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Belmont University men’s basketball head coach Rick Byrd announced the hiring of Tyler Holloway as an assistant coach on the Bruin staff. Holloway, elevated from his role as director of basketball operations, enters his tenth campaign on the Belmont coaching staff. During that time, Belmont has won 217 games – over 24 per season –
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Millersville men’s basketball coach Casey Stitzel has named Adam Van Zelst as an assistant coach. Van Zelst comes to the Marauders after eight seasons as an assistant at Albright College. Van Zelst was a NABC Under Armour 30-Under-30 honoree in 2017-18–an award recognizing up-and-coming young coaches in men’s college basketball. This past season, he helped Albright to a
Bellarmine University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Scott Davenport announced changes in his coaching staff for the upcoming 2018-19 season today. Davenport, who is entering his 14th season at the helm of the Bellarmine basketball program, revealed that Beau Braden would return as an assistant coach to replace Jake Thelen, who accepted the director of basketball operations position on the staff
Some late night DIRT to end a loooong day…. I have heard that the search for a new head coach at DII Wheeling Jesuit University is winding down. It sounds like the leader here is IPFW assistant coach John Peckinpaugh. Before joining the Mastodon’s staff prior to last season, he spent three seasons as the
After two seasons as a Santa Clara University men’s basketball assistant coach, former NBA first-round draft pick Julius Hodge is joining the San Jose State University men’s basketball staff in a similar capacity. Jean Prioleau, the Spartans head coach, made the announcement. San Jose State will be Hodge’s third position in a blossoming coaching career that
Following the departure of head coach Scott Combs to Morehead State, Martin Methodist College has announced that Associate Head Coach, Dugan Lyne, will take over the program as head coach for the 2018-19 season. “I am thrilled to be the next head men’s basketball coach at Martin Methodist College,” Lyne said. “I would like to
Richmond men ‘s basketball has promoted Marcus Jenkins to associate head coach, Chris Mooney announced Tuesday. Jenkins has served as an assistant coach for the Spiders for the past three seasons and was the program’s director of basketball operations for four seasons from 2007 to 2011. “Marcus has really contributed a lot to Richmond basketball
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Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first published on 6/15 (Rock Valley Search Update)… It’s now been made official that Rock Valley College has selected Tim Sandquist to take over the reins of the men’s basketball program. Sandquist replaces former RVC Head Basketball Coach Evan Lavery, who left to become an assistant coach on
Spring Hill College announced on Tuesday that Craig Kennedy has been named head men’s basketball coach. Kennedy is a 38-year coaching and teaching veteran who has coached at Troy University, Georgia Southern University, Auburn University and the University of Winnipeg. Most recently, Kennedy has served as an Assistant Athletic Director for the Badgers since 2015.
Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith has announced the addition of David Ragland to his staff as an assistant coach. Ragland has 15 years of coaching experience and is joining the Aggies after a two-year stint at Valparaiso. Last season, Valpo posted a 72-65 victory over the Aggies in the Mountain West/Missouri Valley
Idaho State Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Evans has announced changes to his coaching staff. Evans hired Kyle Taylor to serve as the Associate Head Coach and CJ Killin as an assistant coach. Evans has also promoted Tim Walsh to Assistant Head Coach. Taylor comes to Pocatello after two seasons at Utah State. Prior to
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Scott Combs, who has extensive head coaching and administrative experience and a broad knowledge of the Ohio Valley Conference, has been named assistant coach for the Morehead State men’s basketball program. Combs joins the Eagles after a successful six-year stint as head coach and associate athletic director at Martin Methodist in Tennessee. He also spent 12
