I have heard from great sources that Western Kentucky assistant coach Nikita Johnson has become assistant at Austin Peay. He will replace Rick Cabrera who departed for Arkansas State earlier this spring. Johnson had been at WKU for the past two seasons. The veteran assistant has also worked at Stetson, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Murray
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Blakeley promoted to Director of Scouting and Analytics at North Texas
North Texas men’s basketball head coach Grant McCasland has promoted Chris Blakeley to director of scouting and analytics. For the last two seasons, Blakeley served as a graduate assistant under McCasland, assisting the Mean Green to back-to-back 20-win seasons and the 2018 College Basketball Invitational title. “Chris exemplifies every characteristic we want to build our
Shasha Brown Joins Basketball Staff As Director of Basketball Operations
Vanderbilt head men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has announced the hiring of Shasha Brown as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations. Brown comes to the Commodores after serving as the Coordinator for Youth Development with the National Basketball Association. Brown, who played at Wesleyan University from 2009-13, is the school’s all-time leading scorer and assist
University of Denver Staff Update
University of Denver men’s basketball head coach Rodney Billups announced the hiring of Bacari Alexander and Raman Sposato on Monday. The duo will join the Pioneers for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Alexander and Sposato bring high-level experience to the program, with each having spent several years at major institutions or at the professional level. “Bacari
Saul Phillips tabbed as Northern State Men’s Basketball Head Coach
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Saul Phillips was announced as the 22nd head men’s basketball coach in Northern State University program history earlier today at a press conference from the Barnett Center. Phillips comes to Northern State after Division I head coaching stops at North Dakota State University and Ohio University. He is just the sixth head coach for the
Winthrop Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey will add DII Newberry College (SC) head coach Dave Davis to his staff. Davis has been the head coach at Newberry for the past nine seasons where he has gone 143-113. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as the head coach
Kendrick joins Bradley Basketball Staff
An experienced coach from the Indianapolis area, Kristof Kendrick joins the Bradley basketball staff as Coordinator of Player Development and Video Operations, announced by head coach Brian Wardle on Tuesday. “We are very excited to add Kristof to our staff,” Wardle said. “He fits right into the culture of our staff at Bradley as he
OFFICIAL: Goins named Assistant Basketball Coach at Clemson
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HoopDirt.com mentioned this one back on back on June 2nd (Clemson Dirt). Here is the official presser that Clemson has just released announcing the hiring of Anthony Goins as an assistant basketball coach… Anthony Goins, previously of Quinnipiac University, has been named Clemson University men’s basketball assistant coach, announced by head coach Brad Brownell. Goins
Daily Dirt – 6/11/19
Here are a few thing that I’ve heard while hoping that Big Papi makes a quick recovery… I can confirm that Brian Merritt has joined Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. Merritt has most recently served as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations at LSU, and has also been an assistant at Arizona State, Texas
OFFICIAL: Coombs named Head Basketball Coach at GSW
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Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported back on June 4th (DII DIRT). It’s now been made official – Aaron Coombs has been named as the head basketball coach at Georgia Southwestern University. The school released the following presser announcing the hiring: Georgia Southwestern State University has hired Aaron Coombs as its new
Virginia Tech Basketball Support Staff Update
Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Mike Young announced the additions of six support staff personnel, including chief of staff Stephanie Ballein, special assistant to the head coach Kevin Giltner, special assistant for recruiting Matt Olinger, senior director of strength and conditioning David Land and director of sports medicine Hisham Ziyout, while retaining director of
Alabama Huntsville Basketball Staff Update
New Alabama Huntsville head basketball coach John Shulman has named Anthony Komara, Spencer Palmer, and Elijah Garrison to his staff as assistant coaches. Komara and Spencer had previously served on Lennie Acuff’s staff at UAH, while Garrison just wrapped up his playing career for the Chargers. Anthony Komara Anthony Komara is entering his seventh season