HoopDirt.com can confirm that veteran Tarleton State’s Lonn Reisman will retire as the men’s basketball coach at DII Tarleton State (TX) but remain on as the athletic director at the school. He had spent the past 30 seasons as the head coach at TSU and wraps-up his career with a 654-261 record. Word on the
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Daily Dirt – 3/23/18
Wrapping up a busy week… I have heard that the search at Loyola (Maryland) is down to three. One of the three is Xavier assistant Luke Murray. The other two are also high major assistants – one from the east coast, one from the south. I have also heard that Northwestern assistant Billy Donlon and
HOT: AW Hamilton Expected to be Named Head Basketball Coach at Eastern Kentucky
Sources have confirmed to HoopDirt.com that NC State assistant coach AW Hamilton is the choice at Eastern Kentucky. He will replace Dan McHale who was fired last month. Last season was Hamilton’s first with the Wolfpack after a long tenure at Hargrave Military Academy an as assistant coach and then the head coach (237-22 in
Kentucky Wesleyan Introduces Drew Cooper as Head Men’s Basketball Coach
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Drew Cooper will serve as the 23rd Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College as announced by Director of Athletic Rob Mallory on Friday morning. Cooper will be introduced to the community at a press conference at 2 pm on Monday afternoon. “Drew is someone we identified early in the process as a potentially tremendous
OFFICIAL: Niko Medved Named Head Coach at Colorado State
Colorado State Director of Athletics Joe Parker announced today that Niko Medved has accepted an offer to become head coach of the Rams’ men’s basketball program. Medved, a Colorado State assistant coach from 2007-13, recently completed his first season as head coach at Drake University where he guided the Bulldogs to their first postseason berth
OFFICIAL: UIW Tabs Carson Cunningham as Men’s Basketball Head Coach
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University of the Incarnate Word Director of Athletics Dr. Brian Wickstrom has selected Dr. Carson Cunningham to lead the men’s basketball program, the athletics department announced Thursday. “After a thorough search, we are pleased to announce Dr. Cunningham as our new men’s basketball coach,” said Wickstrom. “All of our final candidates who spoke with the
OFFICIAL: Dan Hurley Named Head Basketball Coach at UConn
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University of Connecticut Athletics Director David Benedict announced today that Dan Hurley has been selected as the 19th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball program. Hurley and the university have agreed to a six-year deal, with a compensation of $2.75 million in the first season. Hurley will be introduced to the university community and
REPORT: Colorado State to hire Drake’s Niko Medved
Colorado State will hire Drake’s Niko Medved as their new head basketball coach according to the Denver Post. Medved is a former assistant to Tim Miles at CSU, and spent last season at Drake where he went 17-17 in his only season there. He also served as the head coach at Furman (2013-17) where the
REPORT: Louisville, Chris Mack to meet this weekend
According to a report by the Courier Journal, Officials from Louisville are scheduled to meet with Xavier head coach Chris Mack this weekend. The Cardinals officially parted ways with interim head coach Scott Padgett yesterday. Louisville will not be using a search firm, but will instead on a group of “informal” advisors surrounding Interim AD
Dusty May Named Head Basketball Coach at Florida Atlantic
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Dusty May has accepted the challenge of building Florida Atlantic University’s men’s basketball program into a team that will consistently compete on the national stage. May has been named Florida Atlantic’s new head men’s basketball coach after signing a five-year contract today. He will be introduced at a press conference on Friday, March 23, at
OFFICIAL: Evansville agrees to terms with Walter McCarty to become Head Men’s Basketball Coach
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University of Evansville Director of Athletics Mark Spencer has announced that Evansville native and current Boston Celtics assistant coach Walter McCarty has agreed to terms to become the next head men’s basketball coach for the Purple Aces. “I could not be more thrilled with the amount of interest we had in our head coaching position,
OFFICIAL: Keller Resigns at Montana Western
Steve Keller has officially resigned as the head basketball coach at The University of Montana Western in order to become the next head coach at Frontier Conference foe University of Providence (MT). Montana Western has issued the following statement: