Hobart College Head Basketball Coach Stefan Thompson ’13 announced the hiring of Ben Horwitz as his assistant coach for the 2020-21 season. The 2017 graduate of Syracuse University joins the Statesmen after two seasons as a graduate assistant manager with the Syracuse men’s basketball team. “Ben’s passion to grow as a coach and to help make
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Dippel added to MBU Men’s Basketball Staff
Missouri Baptist University Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics, Dr. Thomas Smith announced on Wednesday the hiring of Chase Dippel as assistant men’s basketball coach. Dippel, who comes to MBU after two years at NCAA DII Emporia State, will step in as second-year Head Coach Preston Ingram‘s lead assistant. “I am beyond excited to get on
OFFICIAL: Schafer named Head Basketball Coach at D3 Augustana
Following up on last night’s report…the hiring of BenU Mesa’s Steve Schafer at Augustana is now official. Here’s the release from the school: Steve Schafer, a 2001 graduate from Augustana, has been tabbed to become the 16th head men’s basketball coach in Viking history, it was announced today. Schafer will replace Grey Giovanine, who retired
Daily Dirt – 6/24/20
A few things that I’ve heard… It sounds like the search at D2 Wheeling University (WVa) is now down to three or four. I mentioned former Niagara head coach Pat Beilein here last Friday (DAILY DIRT – 6/19), and it sounds like he is now one of the finalists. Another name that I keep hearing
Wake Forest Men’s Basketball Staff Additions
Wake Forest basketball coach Steve Forbes announced the addition of Antanas Kavaliauskas and Joe Hugley to his staff. Kavaliauskas will be the Director of Player Development and Hugley will serve as the Director of Player Relations.“Having two of my former players join our staff is one of the highlights of my career,” Forbes said. “Both
D3 DIRT: Augustana College (IL) set to hire alum as new Head Basketball Coach
Augustana College (IL) will name Bendictine Mesa University (AZ) head coach Steve Schafer as their new men’s basketball coach. This was first reported by Bob Quillman earlier today, and I can now 100% confirm it. Schafer was offered the job yesterday, and accepted it this morning. Schafer, a 2001 Augustana alum, has been the AD
OFFICIAL: Heiar joins ETSU Basketball staff
Not a huge secret here – we’ve been talking about this for weeks now…it’s finally been made official. Here’s the official release from ETSU on the hiring of Greg Heiar as an assistant: East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added another member to his coaching staff as he announced the hiring of
OFFICIAL: Arnold named Assistant Basketball Coach at Samford
Following up on something that I mentioned in the Daily Dirt late last week…Samford has made the hiring of Tra Arnold as an assistant coach official today. Here is the release: The Samford men’s basketball program has hired Tra Arnold as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Head Coach Bucky McMillan announced Monday. Arnold comes to
Loyola Marymount set to host FREE basketball coaches clinic (July 13-16)
The basketball staff at Loyola Marymount University has announced a Virtual Coaches Clinic hosted by the four coaches of LMU men’s basketball. The clinic will be divided into four sessions, on consecutive days in July, each led by a different LMU coach. The purpose of this clinic is to help coaches at all levels be the very
Daily Dirt – 6/22/20
A few quick hitters to start the week… I have heard that CJ Killin is no longer on the staff at Portland State. He had been there for the past two seasons, and was previously an assistant at Idaho State. It sounds like he may wind up at Salt Lake CC (he and head coach
Dr. Dish Skill Builder Workout: Two-Spot Shooting Drill
In Coach Tony Miller‘s 4th Dr. Dish Drill of the week, he demonstrates a great “two-spot” shooting drill. This two-spot shooting drill is great for small group workouts. Use it to get a lot of shots off game movements, in a short amount of time. Here is a walk through of the drill: 1 receives
Moore promoted to Associate Head Coach at Northwestern State
Northwestern State announced a trio of promotions with in their athletics department today. One of them came from within the men’s basketball program. Jeff Moore, a member of the Northwestern State men’s basketball staff for 14 years, has been named associate head coach. Moore has played key roles in recruiting and in maintaining the program’s