The Blackburn College Athletic Department has announced that Austin Kirby is the new head men’s basketball coach. Kirby succeeds Steve Kollar who recently took the head coaching position at Concordia-Chicago. Kirby is a Blackburn Alum and was the assistant basketball coach the past four seasons. During his tenure, Kirby assisted with the Beavers ascending to
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Newton Selected to Guide Reinhardt Men’s Basketball
By Mike DeVader, Reinhardt Director of Athletic Communications & Media Special thanks to Andrew College Sports Information WALESKA, Ga. – Justin Newton, the reigning Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Men’s Division I Basketball Coach of the Year from Andrew (Ga.) College, has been selected as the next men’s basketball coach at Reinhardt University, Vice President
TENNESSEE DIRT: English set to join Vols men’s basketball staff
Following up on a tweet from earlier today… I can confirm that Colorado assistant Kim English will join Rick Barnes staff at Tennessee. He will replace Rob Lanier who became the head coach at Georgia State last week. English had been on the Colorado staff for the past two seasons. Prior to that, English spent
Siena Basketball Staff Update
New Siena Men’s Basketball Head Coach Carmen Maciariello ’01 has announced the first four hires to his initial staff. Harley Fuller, Bob Simon, and Antoni Wyche have been appointed assistant coaches, while Matt Miner has been named special assistant to the head coach. “I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to hire such complete coaches,” said
REPORT: Mark Pope to BYU
According to a report by Desert News, BYU will hire Utah Valley’s Mark Pope as their new head basketball coach. Pope, who has been at UVU for the past four seasons, was an assistant at BYU under Dave Rose from 2011-2015. He is 77-56 during his tenure at UVU, and has increased his win total
Casey Alexander Named Head Basketball Coach at Belmont
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Belmont University Director of Athletics Scott Corley announced Wednesday the hiring of Casey Alexander as the 10th head men’s basketball coach in program history. Alexander will be formally introduced Thursday at a 9 a.m. CT press conference and welcome event within Belmont University’s Curb Event Center. The event will be open to the public. “I
Airy to lead Men’s Basketball program at DIII Aurora University
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Aurora University today announced the hiring of Matt Airy as Head Coach of the AU men’s basketball program. “We are thrilled that Matt has decided to lead AU men’s basketball. I have gotten to know him well over the past few weeks and it is evident that Matt has all of the qualities that we
Daily Dirt – 4/10/19
Wednesday’s Dirt… Following up on a Tweet from yesterday, it sounds like Kennesaw State is close to wrapping up their search. All indications point to Florida assistant Al Pinkins and Tennessee assistant Desmond Oliver being the top two at this point. Hearing this one could be done shortly. The early HOT name at Cincinnati is
Shand, Hogue, added to Graceland Men’s Basketball staff
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Graceland University head men’s basketball coach Cory Hoff has added to the Yellowjacket coaching staff for the 2019-20 season. Hoff adds Ernest Shand and Justin Hogue who previously coached with Coach Hoff before. “I couldn’t be more excited to have Coach Shand and Coach Hogue join our staff at Graceland,” remarked Hoff. “I have had
Texas A&M University-Commerce extends von Rosenberg’s contract through 2022
Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced a multi-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season for head men’s basketball coach Jaret von Rosenberg, effective immediately. von Rosenberg recently completed his second season as the head coach of the Lions, leading the blue and gold to an overall record of 46-18 (.719) and two consecutive trips to the
DeWitt Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at DIII North Central U.
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Following a national search, North Central University (Minn.) has named Dan DeWitt its next head men’s basketball coach. DeWitt, who emerged from a field of 160 applicants for the position, succeeds Jon High, who resigned at the conclusion of the 2018-2019 season following an 11-year run as head coach. DeWitt has collected a significant array
OFFICIAL: Pastrana Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Oklahoma State
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I mentioned this one in Today’s Daily Dirt…it’s now been made official. Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton has announced the addition of basketball coaching veteran Erik Pastrana as an assistant coach for the Cowboys. Pastrana has a dozen seasons of collegiate coaching under his belt, including a magical run alongside Boynton at Stephen F.