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Following up on something that I mentioned in yesterday’s Daily Dirt… Lourdes University Athletics Director Janet Eaton has named Dennis Hopson as the third head men’s basketball coach in the program’s history. A native of Toledo, Hopson arrives at Lourdes with more than 30 years of basketball coaching, recruiting, and playing experience. “I am thrilled to announce
I can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry has added Cooper Calzonetti to his staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. Calzonetti has most recently been an assistant at DIII Hartwick College. Before that, he spent two seasons in an administrative role at Iona. He is the son of long time DI assistant Mark
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Evan Conti, who finished last season as the interim head coach, has been selected as the permanent leader for the program, director of athletics Dan Vélez announced Thursday. Conti, a former standout guard at Quinnipiac, who has professional playing experience in Israel, had joined the NYIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach before the
For Immediate Release May 2, 2019 Nebraska Wesleyan University Head Basketball Coach Dale Wellman has been named as the HoopDirt.com NCAA DIII Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2018-19 college basketball season. Wellman qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week for Week
According to a report by HBCU Gameday, Howard will name Columbia assistant Kenny Blakeney as their new head basketball coach. Blakeney is a D.C. native (DeMatha) who played at Duke in the early 1990’s. He was hired as an assistant at Columbia prior to this past season. Blakeney has also worked at Harvard, Delaware, Saint
Idaho State Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ryan Looney has finalized his coaching staff. Joining Looney in Pocatello is Jared Phay as Associate Head Coach, Joe White and Chris McMillian as assistant coaches and Davis Furman as a graduate assistant. “We hit a homerun with our staff,” Looney said. “They are great additions to Idaho State
Gardner-Webb University and head men’s basketball coach Tim Craft agreed to a raise and contract extension through the 2026-2027 season, the school announced Wednesday. Craft, 42, led the Runnin’ Bulldogs to the 2019 Big South Conference title and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Details of the new contract
Cal Poly men’s basketball head coach John Smith finalized his coaching staff on Wednesday morning with the announcement that Rodney Tention – who brings nearly three decades of collegiate experience to Mott Athletics Center – has joined the program as associate head coach. “I’m thrilled to add Rodney Tention to our staff to help lead
Southern Miss head men’s basketball coach Jay Ladner has announced the first two additions to his inaugural Golden Eagle staff. Kyle Roane, a 1995 Southern Miss graduate, has been hired as an assistant coach, while Garland Wilson will serve as the Director of Basketball Operations. “I can’t be more excited that Coach Roane has agreed to join
Peter Bond has been selected as the Azusa Pacific men’s basketball head coach on Wednesday, becoming the sixth head coach in program history. The former Cougar player and 11-year assistant coach takes over a program which needed just five years of NCAA Division II active membership to surpass 100 victories as a Division II program.
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University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Bill Chaves announced on Wednesday that Brian Jones has stepped down from his position as head coach after 13 seasons leading the UND men’s basketball program to accept the associate head coach position at Illinois State. A national search for his successor begins immediately. “Anytime someone invests over
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Following the completion of a national search, Assistant Chancellor and Director of Athletics Darryl Sims announced Wednesday (May 1) that the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has removed the interim designation on men’s basketball head coach Matt Lewis, who guided the Titans to their first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III title in March. Lewis had
