Providence College President Fr. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P., and Athletics Director Steve Napolillo announced today (March 22) the appointment of Bryan Hodgson as the head men’s basketball coach at the College. Hodgson, who becomes the 17th head coach at Providence College, comes to Providence after spending the 2025-26 season as the head coach at the University of
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OFFICIAL: Fennell named Head Basketball Coach at Western Michigan
Here’s the official release from Western Michigan on the hiring of Kahil Fennell as their new head men’s basketball coach: Western Michigan University Vice President/Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae has announced the hiring of Kahil Fennell as the new head coach of the WMU Men’s Basketball program. Fennell will be formally introduced as the 16th head coach
JUCO DIRT: Missouri State West Plains opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I teased this one on X last night, and can now confirm through multiple sources that Jared Phay is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Missouri State West Plains. Phay took over at West Plains back in 2020 after a very successful stint as the head coach
OFFICIAL: Cantens named Head Basketball Coach at FIU
Bringing nearly two decades of collegiate and professional experience along with a proven pedigree as a championship-winning head coach, Miami native Joey Cantens has been named the 10th head coach in FIU men’s basketball program history, Panthers’ Director of Athletics Scott Carr announced on Friday. Cantens, 39, has spent the past five seasons as the head coach
Gilhooly promoted to full-time Assistant Basketball Coach at D3 Stevenson
The Stevenson University men’s basketball program, led by head coach Jack Bors, has announced the promotion of Sean Gilhooly to a full-time assistant coach after previously serving in a part-time role with the Mustangs. “We are thrilled to promote Sean to our full-time assistant role. Adding Sean to our staff paid immediate dividends,” said Bors. “He is a
REPORT: FIU set to hire Cantens as Head Basketball Coach
According to a Pete Thamel report, FIU is expected to hire Joey Cantens as their new head men’s basketball coach. Cantens has been the head coach at NJCAA D1 Daytona State for the past five seasons, where he has gone 120-40 (26-7 this season). Cantens has also worked at FGCU and USC. The Miami native
Shannon out as Assistant Coach at South Carolina
Following a 13–19 campaign (4–14 in SEC play), South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris is making changes to his staff. Longtime assistant Eddie Shannon will not return for the Gamecocks. There has not been an official announcement, but Shannon posted the following on X: Shannon had been on the USC staff for the past four
INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Barnes named Head Basketball Coach at NAIA Louisiana Christian
Zach Barnes has had the interim tag removed from his title and is now officially the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Louisiana Christian. Barnes took over for Reni Mason back in August after Mason stepped away to focus his full-time role as the school’s vice president of intercollegiate athletics. This past season, LCU went
REPORT: Western Michigan expected to hire Fennell as Head Basketball Coach
According to multiple reports, including one from Jeff Goodman, Western Michigan is expected to hire UTRGV’s Kahil Fennell as their new head men’s basketball coach. Fennell has spent the past two seasons as the head coach at UTRGV where he put together a 35-29 (.547) record. Prior to his time as a head coach, Fennell
OFFICIAL: Scott Cross named Head Basketball Coach at Georgia Tech
Scott Cross, who has won seven conference championships and 350 games in 19 seasons as a head coach – including five-straight 20-win seasons and back-to-back Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament titles at Troy – has been named the 16th head coach in Georgia Tech men’s basketball history, Georgia Tech vice president and director of athletics Ryan
Wes Miller buyout figure at Cincinnati revealed
Wes Miller and the University of Cincinnati have come to an agreement on a buyout according to the CIncinnati Enquirer. Under the terms of his most recent contract, Cincinnati owed Miller $9.9 million on his buyout prior to April 1, when that figure was set to drop to $4.69 million. Had Miller left for another
Kansas City Basketball Staff Update
The hirings of Will Turgeon and Brandon Burgette as assistant basketball coaches at Kansas City have now been made official. Both moves had been expected for some time, with Turgeon first mentioned on February 1 and Burgette’s name surfacing on HD on March 5. Here is the official release from KC: Will Turgeon The first