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James Madison Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne has named Mark Byington as the 11th men’s basketball head coach in program history, as announced by the school on Friday. “Mark Byington made an immediate, positive impression and quickly stood out as the best fit to lead James Madison men’s basketball,” Bourne said. “Coach Byington is very
Losing track of days already here at the HD World HQ. Here is what I believe to be Friday’s Daily Dirt… I keep hearing that Louisiana Monroe associate head coach Ryan Cross is in the mix to join Andy Kennedy at UAB. I’ve also heard Clemson director of recruiting Philip Pearson’s name mentioned here as
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Loyola Marymount University has named Stan Johnson as its new men’s basketball head coach, Athletic Director Craig Pintens announced Friday. “Stan has a tremendous vision for the future of LMU men’s basketball, and he has the distinct ability to connect with and inspire student-athletes on and off the court,” said Pintens. Johnson brings an impressive record
Andy Kennedy has been named the seventh head coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Mark Ingram announced Friday. Pending approval by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, Kennedy will return to his alma mater where he is the second leading scorer in program history. A
Justin Maxwell has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at SUNY Ulster. During his five season’s at the college, Maxwell led the Senators to an NJCAA Sweet 16 appearance, a conference championship, and won two Coach of the Year awards. Before becoming the head coach at Ulster, he was an assistant at Hilbert College,
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GREELEY, Colorado (AP) — Steve Smiley has been promoted to head men’s basketball coach at Northern Colorado, replacing Jeff Lindor, who took over at the University of Wyoming. Athletic director Darren Dunn announced the promotion Thursday night about 48 hours after naming Smiley the interim head coach following Lindor’s departure. The school plans a virtual
Andy Kennedy will be named as the new head basketball coach at UAB according to multiple sources, including AL.com. HoopDirt.com mentioned Kennedy as the leader here back on Monday. The former Ole Miss and Cincinnati head coach played for the Blazers (1987-90), and has most recently been working for the SEC network. He holds a
Brian Rosario and Justin Scanson sit down to discuss the latest news concerning COVID19 and what coaches can and should be thinking about during these unsure times.
A few quick things that I’ve heard while hunkered down at the HD world HQ: A couple new names emerging at UIC…I have now heard that Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson and Louisville assistant Luke Murray are in the mix. Robinson is an Illinois native who spent time at Loyola (Chicago). I’ve heard that Murray
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Following up on HoopDirt.com’s DIRT from earlier this week…. After an exhaustive and thorough nationwide search, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) Director of Athletics Griz Zimmermann announced the hiring of Rodney “Mac” McConnell as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. “This is an excellent hire for the men’s basketball program,” said TAMIU President Dr. Pablo
Lincoln University Director of Athletics Harry Stinson III announced today that Doug Overton has stepped down as the men’s basketball head coach due to personal reasons. Overton was in his fourth season as the Lions’ head coach. The Lions were the top rebounding team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in 2019-20, leading the conference
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University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Monday the hiring of Jeff Linder as head coach of the Cowboy Basketball Team. Linder is the 22nd head coach in Wyoming history. He led Northern Colorado to three-straight 20-win seasons. “Jeff (Linder) turned around the basketball program at Northern Colorado and developed his team into one
