More fall out from the college basketball pay-for play scandal today, as a new report from ESPN has been released in which Cal State Northridge head coach Mark Gottfried has been directly linked to payments to players. According to the report, Gottfried, the former head coach at NC State, gave assistant coach Orlando Early envelopes
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Southern Illinois Head Basketball Coach Barry Hinson Resigns
Shortly after Southern Illinois lost its men’s basketball game to Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Friday, 16-year league veteran coach Barry Hinson announced during a press conference that he would “step away” as head coach of SIU’s program. Coach Hinson’s postgame statement: “I’ve been coaching 38 years and I’ve been blessed
Creighton’s Murphy placed on Administrative Leave
Creighton assistant men’s basketball Preston Murphy has been placed on administrative leave by the university. The suspension follows a report from earlier today where Yahoo Sports identifies Murphy and Corey Barker of TCU as coaches who accepted $6,000 payments from middleman Christian Dawkins in the college basketball pay-for-play scandal. Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen released the
LSU Suspends Will Wade
Feb 23, 2019; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Will Wade gestures in the first half of their game against the Tennessee Volunteers at the Maravich Assembly Center. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
LSU has just released the following statement:
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REPORT: Creighton, TCU Assistant Coaches took bribes in Pay-for-Play scandal
An assistant coach from Creighton and an assistant coach from TCU have been implicated in the on going college basketball pay-for-play scandal. A report from Yahoo Sports identifies Preston Murphy of Creighton and Corey Barker of TCU as coaches who accepted $6,000 payments from middleman Christian Dawkins. According to the report, “prosecutors allege that Dawkins
D.P. Harris named Head Basketball Coach at St. Thomas (FL)
Don Paul “D.P.” Harris has been named as the Men’s Basketball Coach, Assistant Athletic Director, and Director of Development, announces Director of Athletics, Laura Courtley-Todd. “Adding a coach with the type of experience that Coach Harris has is a tremendous testament toward the vision that our President David A. Armstrong has,” said Courtley-Todd. “We are all
STETSON SEARCH UPDATE: Hatters focus in on four candidates
I have heard from a bunch of people on this one today. It sounds like the group of coaches that Stetson is focused in on right now are: Donnie Jones – Assistant Coach, Dayton Ryan Ridder – Head Coach, Bethune-Cookman Rex Walters – Special Assistant to the Head Coach, Nevada Sean Woods – Head Coach,
REPORT: LSU’s Wade caught on wiretap discussing recruiting “offer”
It was a nice OT win for Will Wade last night at Florida. However, today hasn’t been so kind for the second-year LSU coach. According to a report just published by Yahoo Sports, A 2017 phone conversation intercepted by the FBI between Wade and basketball middleman Christian Dawkins features Wade speaking freely about a “strong-ass
Daily Dirt – 3/7/19
A few things that I’ve heard… The search at Stetson is moving quickly. I have heard that they are already focused on a small group of candidates. One of the hot names down there is current Dayton assistant Donnie Jones. The long-time Billy Donovan assistant (at Marshall and Florida), also spent six seasons as the
Aurora University head basketball coach Lance Robinson resigns
Aurora University head men’s basketball coach Lance Robinson has resigned to pursue another opportunity after leading the Spartans to a three-year overall record of 54–30; a record of 43–17 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) with one regular season conference title, two tournament titles and two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) appearances. “Lance made
Callero not retained as Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Cal Poly
Joe Callero, Cal Poly men’s basketball head coach for 10 seasons, will not be retained, Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman announced Wednesday. “I’d like to thank Joe Callero for his ten years of dedicated service to our university,” said Oberhelman. “Joe embraced the academic rigors of Cal Poly and worked very hard to give every