HoopDirt.com can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry will hire University of Southern California Director of Basketball Operations Pat O’Connell as an assistant coach. He will replace Bruce Shingler who departed earlier this spring for a spot on Frank Martin’s staff at South Carolina. O’Connell is a Baltimore native who had previously spent three seasons
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Ludwig Joins Minot State Staff
Minot State University men’s basketball has hired Bob Ludwig as an assistant coach, Beavers head coach Matt Murken announced. Ludwig spent the past nine seasons at the NAIA level, including last year as the top assistant for Peru State College under head coach Eric Behrens. In 2015-16, he helped the Bobcats to the co-regular season
Why Coaches Stumble And How You Can Help Them Succeed
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Robert Morris Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Robert Morris will hire Lehigh’s Kyle Griffin as an assistant coach. He will replace Joe Gallo who became the head coach at his alma mater Merrimack College earlier in the spring. Griffin had been on Brett Reed’s staff for the past three seasons. Before that, he worked in various roles for
McNeese State Dirt…
Back on 6/3, I mentioned that that I had heard there will be a change on the staff at McNeese State (Daily Dirt – 6/3/16). I have now heard from multiple sources that assistant coach Steve Welch will resign effective June 30th. Welch came out of retirement prior to the 2009-10 season to join McNeese
Marc Rozanski Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Rogers State
Rogers State men’s basketball head coach Justin Barkley announced the hiring of Marc Rozanski as an assistant coach heading into the 2016-17 season. “We are delighted to add Marc to our staff,” Barkley said. “He will bring valuable experience to our program and staff adding a wealth of knowledge he has learned not only as
Former Hartford Head Coach Dan Leibovitz Named SEC Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (secsports.com) – Dan Leibovitz, a veteran basketball coach on the collegiate and professional levels and currently the primary men’s basketball administrator for The American Athletic Conference, has been named Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball for the Southeastern Conference, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Thursday. As the SEC’s Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball, Leibovitz
Eric Jackson Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Montana State
Eric Jackson, a veteran coach with ties to the Pacific Northwest and roots traced to some of college basketball’s legendary coaches, has joined the Montana State men’s basketball coaching staff. Third-year Bobcat coach Brian Fish said Jackson’s addition strengthens the Bobcats on several fronts. “Eric is a strong recruiter who is instantly credible with players
Louisiana Lafayette Dirt…
Gus Hauser has resigned as an assistant coach at Louisiana Lafayette. It sounds like he will be joining his family’s business in Kentucky. The veteran DI assistant joined Bob Marlin’s staff back in 2013 after spending two seasons as the associate head coach at Wofford. Hauser has also worked at Coastal Carolina, ULM, New Mexico
Michigan Staff Update
University of Michigan head men’s basketball coach John Beilein announced the hiring of long-time Huron High School administrator and boys basketball coach Waleed Samaha as the Wolverines’ new Director of Basketball Operations. Additionally, Beilein announced the elevation of Bryan Smothers to Video Analyst after he spent the last two seasons as the Graduate Manager. “We
Fulce to join Buzz Williams’s staff
Head coach Buzz Williams announced the addition of his former player Joe Fulce to his staff today. Fulce was part of Williams’s teams at Marquette from 2008-11, averaging 3.1 ppg with the Golden Eagles. After major knee surgery ended his professional basketball aspirations, Fulce graduated from Marquette and accepted a job with Digital Intelligence Systems
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