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
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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
Dials Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Urbana U.
Nick Dials has resigned from his position as head men’s basketball coach at Urbana University following two years with the program. UU Executive Director of Athletics Larry Cox announced the resignation. The search is underway to identify the 11th head coach in program history. “We are thankful for Nick’s time and effort that he put
OFFICIAL: Williams out at Stetson
Following-up on something that I mentioned early yesterday morning in the Daily Dirt. It’s now been made official as Stetson University Director of Athletics Jeff Altier announced on today that Corey Williams will no longer serve as men’s basketball head coach at the University. Williams, who recently completed his sixth season with the Hatters, owns
Reinhardt Head Basketball Coach Gillespie Resigns
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WALESKA, Ga. – After being at the helm of Reinhardt men’s basketball for seven seasons and 16 years overall as a college basketball head coach, lead Eagle Jason Gillespie has resigned from his post and stepped away from the game of basketball. Gillespie, who totaled a 280-223 mark during his coaching career, made a lasting
DII DIRT: Lander University Finalists
In yesterday’s Daily Dirt, I mentioned some of the names that I have heard at DII Lander University. I have now heard from multiple sources that the final three are: Grant Leonard – Associate head coach Queens University of Charlotte. Has spent the past six seasons at Queens. Has also worked at Paine College, Flagler
DII DIRT: Fayetteville State to part ways with Spencer
I can confirm that DII Fayetteville State (NC) will part ways with head men’s basketball coach Ken Spencer. Spencer had been the head coach at FSU for the past three seasons, where he compiled a 27-57 overall record. This year, the Broncos went 6-20 (5-13 CIAA). Before being hired at Fayetteville State back in 2016,