By 2022, the sports analytics market is expected to skyrocket to $4 billion. Yet even as top international players are duking it out for industry supremacy, an assistant professor of computer science at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. is poised to make just as big an impact on the data-charged future of sports.
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BYU’s Rose Receives Contract Extension
BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe announced that men’s basketball coach Dave Rose has signed a contract extension through the 2020-21 season. “It’s a privilege to be the head coach at BYU,” Rose said. “I’m proud of everything we have accomplished and am excited about the future. I’m grateful to the university administration and the
Pro Shooting Workout with Courtney Boylan-Douglass
Dr. Dish basketball recently caught up with former Big Ten star and professional player Courtney Boylan-Douglass. She’s currently playing overseas basketball for Elitzur Holon which is located in Israel. Courtney, a tremendous leader and vital piece for the University of Michigan was a 4-year player from 2008- 2012. This summer she’s had the opportunity to
DAILY DIRT: Small College Men’s Basketball Staff Updates…
Catching-up on some small college men’s basketball staff moves… There has been a lot of attention given to the University of Maine for hiring Edniesha Curry as a men’s assistant coach this season. While she may be the only female DI assistant on the men’s side, others are following in her footsteps at the small
The Coach’s Insight, featuring Chaminade University Head Coach Eric Bovaird
Coach Eric Bovaird, Head Coach at Chaminade University, talks about their rich basketball tradition, playing (and sometimes beating) Power 5 opponents, the Maui Invitational, and the inner workings of running a program in state of Hawaii. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing Adam Nelson Episode 2: Cal State Fullerton Associate Head Coach
Niagara Extends Casey Through 2021-22
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Niagara University Director of Athletics Simon Gray announced that men’s basketball head coach Chris Casey’s contract has been extended through the 2021-22 season. “Entering his sixth season as head coach, Chris Casey’s passion and commitment to Niagara University and the Western New York region is stronger than ever,” Gray said. “Chris is a man of integrity who directs his
DII DIRT: Acting Head Coach Named at Slippery Rock
I have heard that Slippery Rock head basketball coach Kevin Reynolds has been placed on paid leave and can confirm that Ian Grady has been named as the acting head coach. Reynolds has been the head coach at SRU since the 2008-09 season (188-109). He was the 2008-09 PSAC West Coach of the Year and
CHICAGO STATE DIRT: Cougars set to announce men’s basketball staff
I can confirm through great sources that new Chicago State head coach Lance Irvin will hire Rodell Davis and Brett Putz as assistant coaches. Davis had most recently been working with Irvin at Morgan Park HS in Chicago, but is no stranger to the DI level. He has been an assistant at Drake, Providence, and
Sachs Releases Statement on Departure from Salisbury
Andrew Sachs has released a statement for the first time since his departure from Salisbury University late last month: My family and I would like to use this opportunity to thank our family, friends, my players and their parents, Salisbury alumni, and the Salisbury community for the massive amount of support we have received over
MEASURING GRIT: HOW UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY USES SHOTTRACKER TO MAKE PRACTICE PERFECT
Ask Utah Valley University’s men’s basketball coach Mark Pope how his Wolverines jumped, in just one year, from 291st all the way up to 29th ranked D1 program in three-point shooting percentage and he will talk your ear off about Grit: The Passion and Power of Perseverance. “It’s a bestselling book by Angela Duckworth
Ernie Nestor Returns to Wake Forest Men’s Basketball Staff
The Wake Forest men’s basketball team announced the addition of Ernie Nestor to the staff as Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Nestor joins the Demon Deacon program for the third time, having previously served as an assistant coach from 1980-85 and from 1994-01. “I am very pleased and excited to be joining Coach Danny
IUPUI DIRT…
I can confirm that Byron Rimm II will be named as the new Associate Head Basketball Coach at IUPUI. He will replace Matt Crenshaw who became an assistant at Ball State a few weeks ago. Rimm, who was the head coach at Prairie View A&M from 2006-16 (115-192), had recently joined the basketball staff at