News

Phay named Head Basketball Coach at Missouri State-West Plains

Photo Courtesy Missouri State University-West Plains Athletics

Jared Phay, former men’s basketball head coach at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI), has been tapped as the fifth head coach of the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Basketball program. University officials announced the hiring today. It is subject to approval by the Missouri State University Board of Governors. Phay’s (pronounced “Fay”) first official

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Daily Dirt – 4/22/20

A few things that I’ve heard… The search at D2 Arkansas Tech is down to two with final interviews taking place this week. Both guys are current D2 head coaches with big-time ties to the state of Arkansas. Eastern New Mexico has narrowed their list to eight (although at least one has dropped out), with

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Steve McClain Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Georgia

Steve McClain has joined the Georgia Basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Tom Crean announced on Tuesday. McClain, who has spent the past five seasons as head coach at University of Illinois Chicago, was a member of Crean’s coaching staff at Indiana from 2010-15. “We are really excited to add Steve McClain to

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Former Buffalo assistant hit with 3-yr show cause by NCAA; UB also penalized

Former Buffalo assistant Hunter Jenkins was hit with a three-year show cause penalty today by the NCAA for violating “ethical conduct rules when he forged a written statement in support of a transferring student-athlete’s request to have the year-in-residence requirement waived.” Jenkins resigned as an assistant at Buffalo back on November 24th. Here is the

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

OFFICIAL: Shaw Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Maryville

The Maryville University department of athletics announced Jesse Shaw as the new head men’s basketball coach of the Saints program. He comes to Maryville after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach at fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference member, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Shaw moves across town after helping guide the most successful

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Ellis named Head Basketball Coach at Temple College (TX)

Longtime Temple College men’s basketball coach Kirby Johnson will be succeeded by a coach he helped develop. Temple College Athletic Director Craig McMurtry has announced that Johnson’s replacement will be Clifton Ellis, who played under Johnson from 1995-1997 and has been coaching high school basketball for the past 20 years. A graduate of Roosevelt High

Continue Reading →

Samford Basketbal Staff Update

New Samford Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bucky McMillan announced the first hires for his 2020-21 coaching staff. Legendary former Birmingham-Southern head coach Duane Reboul will serve as special assistant to the head coach. Jake Headrick has been hired as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. Gerald Gillion will serve as an assistant coach. Matthew Powell, the

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Gillispie adds Shaw to Tarleton State staff

Photo Courtesy Tarleton Athletics

After seven years at Texas State, Jim Shaw has joined Billy Gillispie‘s staff as an assistant coach for Tarleton Men’s Basketball. Shaw reunites with his former coach, where he was once a graduate assistant at UTEP. Shaw brings 16 years of Division I experience on his resume, with other stops at Texas Tech and Nebraska. He

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Georgia Southern Basketball Staff Update

Photo Courtesy GSU athletics

Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that he has named Shawn Forrest, Chris Shumate and Tim MacAllister assistant coaches. “I am really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Burg. “These guys are proven winners with a non-ego mentality.  They embody the blue-collar mentality that we embrace here at Georgia

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Webb named Interim Head Coach at Sul Ross State

Following the departure of head coach Clif Carroll to Mary Hardin-Baylor University earlier today, Sul Ross State University has acted quickly to elevate Xavier Webb to Interim Head Coach. “Clif has kept me in the loop from the beginning of the UMHB search,” said interim athletics director Butch Worley. “So, I’ve had three weeks to think about how best to

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

OFFICIAL: Carroll takes over at D3 UMHB

Photo Courtesy UMHB Athletics

Following up on the D3 DIRT that HoopDirt.com published earlier today. Clif Carroll’s hiring at UMHB has now been made official… The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has selected Clif Carroll to take over the reins as the next Head Coach of the Cru men’s basketball program, UMHB Vice-President for Athletics Randy Mann announced Monday, April

Continue Reading →

Tagged with:

Leal named Head Basketball Coach at Maine-Farmington

Photo Courtesy UMF Athletics

UMaine-Farmington’s director of athletics, Julie Davis, has announced the hiring of Sam Leal as the men’s basketball head coach. “After a competitive national search, we are thrilled to welcome home one of our own in Sam Leal ’14 to lead the Beavers. Sam has thrown himself at opportunities working with some of the best in

Continue Reading →

Tagged with: