Gulf Coast State College has hired Lane Below as the new Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Below brings a wealth of experience and a passion for basketball to his role as the new Head Coach for the Gulf Coast State College Men’s Basketball program. Having served as an Assistant Coach for the Chipola Indians since 2022,
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D2 NEWS: Banks named Interim Head Coach at Johnson C. Smith
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Johnson C. Smith University President, Dr. Valerie Kinloch has announced Mr. Antwain Banks as the Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach. His appointment, which is on an interim basis for the year, is effective May 15, 2024. Banks will be reporting directly to Dr. Denisha Hendricks (new Athletics Director). Coach Banks spent three seasons at Indiana University-Purdue University
Mount St. Mary’s Basketball Search Update II
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Following-up on something that I Tweeted last night…here’s another update on the Mount St. Mary’s search… Earlier this week, I mentioned three finalists for the job: Mike Farrelly – Assistant Coach Notre Dame Donny Lind – Assistant Coach UNC Greensboro Nevada Smith – Assistant Coach Marquette I can now confirm through multiple sources that Swarthmore
Andre Gray returns for second stint as Assistant Basketball Coach at Western Carolina
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Andre Gray, a veteran NCAA men’s basketball coach with head coaching experience, has joined the staff of Western Carolina first-year head coach Tim Craft. Gray, who previously spent three seasons on the Catamount men’s basketball bench from 2008-11, has been named the associate head coach by Craft. Gray joins previously announced assistant coaches Andrew Brown and
Moss takes over as Head Basketball Coach at NAIA St. Thomas U
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Following the departure of Patrick Crarey II to Florida A&M earlier today, St. Thomas University has acted quickly, and promoted Zach Moss to head basketball coach. There has not been an official statement issued yet, but STU posted the following on X a few minutes ago: Moss joined the St. Thomas University prior to last
Crarey II named Head Basketball Coach at FAMU
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Vice President and Director of Athletics Tiffani-Dawn Sykes named Patrick Crarey II the 15th head men’s basketball coach at Florida A&M, April 17, 2024. Crarey comes to the Highest of Seven Hills after leading St. Thomas University to a 61-27 record, two consecutive NAIA Tournaments, and three straight winning seasons in the three seasons leading
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Fennelly named Head Basketball Coach at Montana State Billings
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The Montana State University Billings Athletic Department announced the appointment of Luke Fennelly as head coach for the MSUB men’s basketball program. After three seasons as assistant coach under Mick Durham and one year as interim head coach, Luke Fennelly has officially been named as the MSUB head men’s basketball coach. “Luke’s ability to lead a program at a
D3 DIRT: Keene State to hire Enright as new Head Basketball Coach
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Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that the new head basketball coach at Keene State will be Steve Enright. Enright has spent the past five seasons as the head coach at Bridgewater College (VA), where he has gone 50-61 (.450). His best year came this past season, when he led the
D2 DIRT: University of Charleston (WV) opens; Osborne taking D1 assistant job
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Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Dwaine Osborne has stepped down as. the head men’s basketball coach at D2 University of Charleston (WV). Word on the street is that he is headed to Youngstown State, where he will join new head coach Ethan Faulkner’s staff as an assistant coach. Osborne had been at
Hanrahan steps down from Basketball position at Warner to become AD; Warren returns as Head Coach
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Sean Hanrahan has stepped down from his position as the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Warner University to become the full-time AD at the school. He has hired Tabor College head coach Matt Warren as his replacement. Warren was the associate head coach at Warner for five seasons before taking over at Tabor. Both
Wisconsin assistant Blackbourn named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Rockhurst
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Kyle Blackbourn, who has spent the last eight seasons on the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball staff, has been named as the new head coach for the Rockhurst men’s basketball program. “We had a national search with a large volume of applicants,” said Rockhurst Director of Athletics Kristy Bayer. “Kyle rose to the top based
Louisville Basketball Staff Update
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University of Louisville men’s basketball head coach Pat Kelsey announced Tuesday the hiring of four support staffers for his program. Those additions include Jermaine Ukaegbu (Director of Player Personnel/Assistant Coach), Mitch Johnson (Director of Basketball Operations), Peyton Siva (Director of Player Development/Basketball Alumni Relations) and Braden Connor (Video Coordinator). Connor, Johnson and Ukaegbu all join Kelsey from