Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 15 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2017-18 college basketball season. Past weekly and yearly
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BREAKING REPORT: Sean Miller will not coach tonight at Oregon
According to the Arizona Daily Star’s Greg Hansen, Arizona head coach Sean Miller will not be on the sidelines for today’s match-up at Oregon. Hansen reports that the players have been informed of the decision. Bombshell news of Miller’s potential involvement in the college basketball pay for play FBI investigation broke last night. Earlier this
REPORT: Arizona’s Sean Miller Implicated in FBI Investigation
Arizona head coach Sean Miller was reportedly caught on an FBI wiretap discussing payments for current Wildcat Deandre Ayton. According to ESPN, in more than 3,000 hours of tape obtained during the investigation, Miller is heard discussing a $100,000 payment to Ayton with Christian Dawkins who was working as a runner for ASM agent Andy
REPORT: FBI investigation identifies more than 20 programs who may have violated NCAA rules
According to an explosive report released today by Yahoo!, more than twenty college basketball programs have been identified through the recent FBI investigation as potentially violating NCAA rules. The documents that were obtained by Yahoo! show the work of ASM Sports, and their chief Andy Miller. Yahoo! reports that the documents show cash advances and
OFFICIAL: Keith Walker Relieved of Duties as Head Basketball Coach at Delaware State
Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com reported first this morning… Delaware State University has announced that head men’s basketball coach Keith Walker was relieved of his duties today after being informed his contract will not be renewed for next season. The Hornet men have a 3-25 overall record and 1-12 mark in the Mid-Eastern
BREAKING DI DIRT: Delaware State Releases Head Basketball Coach Keith Walker
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Keith Walker has been released as the head basketball coach at Delaware State. Assistant coach Keith Johnson will serve as the interim for the remainder of the season. Walker had been the head coach at DSU for the past four seasons, and served as an assistant at the university for 13
JUCO DIRT II: Another Change in New England…
Last night, I mentioned that Roxbury CC (MA) head coach Jelani Townsell had resigned to become the Athletic Director at the college (JUCO DIRT). I also mentioned that this would be the first of three jobs to open this off season in NJCAA Region XXI. Here’s the next one… I have heard from great sources
JUCO DIRT: Roxbury CC Head Coach steps down to become Athletic Director
I can confirm that Roxbury CC (MA) head basketball coach Jelani Townsell has stepped down from his post in order to become the athletic director at the school. Townsell took over as the Tigers head coach in 2016 after spending the previous five seasons as the head coach at Newbury College (MA). Townsell also spent
Andrist Steps Down at UW-Stout
The landscape will be changing for UW-Stout basketball. Longtime coaches Mark Thomas and Eddie Andrist both stepped aside at the conclusion of the season and will not be returning as head coaches for both the UW-Stout women’s and men’s basketball programs, respectively. “Both Coach Thomas and Coach Andrist have been great ambassadors for their programs and for UW-Stout in
NCAA RULING: Louisville Men’s Basketball must vacate 2013 National Championship
Louisville must vacate men’s basketball records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible during the 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years according to a decision issued by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. The appeals committee also upheld the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions penalty that requires the university to return to the NCAA money
ETSU Head Coach Steve Forbes Inks New Deal
ETSU Athletics Director Scott Carter announced that men’s basketball head coach Steve Forbes has signed a new contract. The agreement will extend the length of Forbes’ current deal through the 2022-23 season, while elevating his annual base salary to $400,000, his external relations stipend to $50,000, and keeping his yearly retention bonus at $200,000. In