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After just a few days on the job, Middle Tennessee head men’s basketball coach Nick McDevitt announced Friday the hiring of his first assistant coach in former UNC Asheville associate head coach Sean Dixon. Dixon has spent the last five seasons under McDevitt with the Bulldogs, starting out as an assistant coach before being elevated
Dave Dickerson will be hired as the next head basketball coach at USC Upstate. He will replace Kyle Perry who was released earlier this spring. Dickerson, the former head coach at Tulane, was most recently the associate head coach at Ohio State (2010-17). In his five seasons at Tulane (2005-10), he went 71-85. He has
The search to replace Rodney Terry at Fresno State is moving quickly. It sounds like there are five coaches that are currently in the mix, with interviews wrapping up shortly. The list includes: David Grace – Assistant Coach UCLA. Has been at UCLA since 2013. Also worked at Oregon State, San Francisco, and Sacramento State.
Austin Claunch has been named as the next head coach of the Nicholls State University men’s basketball program as announced by director of athletics Matt Roan. Claunch’s hiring is subject to approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. An introductory press conference and meet and greet with Claunch is tentatively scheduled for
After serving the CSUSB men’s basketball program as a head coach or assistant coach for 19 years, Jeff Oliver has resigned as head coach. In 16 years at the helm, Oliver’s teams won 20 or more games nine times, posting a 294-154 career record. Under his leadership, the Coyotes appeared in nine NCAA Tournaments, won
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has begun the process of filling his coaching staff with the hiring of Tom Moore as assistant coach. Moore spent the past year on Hurley’s staff at the University of Rhode Island, following 10 seasons as the head coach at Quinnipiac University. Prior to that, Moore spent 13 years
Virginia’s Tony Bennett was named the Associated Press (AP) Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year, announced Thursday (March 29). Bennett, who earned his second career AP national coach of the year honor, led Virginia to the ACC regular-season championship, ACC Tournament title and school-record 31 wins in 2017-18. This season, Virginia was picked sixth
Long Beach State AD Andy Fee just released the following letter where he announces a five year contract extension for head basketball coach Dan Monson. Dear LB Nation, We want to honor the rich tradition of success in our Men’s Basketball program at Long Beach State University. While the recent performance of our team on
Truman State head coach Chris Foster will be named as the new head coach at McKendree University according to a report by the Belleville News-Democrat. Foster will replace Harry Statham who was not retained after 52-years at the school. Foster was a standout at Northern Iowa as a player and helped lead the Panthers to
Aurora University today announced that Ryan Rebsom will become the 18th Head Coach of the Spartan women’s basketball program. Rebsom assumes the duties from Brittany Carper who stepped away from coaching earlier this month. “I’m happy to announce today that Ryan Rebsom has accepted the position of head women’s basketball coach at Aurora University,” said AU Director of Athletics Jim
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Following up on some “dirt” that HoopDirt.com posted yesterday (MCNEESE STATE DIRT)… New McNeese men’s basketball head coach Heath Schroyer has added another piece to the rebuilding of the Cowboys’ basketball program with the hiring of Mike Dubose as an assistant coach. Dubose comes to Lake Charles from Chipola College where he spent the past
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Drake University Director of Athletics Brian Hardin today named Darian DeVries head men’s basketball coach. A veteran coach with experience in the BIG EAST and Missouri Valley Conferences, DeVries was previously an assistant coach at Creighton University for 17 years and spent 20 total seasons on staff with the Bluejays. During that span, he helped
