43-yr old becomes fastest in NAIA history to 500 wins, also youngest NAIA or NCAA D1 coach to accomplish feat Basketball history was made Saturday afternoon as Indiana Wesleyan Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Greg Tonagel earned his 500th career win. In just the beginning of his 19th season at the helm, Tonagel accomplished the feat needing just 629
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Hernandez named Men’s Basketball Director of Player Personnel at Miami
University of Miami head men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga announced the addition of Dewan Hernandez to the Hurricanes’ 2023-24 coaching staff. Hernandez, who played for the Hurricanes from 2016-18, will serve as the Director of Player Personnel for the upcoming season. A second-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Hernandez most recently played with the
Appalachian State Basketball Staff Update
App State men’s basketball assistant coach Frank Young has been promoted to Associate Head coach, while Bradley Fey and Raheem Martin were both promoted to assistant coaches, head coach Dustin Kerns announced Thursday. Young, who has been an assistant for the past five years, enters into the role of Associate Head Coach for the first time in his career. Young has been on
Xavier extends Sean Miller through 2028-29
Xavier University announced a contract extension for Sedler Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach Sean Miller, adding two years to the previous deal. The new contract runs through the 2028-29 season. “I appreciate the support of (Xavier University President) Dr. (Colleen) Hanycz, Greg Christopher, and the Xavier community for our program and our coaching staff,” said Miller.
D3 NEWS: Coman named Associate Head Basketball Coach at Emerson College
Sean Coman has been named as the Associate Head Basketball Coach at Emerson College. In 2023, he played his redshirt senior season at Emerson for head coach Bill Curley. In his lone season with the Lions, Coman eclipsed the 1000 career points mark. Prior to his one season at Emerson, Sean played four years at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas where
Tarleton State adds Pulley to Basketball Coaching staff
Randy Pulley has joined the Tarleton State men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Pulley had been an assistant at Virginia State University since 2021-22 where he helped craft a pair of VSU student-athletes (Francis Fitzgerald and Terrence Hunter-Whitfield) to consecutive All-CIAA honors in 2021-22 and 2022-23. In 2022-23, the Trojans finished 17-11 overall and a
D2 NEWS: Anderson joins Azusa Pacific Basketball Staff
Tim Anderson joined the Azusa Pacific coaching staff ahead of the 2023-24 season. Prior to his arrival at Azusa Pacific, Anderson spent two seasons as the lead assistant coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, Calif. While with the Toros, Anderson helped lead Cal State Dominguez Hills to its second winning season in 10 years,
D3 NEWS: Schauer named AD at Wheaton (IL); will remain as Head Basketball Coach
Wheaton College (Ill.) Vice President for Student Development, Dr. Paul Chelsen ’91 has announced that he has appointed Mike Schauer ’93 as Wheaton’s next Athletics Director effective immediately. Schauer has been serving as the Acting Athletics Director since May 2022, while also serving as Wheaton’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach, a role he has fulfilled since 2009, and a role in
Northern Kentucky Basketball Staff Update
I mentioned both of these moves at Northern Kentucky in the Daily Dirt back on 8/4. They are now official as Isaac Wodajo and TJ Kaufmann’s bio’s have been posted on the Northern Kentucky website. Here they are: ISAAC WODAJO Wodajo joined the Norse staff after a year’s stint as the Head Coach at Division I
Scheyer agrees to new six-year contract at Duke
Duke University Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King announced Saturday that head men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer has agreed to a new six-year contract through the 2028-29 season. The 2010 Duke graduate, who signed an initial five-year contract when he was named head coach, enters his second year as the head coach of his alma mater in
Elmhurst University Basketball Staff Update
Elmhurst University head men’s basketball coach John Baines announced his coaching staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Peyton Wyatt has been elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach. A four-year member of the Bluejays’ basketball team from 2012-2016, Wyatt spent the 2016-17 season as a graduate assistant coach at Anderson University before joining the Bluejays’ staff in
Bodycam footage released of Bryant’s Grasso being questioned by Police
North Smithfield, RI police have released body cam footage of Bryant head coach Jared Grasso being questioned about a hit and run accident that he was allegedly involved in on October 1st. Grasso, who is currently on leave from Bryant (in an unrelated matter), was later charged with “Failure to Stop for Accident Resulting in