University of Dayton men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant has announced the addition of former Division I head coach John Brannen to the UD staff. Brannen, who has 21 years of college coaching experience, will fill the new role of Program Analyst and Senior Special Assistant. In this position, he will oversee the Flyer program’s efforts in
According to multiple reports, including one from the Courier & Press, Evansville will hire Butler assistant David Ragland as their new head coach. The Evansville native was hired at Butler last spring, and retained this off-season when Thad Matta took over. Has also been an assistant at Utah St., Valpo, Northern Kentucky, Indiana State, and
Mason Faulkner has been hired as an assistant coach for the Campbellsville University men’s basketball team Athletic Director Jim Hardy has announced. Head Coach Brent Vernon stated, “we were very fortunate to have as many applicants to our position as we had. But at the end of the day, we were sold on Mason Faulkner and what we believe
Butler coach Thad Matta has finalized his coaching staff for the 2022-23 season with the additions of Mike Pegues and Kevin Kuwik, while retaining David Ragland. All three will serve as assistant coaches. “When I set out to build a staff, I had a lot of boxes that I wanted to check,” said Matta, who returned to Butler as head coach
Olney Central College Head Basketball Coach Casey Wyllie has announced the hiring of Steve Wright as Assistant Coach. Wright, a 44-year basketball veteran, comes to Olney Central with High School and College experience. “I met Coach Wright at a basketball camp four years ago in Indianapolis, Indiana and we have built a relationship ever since,”
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some things that I’ve heard over the past few days… Chip Cunningham has been added to the staff at UMass Lowell as the Director of Basketball Operations. Cunningham had spent the past six seasons as the video coordinator at Boston College, and had previously served in administrative roles at Ohio and
First-year Tufts University men’s basketball head coach Brandon Linton has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Colin Richey and Joey Kizel, who will join the Jumbo staff for the 2021-22 season. Richey has coached for the last two years (2019-21) at Assumption College, where he helped the Greyounds earn the program’s best record in five
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things… I have heard that Bowling Green will name Nick Korta as their new Video Coordinator. He was most recently a graduate assistant at Florida State, and worked as a manager at Cleveland State before that. Jon Iati has joined the basketball staff at UMass-Lowell. The
University of Utah head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith rounds out his coaching staff with the addition of Tim Morris to his bench, joining DeMarlo Slocum and Eric Peterson. Morris is set to join the Utes beginning on May 1. “We are thrilled Tim will be joining our Runnin’ Utes program,” said Smith. “Tim is the
David Ragland, who helped Utah State to a record of 74-24 over the past three seasons, has joined the Butler staff as an assistant coach. Head coach LaVall Jordan made the announcement Monday, April 26. Ragland arrives in Indianapolis with nearly two decades of experience, including previous assistant coaching stops at Valparaiso, Northern Kentucky, Bowling
Darris Nichols has been named Radford University’s eighth men’s basketball head coach as announced by Director of Athletics Robert Lineburg on Wednesday afternoon. A Radford, Va., native, Nichols has spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Florida. “Darris Nichols is a star,” Director of Athletics Robert Lineburg said. “He was an
A few things that I’ve heard… Radford has a 2pm press conference scheduled for today to announce their new head coach. The choice here is Florida assistant Darris Nichols. He has been on the Florida staff since 2015, and has also worked at Louisiana Tech, Wofford, and Northern Kentucky. He will become the second UF
