USC Upstate head men’s basketball coach has announced the addition of Thomas Mandell to the Spartan coaching staff as an assistant coach with a focus on operations ahead of the 2026-27 season. Mandell arrives in Spartanburg after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Mercy University, where he gained experience in several areas of the program,
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Murken promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at South Dakota
Story Courtesy: Ethan Erdman, Assistant Director of Communications, South Dakota South Dakota men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson has announced the promotion of Matt Murken to associate head coach ahead of the 2026-27 season. Murken enters his second season with the Coyotes after joining South Dakota in May of 2025 and has over 20 years of collegiate coaching experience.
JUCO DIRT: Hocking College set to hire Wright as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NJCAA D2 Hocking College (OH) will hire Brandon Wright as their new head men’s basketball coach. Wright spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at D2 Assumption College (MA). Prior to that, he spent three seasons working with the basketball programs at La Lumiere School
O’Herron, Ashley added to Truett McConnell Basketball Staff
Truett McConnell head men’s basketball coach Jon Yeh has added Kaylee O’Herron and Samuel Ashley to his staff: Kaylee O’Herron 2026-27 marks the first year on staff for Kaylee O’Herron. “Coach O” recently served as an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in 2025-26 and Scottsdale Community College in 2023-25, both in Arizona.
Calixte named Assistant Basketball Coach at Fisher College
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Fisher College has hired Aaron Calixte as an assistant basketball coach. Aaron is entering his first-year on staff but is well known to the New England basketball landscape. Calixte starred at Stoughton High and Lee Academy before becoming the starting point guard at the University of Maine, he finished his college career playing for the
Mattson hired as Assistant Basketball Coach at Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan University men’s basketball head coach Keil Ganz has announced the addition of Luke Mattson to the Wildcats’ coaching staff as an assistant coach. Mattson returns to NMU after previously serving as an assistant coach during the 2023-24 season. Mattson rejoins the Green and Gold after a stint at Southeastern Oklahoma State. He brings previous collegiate
Milwaukee Basketball Staff Update
Story Courtesy: Chris Zills, Milwaukee Athletics Milwaukee men’s basketball head coach Bart Lundy has announced the promotions of two members of his support staff, elevating Will Glisky to Director of Scouting and Analytics and Cooper Janicki to Director of Basketball Operations ahead of the 2026-27 season. Both Glisky and Janicki have played integral roles behind the scenes since their arrivals and
Lorensen named Men’s Basketball General Manager at Queens University of Charlotte
Queens University of Charlotte head men’s basketball coach Grant Leonard announced the addition of Nick Lorensen as General Manager of the Royals’ men’s basketball program. Lorensen returns to Queens after previously serving as a men’s basketball coaching intern with the Royals during the 2023-24 season. He joins Queens after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate
JUCO NEWS: Blake Gray named Assistant Basketball Coach at Wallace State
Blake Gray has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Wallace State. Gray previously spent six seasons at Tennessee Tech, progressing from director of basketball operations to assistant coach and, most recently, associate head coach. Before Tennessee Tech, he served four seasons at Alabama as a graduate manager and director of player development,
Kuyper no longer GM at Murray State; Rashon Burno hired as replacement
Ernie Kuyper is no longer the men’s basketball General Manager at Murray State. He has been replaced by former Northern Illinois head coach Rashon Burno. There has not been an official statement from MSU, but Racers head coach Ryan Miller confirmed the move via social media: Kuyper joined the Murray State staff prior to last
URI Basketball Staff Update
The Rhode Island men’s basketball program announced two staff additions and one promotion. Former player R.J. Johnson has joined the Rams as a graduate assistant, while Kelin Jeffreys was named as the team’s video coordinator. Chandler Graves was promoted to assistant coach/chief of staff. Graves earned his third promotion in four years at Rhode Island. He first joined the
Boston College adds five to Men’s Basketball Staff
The Clement and Elizabeth Izzi Family Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Luke Murray, has officially announced the additions of Jared Jordan, Andre Berry, Gilvydas Biruta, Chris Mastrangelo, and Charlie Weisberg to the program’s staff. Jordan will join the Eagles as the director of player development, with Berry and Biruta serving as player development assistants. Mastrangelo enters