Horned Frogs assistant placed on leave earlier this month surrounding involvement in Pay-for-Play scandal According to a report from Mac Engle of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TCU has fired assistant basketball coach Corey Barker. Barker was placed on leave earlier this month after he was accused of accepting a $6,000 payment from an Adidas middleman
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Daily Dirt – 3/18/19
It’s going to be another busy Monday. Here a few very quick things to kick off the week… UMKC has been moving quickly with their search. I have heard that Nevada special assistant (and former San Francisco and Florida Atlantic head coach) Rex Walters is in the mix here as well as a big-time D2
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Fish not retained as Head Basketball Coach at Montana State
After a five-year run as the head coach of Montana State University men’s basketball, Brian Fish will be leaving the program, MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello announced Sunday. Fish’s contract expires on June 30. As head coach, Fish’s record was 65-92. His 2018-19 squad finished 15-17, 11-9 in the Big Sky and tied for fourth place. “After a
DII DIRT: Lander University set to hire new Head Coach
I have now heard from multiple sources that DII Lander University will hire Drew Richards as their new Head Basketball Coach. Richards has been the Associate Head Coach at UNC Pembroke for the past five seasons. His squad got knocked out of the NCAA DII Tournament last night, and finished the season with a 21-10
Boals Named Head Basketball Coach at Ohio
Former team captain Jeff Boals has been named the 19thhead coach in the history of the Ohio men’s basketball program, as announced by Director of Athletics Jim Schaus today. “I am incredibly grateful and honored to return home to my alma mater as the head men’s basketball at Ohio University,” said Boals. “My family and I are thrilled to see
OFFICIAL: UMKC fires Kareem Richardson
Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported on Thursday (DI DIRT). It’s now been made official that Kareem Richardson has been fired as the head basketball coach at UMKC. The school released the following statement this afternoon: The University of Missouri-Kansas City has decided to part ways with men’s basketball head coach Kareem
NAIA DIRT: Coaching Change made at Keiser U. (FL)
I can confirm through multiple sources that Bob Starkman is out as the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Keiser University (FL). Starkman took over at Keiser last July after then head coach Dante Calabria resigned to join Larry Brown in Italy. He had spent 21 seasons at nearby Broward College before being hired at
Former Auburn Assistant Chuck Person set to Plead Guilty in Pay-for-Play Scandal
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person is scheduled to plead guilty on Tuesday to a conspiracy charge in a scandal that involved bribes paid to families of NBA-bound young athletes to steer them to top schools and favored money managers and agents. The change-of-plea hearing was revealed in a filing
Swartzendruber resigns as Head Basketball Coach at McPherson College
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McPherson College Athletics Director, Andrew Ehling, has announced that Men’s Basketball Coach Tim Swartzendruber has resigned to become the next athletic director at Pratt Community College. Swartzendruber has been at the helm of the Bulldog men’s basketball program for the past 11 seasons, and has been a head basketball coach for the past 37 Years. He started his
OFFICIAL: Dunleavy will not return as Head Basketball Coach at Tulane
Tulane University Director of Athletics Troy Dannen announced today that men’s basketball head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr., will not return for the 2019-20 season. “Over the last few weeks, I completed a comprehensive evaluation of our program,” Dannen said. “My conclusion was a leadership change was necessary in order to maximize the potential of not only our
REPORT: Tulane fires Mike Dunleavy
According to a report from NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, Tulane has fired head basketball coach Mike Dunleavy. The official announcement is expected later today. Tulane finished the season with a 4-27 (0-18 AAC) record, and dumped 21-straight games to end the year. Dunleavy wraps up his tenure at Tulane with a 24-67 (.258) record. More