According to a report this morning by NewsChannel 5, UNC Asheville’s Nick McDevitt will become the next head coach at Middle Tennessee State. HoopDirt.com mentioned McDevitt as one of three candidates at MTSU in yesterday’s Daily Dirt. He replaced Kermit Davis who became the head coach at Ole Miss earlier this month. McDevitt has been
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TCU Coaches Clinic- April 19th and 20th, 2018
The first annual, TCU Mens Basketball Coaches Clinic will be held on Thursday April 19th and Friday, April 20th. This clinic will offer a comprehensive look at head coach Jamie Dixons prolific offensive set and notorious defensive secrets. Dont miss your chance to witness and hear from the Texas Christian University coaches, student-athletes, and guest
College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant Agrees to Extension Through 2022-23 Season
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College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant has agreed in principle to a new five-year extension, pending finalization of a contract, through the 2022-23 season. “Earl Grant has brought excitement and championship basketball back to the College of Charleston,” College of Charleston Athletics Director Matt Roberts said. “In just four years, he and his staff
BREAKING: La Salle University Parts Ways With Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dr. John Giannini
La Salle University announced today that Dr. John Giannini, head coach of the Explorers men’s basketball team for the past 14 years, and the University have mutually agreed to part ways. “John is a great guy, always with the best interests of his student-athletes at heart, and he did his very best to advance the
OFFICIAL: A.W. Hamilton Named Head Basketball Coach at Eastern Kentucky
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Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one earlier today. It’s now been made official that A.W. Hamilton has been named as the head men’s basketball coach at eastern Kentucky University. A native of Georgetown, Kentucky and a former prep star at Scott County High School, Hamilton spent the 2017-18
OFFICIAL: Lonn Reisman retires; Chris Reisman named Head Basketball Coach at Tarleton State
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For the first time in 30 years, Tarleton State University men’s basketball has a new head coach. Chris Reisman has been named the university’s 14th head coach after spending 17 years as a coach of the Texans and the last 12 as the associate head coach under his father Lonn Reisman. Lonn moves to Tarleton’s
North Alabama Search Update…
I have now heard from multiple sources that the search has been narrowed to five candidates at the University of North Alabama. UNA becomes a full-time DI member next season and will join the ASUN conference. I’ve heard the final group includes five of these seven: TJ Cleveland – Assistant Coach Arkansas. Played for the
DII DIRT: Tarleton State’s Lonn Reisman to Retire from Coaching
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
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