaching search. And after speaking with several very qualified coaches, Ryan’s name quickly rose
Stutts departs Freed-Hardeman, named Assistant Basketball Coach at North Alabama
I teased this one in the Daily Dirt back on 3/29 when I said a “monster” NAIA was opening. Here it is…Drew Stutts, who led Freed-Hardeman to the 2025-26 NAIA National Championship is on the move and has been hired as an assistant at his alma mater North Alabama. Here’s the official release from UNA:
D2 DIRT: Green Bay assistant to be named Head Basketball Coach at Northern Michigan
In Tuesday’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned Green Bay assistant Keli Ganz and his involvement at D2 Northern Michigan. Seems like that’s now a done deal according to his boss (now former boss) Doug Gottlieb… Last season was Ganz’ first at Green Bay following a stint as the associate head coach at Northern Michigan. Ganz has
Davidson named Assistant Basketball Coach at USC
USC Men’s Basketball has hired Brad Davidson to join the program as an assistant coach, Head Coach Eric Musselman announced today. Davidson brings 18 years of international and collegiate coaching experience into this role. “I’ve followed Coach Musselman’s programs closely over the past five to six years through relationships with former colleagues and players who have worked
DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition – 4/1/26
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things from the JUCO level… Utah State Eastern I have heard from multiple sources that Bill Evans is no longer the head basketball coach at NJCAA D1 USUE. Evans, who is the former head coach at both Southern Utah (1992-2007) and Idaho State (2013-19) had been the Eagles head
Tarleton adds Cobbs as Assistant Basketball Coach
Tarleton State head men’s basketball coach Eric Haut announced the addition of Tre Cobbs to his first coaching staff at Tarleton State ahead of the 2026-27 season. Cobbs spent five seasons at the NCAA level during his playing career playing four seasons of Division I. His third and final season at Northern Kentucky, Cobbs played for Haut
Marcus Paige added to Charlotte Basketball Staff
Charlotte Men’s Basketball coach Wes Miller announced Wednesday that Marcus Paige has been named an assistant coach. He comes to Charlotte after serving as an assistant coach on Hubert Davis’ staff at North Carolina for three seasons. It marked his first coaching stop after playing professionally for seven seasons following a standout playing career with the Tar Heels from
D3 NEWS: McAlester announces retirement as Head Basketball Coach at Lebanon Valley
Brad McAlester, who began his Lebanon Valley coaching career in the 1994-1995 season, announced his retirement today. Beginning with a 23-5 record in his first season, McAlester led the Dutchmen to 438 wins during his over three-decade leadership of the storied program. McAlester, a four-time conference Coach of the Year, has coached generations of Dutchmen
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