After completion of his second season as an assistant men’s basketball coach with the University of Mary Marauders, Mike Annese is leaving the college coaching profession to become a consultant for a health and wellness company in Colorado. University of Mary Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Kittell says a national search will begin immediately to
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Forbes Announces Additions to Wake Forest Basketball Staff
Wake Forest basketball coach Steve Forbes announced that two long-time assistants of his, Brooks Savage and B.J. McKie, will be joining him as assistant coaches on his staff. In addition, Randolph Childress will remain on the Deacs coaching staff as an assistant. Forbes also announced the addition of Frank Davis as Wake Forest’s Director of
Memphis assistant Mike Miller resigns
Mike Miller announced on Twitter that he is resigning as an assistant basketball coach at Memphis. Miller, a 17-year NBA veteran joined Penny Hardaway’s staff back in 2018. Here is the statement the he released: Hardaway also released a statement thanking Miller: No word yet on a replacement for Miller. More on this one as
Daily Dirt – 6/3/20
A few quick hitters… Tennessee Director of Student-Athlete Development Aubin Goporo has left the program and will become the head coach at West HS in Knoxville. This was first reported by the Knoxville News Sentinel. Before joining the Vols staff in 2017, Goporo served in a similar position at Louisiana-Lafayette. No word yet on his
Turson Elevated To Full-Time Position at Ashland University
Ashland University announced today that Brook Turson has been hired as a full-time assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff. Turson takes over as the lead assistant on head coach John Ellenwood’s staff. He replaces Rob Gardiner, who left to accept a position as an assistant coach at Lincoln Memorial. Turson is certainly no stranger
Nick Booker Joins UC San Diego Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff
UC San Diego head men’s basketball coach Eric Olen has announced the hiring of Nick Booker as an assistant coach for the Tritons. Booker heads to UC San Diego after spending the last three seasons as the associate head coach at Eastern Washington. “I am really excited to welcome Nick and his family and we are
Tommy named DBO at McNeese State
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McNeese Cowboys basketball head coach Heath Schroyer has announced the hiring of Emmanuel Tommy as the program’s new Director of Basketball Operations. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan with 13 years of coaching experience, Tommy comes to McNeese from the University of South Alabama where he spent the 2019-20 season as the program’s Director of Recruiting/Assistant
NABC Announces 2020 Under Armour 30 Under 30 Team
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches 2020 Under Armour 30 under 30 team. Here’s the official announcement from the NABC: The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2020 Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, representing 30 of the most outstanding men’s college basketball coaches
Owens tabbed as Assistant Coach at MSU-West Plains
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Jason Owens has joined the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Basketball program as the new assistant coach. Grizzly Basketball Head Coach Jared Phay made the announcement today. Owens’ hiring is subject to approval by the Missouri State University Board of Governors. His first day on the job was Monday, June 1. “Coach Owens has a
Meyer Promoted to Associate Head Coach at St. Mary’s (TX)
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Bubba Meyer has been promoted to associate head coach of the St. Mary’s Men’s Basketball program, announced by Director of Athletics Rob Coleman on Monday. “Bubba has made a positive impact on our basketball program, both on and off the court over the past 19 years,” said Coleman. “He’s done a great job of developing
South Carolina assistant Perry Clark retires
University of South Carolina assistant men’s basketball coach Perry Clark has announced today that he will retire. Clark, a former head coach at Tulane, Miami (Fla.) and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, spent seven seasons as an assistant at Carolina, including during the historic 2016-17 season when the Gamecocks advanced to the Final Four. “Physically I am
OFFICIAL: Arkansas assistant Crutchfield named Head Coach at D2 ECU
Following up on something that I mentioned in Today’s Daily Dirt, and a follow-up tweet confirming it….it’s now been made official that Chris Crutchfield has been named as the head coach at D2 East Central University. Here is the release from the school: After spending over 20 years in collegiate coaching, mostly at NCAA Division