After serving the CSUSB men’s basketball program as a head coach or assistant coach for 19 years, Jeff Oliver has resigned as head coach. In 16 years at the helm, Oliver’s teams won 20 or more games nine times, posting a 294-154 career record. Under his leadership, the Coyotes appeared in nine NCAA Tournaments, won
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Moore Joins UConn Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has begun the process of filling his coaching staff with the hiring of Tom Moore as assistant coach. Moore spent the past year on Hurley’s staff at the University of Rhode Island, following 10 seasons as the head coach at Quinnipiac University. Prior to that, Moore spent 13 years
Bennett Named AP Coach of the Year
Virginia’s Tony Bennett was named the Associated Press (AP) Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year, announced Thursday (March 29). Bennett, who earned his second career AP national coach of the year honor, led Virginia to the ACC regular-season championship, ACC Tournament title and school-record 31 wins in 2017-18. This season, Virginia was picked sixth
Dan Monson Receives 5-Year Extension at Long Beach State
Long Beach State AD Andy Fee just released the following letter where he announces a five year contract extension for head basketball coach Dan Monson. Dear LB Nation, We want to honor the rich tradition of success in our Men’s Basketball program at Long Beach State University. While the recent performance of our team on
DII DIRT: Truman State’s Chris Foster to be named Head Basketball Coach at McKendree
Truman State head coach Chris Foster will be named as the new head coach at McKendree University according to a report by the Belleville News-Democrat. Foster will replace Harry Statham who was not retained after 52-years at the school. Foster was a standout at Northern Iowa as a player and helped lead the Panthers to
Aurora University Men’s Assistant Rebsom takes over Spartans Women’s Program
Aurora University today announced that Ryan Rebsom will become the 18th Head Coach of the Spartan women’s basketball program. Rebsom assumes the duties from Brittany Carper who stepped away from coaching earlier this month. “I’m happy to announce today that Ryan Rebsom has accepted the position of head women’s basketball coach at Aurora University,” said AU Director of Athletics Jim
OFFICIAL: Heath Schroyer names Mike Dubose as Assistant Basketball Coach at McNeese State
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Following up on some “dirt” that HoopDirt.com posted yesterday (MCNEESE STATE DIRT)… New McNeese men’s basketball head coach Heath Schroyer has added another piece to the rebuilding of the Cowboys’ basketball program with the hiring of Mike Dubose as an assistant coach. Dubose comes to Lake Charles from Chipola College where he spent the past
OFFICIAL: Darian DeVries Named Drake Men’s Basketball Head Coach
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Drake University Director of Athletics Brian Hardin today named Darian DeVries head men’s basketball coach. A veteran coach with experience in the BIG EAST and Missouri Valley Conferences, DeVries was previously an assistant coach at Creighton University for 17 years and spent 20 total seasons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, he helped
San Diego Search Update…
On Monday, I mentioned five names that I’ve heard at San Diego (SAN DIEGO DIRT). I’ve now heard a few other names that should be added to the list. The updated list should include: Boise State assistant Mike Burns (former assistant at San Diego / former head coach Eastern Washington), and Mark Fox (former head
Drake Dirt…
Multiple outlets are reporting that Creighton assistant coach Darian DeVries is the leader at Drake. A report from KCCI-TV’s Andy Garman goes as far as saying that DeVries is the choice and an announcement will come today. DeVries has been at Creighton for the past twenty seasons. The former guard at Northern Iowa became a
Mick Durham Named Head Basketball Coach at Montana State Billings
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Montana coaching legend Mick Durham will return home to lead the Montana State University Billings men’s basketball team as its head coach, announced by the athletic department on Wednesday. “We are very pleased Coach Durham has accepted our offer to become our head men’s basketball coach,” commented Yellowjacket director of athletics Krista Montague. “He has
Oklahoma State Signs Boynton to Contract Extension
Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder and head basketball coach Mike Boynton have agreed in principle on an extension to Boynton’s contract that will keep him with the Cowboys through the 2023-24 season. The two-year extension to the original five-year contract increases Boynton’s annual salary to $1.6 million with a $125,000 increase for each subsequent