Thursday’s DIRT…. I have heard that Lennie Acuff will round out his new staff at Lipscomb with Kevin Carroll and Tyler Murray. Carroll spent the past two seasons as an assistant at VMI and was the head coach at DII Maryville University before that. Murray was most recently on the staff at Furman and was
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Austin Shaver joins Longwood Basketball Staff
Calling on a coach with more than a decade of experience, with the majority of those years at successful Division I programs in the Commonwealth, Longwood men’s basketball head coach Griff Aldrich announced the hiring of Austin Shaver as assistant coach Tuesday. A former assistant coach at William & Mary under Tony Shaver and graduate
Jeff Massey Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Toledo
University of Toledo men’s basketball assistant coach Jeff Massey has been promoted to associate head coach, Head Basketball Coach Tod Kowalczyk announced today. “Jeff has been tremendous for Toledo Basketball since he joined our program five years ago.” Kowalczyk said. “He is a very good coach, an extremely efficient and effective recruiter and an unbelievable mentor
Former Michigan Great Juwan Howard Returns as Men’s Basketball Coach
University of Michigan Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced Wednesday (May 22), former Wolverine All-American and NBA All-Star Juwan Howard has been named the David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Head Coach, becoming the 17th men’s basketball coach in the history of the program. “We have found someone with high integrity, great
Marquette University Boys Basketball Day Camp
The Marquette University Boys Basketball Day Camp is an instructional day camp for boys ages 5-18. The camp teaches the game of basketball in a positive and fun environment. This is a great opportunity for people looking to get into the coaching business. You will get great on-court experience and have an opportunity to expand
Kennesaw State Basketball Staff Update
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Kennesaw State men’s basketball head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim finalized his coaching staff Wednesday, announcing the additions of Ben Fletcher, Tanner Smith, Pershin Williams and Griffin McHone. Fletcher will serve as the men’s basketball Associate Head Coach while Smith and Williams, both local Georgia products, have been named Assistant Coaches. McHone will serve as the new
Kansas State Basketball Staff Update
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced a pair of promotions to his coaching staff as Jermaine Henderson has been elevated to assistant coach and former Wildcat Shane Southwell has been selected as the director of student-athlete development. Henderson, who served as the director of student-athlete development the past two seasons (2017-19), has 20 years
Cantamessa named Head Basketball Coach at Greensboro College
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Greensboro College Chief Operations Officer and acting Director of Athletics, Dr. Robin Daniel, announced the hiring of Jim Cantamessa as Greensboro College’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. “Jim is an unassuming and humble individual who’s behind the scenes contributions to men’s basketball and our athletics program did not go unnoticed,” Daniel said. “The Greensboro
Nimley added to Charleston Southern Basketball Staff
Charleston Southern head men’s basketball coach Barclay Radebaugh is welcoming back another one of the Buccaneers’ all-time greats to the coaching staff as he announced the addition of Saah Nimley as an assistant coach on Wednesday morning. Nimley takes the place of former teammate Arlon Harper who left CSU following the 2018-19 season to pursue
OFFICIAL: Peckinpaugh resigns as Head Basketball Coach at WJU
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Following up on some DIRT from last night. Wheeling Jesuit University has released the following statement on the resignation of head basketball coach John Peckinpaugh: Citing family and personal reasons, John Peckinpaugh will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at Wheeling Jesuit University. Peckinpaugh has accepted a coaching job at Noblesville High School in
Daily Dirt – 5/22/19
Some mid-week DIRT…. I have heard that Julius Allen will join Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. The pair had previously worked together from 2007-09 at Binghamton. Allen is a veteran assistant who has also worked at South Florida, Howard, Northeastern, Towson, McNeese State and Long Island University. I can confirm that BJ Ivey
Taylor rejoins McCaffery; Named assistant at Iowa
University of Iowa Head Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff, replacing the position previously occupied by Andrew Francis. Taylor joins the Hawkeye staff as an assistant coach after 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including head coaching stints at Ball State, Lehigh, and Belmont Abbey. McCaffery