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
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
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
MICHIGAN DIRT: Wolvernines to tap into Illinois State staff once again to hire assistant
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
NYIT Names Marques McKinney Assistant Basketball Coach
Marques McKinney has joined the NYIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Kevin Hamilton announced. McKinney, 34, served as an assistant coach at Medaille College in Buffalo during the 2016-17 season. He helped lead the Mavericks to a 21-7 record, Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship and Division III NCAA Tournament berth. McKinney
Butler Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Georgia Southwestern
Georgia Southwestern State University head men’s basketball coach Ben Hicks has announced the hiring of Jalen Butler as his assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. Butler comes to GSW from Armstrong State University where he recently completed his second season as a graduate assistant coach for the Pirates. “I’m very excited that Coach Butler has
Jon Nevol Named Head Basketball Coach at Blue Mountain College
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Jon Nevol was introduced at a news conference Friday as the new head men’s basketball coach at Blue Mountain College. Nevol heads to BMC from Jones County Junior College (Miss.), where he helped lead the Bobcats this past season to state and regional titles and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NJCAA National Tournament. “Being
OFFICIAL: Essex County College (NJ) Head Basketball Coach Corey Lowery Resigns
Following up on some DIRT from earlier today. It’s now been made official that after six years of leading the Essex County College Men’s Basketball team, Head Coach Corey Lowery has stepped down from the position to pursue other coaching opportunities. Coach Lowery leaves Essex as the winningest coach in program history. Lowery’s teams have
Daily Dirt – 7/28/17
Some things that I’ve heard as July winds down… I have heard from a great source that Jarvis Christian College (TX) head coach Chevis Thompson has departed, and will become an assistant at Frank Phillips College (TX). Thompson served as the head coach at JCC since 2014, and has also been the head coach at
JUCO DIRT: Lowery Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Essex County College (NJ)
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Corey Lowery has resigned at NJCAA DII powerhouse Essex County College. He had been the head coach at the school since the 2011 season, and also spent prior to that four seasons as the head coach at Middlesex CC (NJ). An official statement is expected later this afternoon.
Waleed Samaha Departs Michigan Basketball Program
Waleed Samaha is leaving his position as Michigan’s director of basketball operations. A school spokesman confirmed Thursday that Samaha was leaving. The Wolverines hired him in 2016 after a long tenure as a basketball coach at Huron High School. Samaha took over the boys’ basketball team at Huron in 2002 and spent 14 seasons as
Shawntae Gibbs Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Wheaton (IL)
Wheaton men’s basketball head coach Mike Schauer has announced the hiring of Shawntae Gibbs as an assistant coach for the Thunder men’s basketball program. Gibbs is a 2017 graduate of Indiana University-Southeast, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education with a focus in Language Arts. Gibbs played basketball as a freshman for the