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K-State, Weber Agree to 2-Year Contract Extension

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Feb 1, 2017; Manhattan, KS, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Bruce Weber questions a call by the officials during first-half action of a game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Fred Bramlage Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports

Director of Athletics Gene Taylor announced today that head coach Bruce Weber has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season to continue his leadership of the Kansas State men’s basketball program. Compensation terms for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons will remain per an extension Weber signed in April 2013. The sixth-year head

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Washington & Lee Names Chris McHugh ’09 Head Men’s Basketball Coach

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Washington and Lee Director of Athletics Jan Hathorn has announced the appointment of Chris McHugh ’09 as head men’s basketball coach and associate professor of physical education effective August 9. “I am thrilled to welcome Chris back to campus to become our next head coach of men’s basketball,” said Hathorn. “The applicant pool was deep

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Santos Promoted to Assistant Basketball Coach at Cal State Fullerton

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Anthony Santos has spent the last six seasons committed to helping the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball program succeed, and on Tuesday, fifth-year head coach Dedrique Taylor announced Santos’ promotion to assistant coach. “I am beyond excited to have Coach Santos joining us as a fulltime coach,” Taylor said. “His contributions have been invaluable, including

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Oakland Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has learned that Oakland head coach Greg Kampe will add Mychal Covington to his staff as an assistant coach. He will replace Drew Valentine who became an assistant at Loyola back in early June. Covington played in 113 games at Oakland from 1998-2002, and had spent time as the head coach at Detroit’s Melvindale

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OFFICIAL: Brandon Mason Named Assistant Basketball Coach at New Mexico

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Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported a back on July 19th (New Mexico Dirt)… It’s now been made official as New Mexico Head coach Paul Weir has announced the hiring of assistant men’s basketball coach Brandon Mason. Mason returns to the Lobos after spending the last three years at different institutions, most

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Sonoma State Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach Rich Shayewitz Becomes Seawolves Head WBB Coach

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Rich Shayewitz, who has spent the previous 11 seasons as the Associate Head Coach for the Sonoma State University Men’s Basketball team, has been named the Head Coach of the SSU Women’s Basketball team, it was announced by the University Tuesday.  Shayewitz becomes the sixth head coach in the program’s 37-year history. “I am truly

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OFFICIAL: Chambers adds Ferry to Penn State Basketball Staff

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Penn State men’s basketball head coach Patrick Chambers has announced the appointment of veteran coach Jim Ferry as an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions. Most recently the head coach at Duquesne, Ferry will travel with the team for its foreign tour trip to the Bahamas later this week. “We absolutely seized the opportunity to

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Dalton State Assistant Basketball Coach Resigns

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Assistant basketball coach Hunter Hageman has resigned. The Kingman, Ks. native was to begin his third season on the bench for the Roadrunners, but will now pursue opportunities closer to his family and friends in Kansas. His last day as a Roadrunner will be August 4. Coach Hageman came to Dalton State in the summer

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HOT: Northwest Nazarene’s Scott Flemming takes over NBA India; assistant Paul Rush named interim head coach

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Coach Scott Flemming’s passion to lead landed him at Northwest Nazarene University two years ago, and now has earned him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The head coach for the Crusader men’s basketball program for the last two seasons is stepping away from the sidelines on the NNU campus to begin a new role as the Senior

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Zach Altany Hired as Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Oglethorpe

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The Oglethorpe men’s basketball team will have a new assistant coach headed into the 2017-18 season. Zach Altany joins the Oglethorpe coaching staff, coming to the Stormy Petrels after a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Division II Georgia College in Milledgeville. “I am very excited to have Zach join the Stormy Petrel family

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Krayton Nash Joins Minnesota Crookston Men’s Basketball Staff

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The University of Minnesota Crookston athletic department announced Krayton Nash as head women’s tennis coach and assistant men’s basketball coach. Nash has been a coach at the high school, prep school and collegiate level for the last 14 years. “We are excited to welcome Krayton Nash to the University of Minnesota Crookston,” said Director of

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MICHIGAN DIRT: Wolvernines to tap into Illinois State staff once again to hire assistant

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According to a report by The Michigan Insider, Wolverines head coach John Beilein will once again tap into the Illinois State basketball staff to hire an assistant coach. Late last week, it was reported that ISU assistant coach DeAndre Haynes would fill one of the two vacant assistant spots on the Michigan staff, and now

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