After five seasons as head coach of the Westmont College Men’s Basketball program, Landon Boucher has announced his decision to step down, prioritizing his growing family over coaching. A former Westmont player himself, Boucher met his wife, former Westmont soccer standout Aolani Rueff, at the college, and they have a five-year-old son, with another child
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INTERIM TAG REMOVED: Meador named Head Basketball Coach at Chico State
As the Chico State men’s basketball team prepared to embark on the 2024-25 campaign, they saw a transition of power at the head coaching position with three-year assistant coach Cevin Meador handed the reigns the week before their first regular season trip. Despite the quick turnaround, Coach Meador has shown his readiness to take on
D3 DIRT: Kettel resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Keystone
Andrew Kettel has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Keystone College. Kettel spent the past two seasons as KC’s head coach, where he posted a 24-25 record (13-11 this past season). No official announcement yet from the college, but Kettel posted the following on social media:
REPORT: Will Wade to NC State
According to multiple reports, including ones from O&G Triangle Media’s Joe Giglio and CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, NC State will hire McNeese State’s Will Wade as its new head basketball coach. Wade will replace Kevin Keatts, who was let go a few weeks ago after a disappointing ACC season despite a Final Four run the
Chicago State set to hire current SWAC Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Chicago State intends to hire Alcorn State head coach Landon Bussie, with the official announcement coming tomorrow. Bussie was reportedly a finalist last year before Chicago State promoted assistant Scott Spinelli to the position. Spinelli resigned from the position after just one season a
Daily Dirt – 3/19/25
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) More on the Shake-Up at Lincoln Memorial and Some Hot Candidates Clearly a crazy situation at D2 Lincoln Memorial, where Jeremiah Samarrippas was not renewed (still no official statement from LMU, however). For those of you who don’t follow me on X, this was my take: Obviously, there are lofty and
Navy’s DeChellis announces retirement
Ed DeChellis has announced he will retire after 14 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at the Naval Academy and 29 years as a collegiate head coach. DeChellis coached more games (426) at Navy than any other coach in school history, surpassing Ben Carnevale (417) earlier this year. “It has been a great honor to serve
D2 DIRT: Hotaling out as Head Basketball Coach at New Haven
Ted Hotaling is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at New Haven. No official announcement yet, but he had been 404’d from the website. Hotaling had spent the last 14 seasons as the Chargers head coach, where he went 218-184 (.542). This past season, New Haven went 12-17 (7-13 NE-10). More on this move
JUCO DIRT: State Fair CC opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard that Matt Brown is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 State Fair Community College (MO). Brown had been the head coach at SFCC since 2017. He also served as the head coach at UMKC (2007-13), and worked on the staffs at West Virginia, Florida,
Streich named Head Basketball Coach at D3 Southwestern University
Southwestern University has hired Matt Streich as the next head coach of the Pirates men’s basketball program. A native of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Streich has 11 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level, including six years at nationally-ranked liberal arts colleges. Streich comes to Southwestern after four seasons as Assistant Coach
NAIA Life Pacific hires Jenkins as Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Life Pacific University Athletics is excited to announce Evan Jenkins as the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Evan brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in collegiate basketball. Over the past few years, he has helped lead multiple programs to significant improvements, most recently at Biola University, where he played
OFFICIAL: Indiana names Darian DeVries Head Basketball Coach
IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson has hired former West Virginia and Drake Coach Darian DeVries as the new head coach of the IU Men’s Basketball program. The 49-year-old DeVries comes to Bloomington with 24 years of Division I coaching experience, including the last seven as a highly-successful head coach at Drake (2019-24)