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Richmond men’s basketball coach Chris Mooney has received a three-year contract extension, Vice President and Director of Athletics John P. Hardt announced Thursday. Mooney, who led the Spiders to the Atlantic 10 Championship and the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in March, is now under contract through the 2026-27 season. “The Spiders had a great run last year
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Ferris State University men’s basketball head coach Andy Bronkema, who led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Division II Tournament and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championship this past season, has announced the addition of West Michigan native Jimmy Booth to his coaching staff for the upcoming 2022-23 campaign. Booth, who most recently has served since 2016
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Mike McSloy will be hired as the next head men’s basketball coach at Drew University (NJ). McSloy has been the head coach at St. Joseph’s University (NY) for the past three seasons. This year, his squad finished 15-9 (11-5 Skyline), and advanced to the
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has announced the additions of Paul Wettemann III, Mathew Johnson and Mamadou Diarra to fill open positions on his support staff. Wettemann now has the position of Director of Men’s Basketball Administration, Johnson is the program’s Video and Scouting Coordinator and Diarra takes over as the Director of Player
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from great sources that D3 Penn State Abington intends to name Ryan Van Zelst as their new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Van Zelst has been on the staff at D3 University of Scranton since the 2015-16 season, and was elevated to the role of associate head coach prior
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard that Princeton assistant Jonathan Jones is on the move and will land on the staff at American. Jones had been at Princeton since 2018 – the Tigers have gone 52-30 (29-13 Ivy) during that time. The NJ native was a D3Hoops.com First Team All-American following his senior season
Alfred State head basketball coach Jerry Jusianiec announced his resignation earlier this week after leading the Pioneers for the past twenty-three seasons. Jerry is excited about future professional opportunities and, though he will miss college coaching, looks forward to spending nights and weekends watching and supporting his children’s athletic and extracurricular activities. In those 23
Monmouth University Men’s Basketball and Head Coach King Rice have announced the hiring of Clive Bentick as an assistant coach. Bentick joins the staff after 15 seasons at St. Francis Brooklyn. “Clive had an incredible run at St. Francis Brooklyn with Glenn Braica and we’re so excited to have him join our staff,” said Rice. “Clive
Lyon College Scots head basketball coach Rodney Mayes announced that Ray Reeves of Calhoun, Georgia has been selected the assistant basketball coaching position.Reeves took over the assistant basketball duties in June. “Having known Ray Reeves for the past five years and playing for me at the University of West Georgia and Point University, Ray brings a wealth of experience
UW-River Falls head men’s basketball coach Jeff Berkhof announced the addition of Lance Westberg to the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Westberg, a River Falls native, previously served as a UWRF men’s basketball assistant coach under Berkhof from 2014-19 while also spending time as the UWRF head women’s golf coach. Most recently, Westberg was the head
Brian Eskildsen, who helped Harvard to three Ivy League championships, a trip to the NCAA tournament in 2015 and NIT berths in 2018 and 2019, has been appointed to join Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball staff as assistant coach, head coach Josh Pastner announced. A 12-year veteran in Division I basketball, Eskildsen has spent his entire career working
Following-up on something that I first mentioned back on June 1st (D3 DIRT). The hiring of Michael McClendon at Springfield College has now been made official. Here’s the release from SC: Springfield College Director of Athletics, Dr. Craig Poisson, is pleased to announce that Michael McClendon has been named the head men’s basketball coach and
