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Ander Galfsky Joins Campbell Staff as Assistant Director of Operations

Former Birmingham-Southern College standout Ander Galfsky has been named Assistant Director of Men’s Basketball Operations at Campbell University and Kenneth White has been promoted to Director of Basketball operations, head coach Kevin McGeehan announced Monday. Galfsky, a 2015 Birmingham-Southern graduate, joins the Fighting Camel staff after serving the past year as an athletics department graduate

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Jim Saia Named Head Basketball Coach at Cal State Los Angeles

Jim Saia is the new coach of the men’s basketball program at Cal State LA, the University announced Monday. Saia is a veteran coach and skilled tactician who has amassed winning records and helped student athletes excel in the classroom and on the court at every program he has led. With nearly 30 years of

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DII DIRT: Queens (NY) set to hire former DI assistant

HoopDirt.com has learned that Queens College (NY) will name former Drexel assistant Matt Collier as their new head basketball coach. Collier had been on Bruiser Flint’s staff as an assistant since 2010, and was not retained when the change at Drexel took place this spring. He also worked for Flint as an administrative staffer from 2002-05

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OFFICIAL: Justin Bailey Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Lamar

Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com posted earlier this week (Daily Dirt – 5/31/16)… Justin Bailey has been hired as an assistant coach announced Lamar University head men’s basketball coach Tic Price. Bailey comes to Beaumont after spending the previous four seasons as an assistant at Arkansas-Fort Smith. “Justin has been on my radar

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NAIA DIRT: Brescia University AD to take over as Men’s Basketball Coach

Brescia University (KY) Athletic Director Brian Skortz will add the title of men’s basketball coach to his role at the university. He will replace Josh Gibson who became the head coach at Lourdes University at the end of April. Skortz, who has been the AD at Brescia for the past four years, has previously been

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Geno Ford Joins Stony Brook Staff

Former Bradley and Kent State head coach Geno Ford officially has joined the Stony Brook men’s basketball coaching staff, head coach Jeff Boals announced Friday. “I’m very excited to add Geno to our Seawolves’ basketball family,” Boals said. “His experiences and knowledge will be beneficial in order for our program to continue its success.” Ford

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Daily Dirt – 6/3/16

Some things that I’ve heard… I have heard that Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson will hire Senque Carey as an assistant coach. Last season was Carey’s first as an assistant at Florida Gulf Coast.  He has also spent time at Hawai’i, Fresno State, Portland State and his alma mater, New Mexico. The official announcement is

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Lamar Barrett Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Hofstra

Hofstra University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich announced the addition of Lamar Barrett to the position of assistant coach with the Pride. Barrett replaces Akbar Waheed, who departed in May to accept an assistant coaching position at Georgetown. “Lamar is a great addition to the Hofstra Basketball coaching staff,” commented Mihalich. “He has extensive

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Evans Joins Bluejays’ Basketball Staff

Seth Evans has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach and head men’s golf coach at Elmhurst College. A former NCAA Division I and Division II player, Evans most recently served as a graduate assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level. Evans takes over the role previously held by Chris Martin, who departed to

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Missouri State Staff Update

Missouri State University men’s basketball coach Paul Lusk announced a pair of coaching promotions Thursday with graduate manager Keith Pickens being moved to a full-time assistant coach position, and current assistant Corey Gipson being advanced to associate head coach. Pickens replaces Bears’ assistant Brad Korn who recently accepted a similar position at Kansas State after

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HOT: Kent McBride Hired as Head Basketball Coach at California U. (PA)

Following a championship season in the uptempo Mountain East Conference (MEC) last year, Kent McBride was announced as head men’s basketball coach at California University of Pennsylvania during a news conference held at the Natali Student Center on Thursday afternoon. McBride spent the past five seasons as head coach at Concord and posted an 83-63

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HOT: Bill Brown Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Wittenberg University

Wittenberg University men’s basketball coach Bill Brown has announced he is stepping down after twenty-three seasons as the Tiger’s head coach. Upon making his decision Brown stated, “Needless to say, it has been a great honor and great privilege to have been the head coach of one of the most well respected college basketball programs

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