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University of Wyoming head basketball coach Jeff Linder announced Wednesday the addition of Wyoming native Sundance Wicks to the Cowboy coaching staff. He has spent the last two seasons as head coach at Missouri Western. “To have the opportunity to bring someone who dreamed of being a Cowboy and embodies all the characteristics of what
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Steve Smiley welcomes Colorado native Houston Reed to the Northern Colorado men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Reed comes to UNC from Chadron State in Nebraska where he was the head coach for the past four years. “Coach Smiley is an elite and respected coach in our profession. Mostly he is a better person
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After completing a nationwide search Dodge City Community College is pleased to announce the hiring of Jake Williams as the next head coach of the Conquistador men’s basketball program. Williams comes to Dodge City with a combination of high level winning and excellent connections in the basketball world. Williams has been the head men’s basketball
Head men’s basketball coach Steve Smiley didn’t have to look far to start building his coaching staff at UNC, by retaining Dorian Green as an assistant coach. “I’m excited to stay on board with Coach Smiley. I’ve loved my first year at UNC and in the Greeley community,” Green said. “Coach Smiley’s energy is infectious
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Sacramento State Director of Athletics Mark Orr announced today that Brian Katz has agreed in principle to a multi-year contract extension to remain the Sacramento State head men’s basketball coach. Terms of the contract will not be released until finalized. Katz has spent the past 12 years as the Hornets’ head coach (2008-pres.), and led
According to a report by John Canzano of the Oregonian/OregonLive, Terry Porter will remain as the head basketball coach at the University of Portland. In a statement released to the Oregonian, Portland AD Scott Leykam said, “Terry Porter is our men’s basketball head coach. We will continue to work with Terry and his staff to
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University of Wyoming head basketball coach Jeff Linder announced Tuesday the addition of Ken Deweese to the Cowboy coaching staff. He spent four seasons with Linder at Northern Colorado helping the Bears record 20-plus wins in the last three seasons. “I’m very excited to be at the University of Wyoming,” DeWeese said. “Being at a
Here are a few things that I’ve heard… Tarleton State officially opened yesterday (but had been in the works for a while – teased it last week here). As TSU leaves the Lone Star Conference and transitions to DI (headed to the WAC), a bunch of names have already come up here. The one I
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Shaw University Director of Athletics, Dr. Alfonza L. Carter has named Bobby Collins as the head men’s basketball coach Tuesday morning. Collins becomes the 16th head coach in Shaw men’s basketball history “We are delighted to have Bobby Collins as our Head Men’s Basketball Coach,” said Carter. “He brings with him a wealth of coaching
Congratulations to the following sixteen coaches who captured HoopDirt.com NAIA Coach of the Week Awards during the 2019-20 college basketball season. These coaches are all eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com NAIA Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced next week. Week 1 Kelly Wells – University of Pikeville
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Chris Reisman has been promoted into an administrative role as the Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Development and Strategic Initiatives and will step down as the head men’s basketball coach. “Chris Reisman has served as an exemplary role model for the young men he has coached,” said Tarleton President Dr. James Hurley. “He deeply bleeds
According to multiple reports, Texas associate head coach Luke Yaklich will be named as the next head coach at UIC. Last season was Yaklich’s first at Texas after a two year stint at Michigan. Prior to his time at UM, Yaklich spent four seasons as an assistant at Illinois State. Before joining the college ranks,
