According to WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida A&M University Interim Head Basketball Coach Lamont Franklin has resigned. Franklin was named as the interim head coach after Byron Samuels was fired earlier in the spring. According to the report, only Gerald Gillion who is not an employee with FAMU is on the Rattlers coaching staff. Gillion is
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BREAKING: Juan Dixon to be named Head Basketball Coach at Coppin State
HoopDirt.com can confirm a Baltimore Sun report that former Maryland standout Juan Dixon will become the next Head Basketball Coach at Coppin State. Dixon spent last season as the head women’s coach at the University of the District of Columbia.He will replace Michael Grant who was fired back in March. The 2002 ACC Player of
Tyus Edney Promoted to Assistant Coach at UCLA
Tyus Edney has been promoted as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s basketball team, as announced Friday by head coach Steve Alford. Edney, who served as the program’s Director of Operations for the past seven seasons, will take over as an assistant coach with the Bruins, effective immediately. Edney fills the assistant coach position
USC approves raise and contract extension for Frank Martin
Coming off historic runs through the NCAA Tournament, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees has approved new contracts for head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin and head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, it was announced today. Martin, who guided the Gamecocks to their first Final Four in program history, had one year added
Weir Adds Assistant Coach Marc Hsu
The University of New Mexico men’s basketball head coach Paul Weir has added Marc Hsu as an assistant coach as announced Thursday morning. Hsu comes to New Mexico after a season as assistant coach under Weir at New Mexico State. “Marc is one of the best young recruiters in the country,” said Weir. “I watched
Maryland Names Broadus Assistant Basketball Coach; Warren Assumes Administrative Role
Maryland men’s basketball head coach Mark Turgeon announced the hiring of Kevin Broadus as an assistant coach with the program today. Additionally, Cliff Warren will assume a new role as director of player development. Broadus most recently spent nine years at Georgetown and brings more than 20 years of coaching and recruiting experience to Maryland.
Daily Dirt – 4/21/17
Finally back from balmy Quebec City. Here are a few things that I heard while watching nothing but hockey highlights on TSN… Word on the street is that the search at Presbyterian is focusing on five candidates. Three names that I’ve heard are Charleston Southern associate head coach B.J. McKie, Wofford associate head coach
Chase Teichmann Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Florida College
Head Coach and Athletic Director, Pat Todd, announced the appointment of Chase Teichmann, as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Florida College. “We are very excited to welcome Chase to our basketball family. Chase has had the opportunity to learn from some outstanding coaches in our profession. He understands the culture of Florida College and
Former Bluejay Alan Huss Joins Creighton Basketball Staff
Creighton University head coach Greg McDermott has named Alan Huss an assistant coach with the Bluejay men’s basketball program. Huss, a 2002 Creighton graduate, has spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of New Mexico. Huss replaces Steve Lutz on the Creighton staff after Lutz accepted a position at Purdue
Summers resigns as Head Basketball Coach at DII Urbana; Rejoins James Madison staff
Former West Virginia star and James Madison men’s basketball director of operations Rob Summers will rejoin the JMU men’s basketball program as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season, as announced by Head Coach Louis Rowe on Thursday. Summers returns to the JMU program after serving as the head coach at Division II Urbana (Ohio),
Beau Braden Rejoins Morehead State Basketball Staff
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Beau Braden, who was a member of the Morehead State men’s basketball staff from 2011-2014, has once again been named assistant coach. “Beau and I have been extremely close since we both got into coaching. We’ve always bounced ideas off of each other and talked about X’s and O’s, so this is a real dream
Bill Tharpe Resigns as Head Basketball Ferrum College
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Ferrum College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Tharp has announced that he will not return to the Panthers’ sideline next season. The 2016-17 season marked his 12th and final year as head coach. “Ferrum has been very good to me and gave me an opportunity to live a dream of coaching college basketball,” said Tharp.