According to multiple reports, including one from the Chicago Sun Times, Northern Illinois will hire Arizona State’s Rashon Burno as their new head men’s basketball coach. Burno joined Bobby Hurley’s staff at ASU in 2015 and was elevated to associate head coach in 2016. The former standout at DePaul also worked at Florida for Billy
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Central Connecticut’s Donyell Marshall resigns
Central Connecticut State University has announced that Donyell Marshall has stepped down as head men’s basketball coach on Friday to pursue other opportunities. Marshall spent five years as the head coach of the Blue Devils. “It has been a privilege to serve as the head coach for this program for the past five seasons,” Marshall
FAMU’s McCullum tabbed MEAC Coach of the Year
Florida A&M head basketball coach, Robert McCullum, has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Coach of the Year, the conference announced on Friday afternoon. McCullum is the first FAMU head basketball coach to earn the award in the 50-year history of the honor. The Rattlers also had two players earn All-MEAC recognition. Junior forward MJ
Hurley receives contract extension at UConn
UConn director of athletics David Benedict announced today that Head Basketball Coach Dan Hurley and the University agreed to a two-year contract extension through March 31, 2027, with compensation valued at 2,900,000 during the 2021-22 contract year. The salary structure of the contract remains unchanged from the original agreement. “During Dan’s introductory press conference almost
Fordham Men’s Basketball Coaching Search Odds
Jeff Neubauer was dismissed on 1/26 after 6 years at Fordham (61-104 – .370). Here are the current odds on his replacement.
2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year Semifinalists announced
The semifinalists for the 2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Award were announced today. From this group of ten, the four finalists will be announced on March 17, and beginning March 19 through 31, fans will have a chance to vote for their favorite coach of the four by visiting naismithtrophy.com/vote to cast
Creighton Suspends McDermott
Creighton has suspended head men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott, after he used racially insensitive comments during a post game speech last weekend. The university issued the following statement:
Dwaine Osborne Named MEC Coach of the Year
West Liberty’s Dalton Bolon has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for a second-straight season, while Davis & Elkins’ Sam Rolle (Freshman of the Year) and Charleston’s Dwaine Osborne (Coach of the Year) also received top honors from the league. Bolon, a senior from Gnadenhutten, Ohio, repeats as
Todd Lee Named Summit League Coach of Year
The Summit League announced its end of the season basketball awards on Thursday. Coaches, media and sports information directors selected the winners ahead of this week’s Summit League Tournament selected the winners. Redshirt-sophomore A.J. Plitzuweit was named Newcomer of the Year, head coach Todd Lee was named Coach of the Year, Plitzuweit was named to the
Hoop Insights: The Balance of the ‘Noles
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by Aaron Hanshaw | Just Play Sports Solutions | Analytics Academy There are a handful of things in life that we’ve come to accept are inevitable. Death and taxes are the most commonly used examples, but there are others, too. In the college basketball world, even in a year where Duke and Syracuse may miss the tournament, one thing remains
Spoonhour’s contract not renewed at Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Athletics has announced that men’s basketball head coach Jay Spoonhour‘s contract will not be renewed. The Panthers wrapped up the 2020-21 season last weekend at home posting a 9-18 record, 6-10 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Entering the season Spoonhour was the longest tenured coach in the OVC as he coached his ninth season
Darian DeVries Named MVC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year
Drake University head coach Darian DeVries was named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year on Thursday morning. In just his third season at the helm of Drake, DeVries has earned the league’s top coaching honor two times (2019 and this year). DeVries edged Loyola’s Porter Moser by 28 points in the voting