For Immediate Release May 3, 2019 Northwest Missouri State University Head Basketball Coach Ben McCollum has been named as the HoopDirt.com NCAA DII Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2018-19 college basketball season. McCollum qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week
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WNMU Announces the Hiring of Matt Cross As New Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Director of Athletics Scott Noble announced (today) the hiring of Matt Cross. Cross will take over the Men’s Basketball program after the resignation of previous head coach Matt Enriquez earlier this year. The Mustang men finished 5-20 overall this season, 2-16 in Lone Star Conference play. Matt Cross comes to Silver City after spending two
Rod Palmer Named UCLA Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach
The UCLA men’s basketball program has hired Rod Palmer as an assistant coach, as announced Thursday by Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach. Palmer has spent the past 25 seasons working in college and high school basketball. He was an assistant coach at San Diego State during the 2018-19 season
Russell joins Montana State Basketball staff
The Montana State men’s basketball final assistant coaching position was filled on Thursday, May 2, as head coach Danny Sprinkle announced Dan Russell will be joining the Bobcats’ staff. Russell has been the head coach of the Casper College program for the previous six seasons. The Casper, Wyoming, native led the Thunderbirds to one of
Hamburger Hired as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Pitt State
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Pittsburg State University head men’s basketball coach Kim Anderson announced that Jake Hamburger has been hired as an assistant coach for the Gorillas. Hamburger comes to Pitt State from the University of Oregon where he served as a graduate assistant coach for the Ducks the past two seasons. Oregon posted a 25-13 record and advanced
OFFICIAL: Morgan State Names Broadus Head Basketball Coach
Morgan State University Director of Athletics Edward Scott, Ph.D. announced the hiring of Kevin Broadus as the 16th head coach of the men’s basketball program effective May 1, 2019. Broadus brings more than 20 years of coaching and elite-level recruiting experience to Morgan State. Broadus comes to Morgan from the University of Maryland, College Park,
OFFICIAL: Dennis Hopson Named Head Basketball Coach at Lourdes
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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
Towson Dirt…
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
Conti Named Head Basketball Coach at NYIT
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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
HoopDirt.com 2018-19 NCAA DIII Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions
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
REPORT: Blakeney to be named Head Basketball Coach at Howard
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 Announces Coaching Staff
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