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
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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
Malroy steps down as MBB Head Coach at NAIA Evergreen State
Head men’s basketball coach Tim Malroy announced that he is stepping down from his coaching position at Evergreen State. Malroy just finished his seventh season as the Geoducks head coach and was just the fifth head men’s basketball coach in program history. “I would like to express my gratitude for the many years Tim has served coaching
Stern named DBO at Denver
University of Denver Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Wulbrun announced a new addition to his staff on Wednesday, hiring Ari Stern as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Stern will begin his role immediately with the Pioneers. “I am absolutely thrilled to announce the hiring of Ari Stern as our new Director of Operations for DU Men’s Basketball,” Wulbrun said. “Over
REPORT: San Diego zeroes in on Steve Lavin
According to a TWEET by Jon Rothstein, San Diego is closing in on a deal to hire Steve Lavin as their next head men’s basketball coach. Lavin, who has most recently been working as a college basketball TV analyst, has been the head coach at UCLA (1996-03) and St. John’s (2010-15). During his tenure, he
Montana State’s Sprinkle inks 4-yr extension
Montana State head coach Danny Sprinkle has signed a four-year contract extension. This past season, Sprinkle’s squad went 27-8 (16-4), and captured the Big Sky tournament championship. The Montana State alum has gone 56-33 (.629) in his three seasons at the helm.