According to a report by the Athletic, Louisville and coach Chris Mack are in the final stages of negotiations for a separation agreement. The report says that, “a meeting of Louisville’s Board of Trustees and Athletics Board has been called for Wednesday to consider approving the agreement and Tuesday’s edition of the Chris Mack Radio
Krzyzewski out tonight; Ewing to miss tomorrow night
Duke’s head coach Mike Krzyzewski will miss tonight’s game at Wake Forest with a “non-COVID virus”, and Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing will be out tomorrow night will be unavailable for tomorrow’s match-up vs Butler in accordance with DC Department of Health guidelines. Associate head coach Jon Scheyer will fill in for Krzyzewski, while assistant coach Louis
BREAKING: Turgeon out at Maryland; Danny Manning named Interim Head Coach
In a mutual decision, Maryland Athletics announced that Mark Turgeon is stepping down as the head coach for the men’s basketball program. “After a series of conversations with Coach Turgeon, we agreed that a coaching change was the best move for Coach Turgeon and for the Maryland Men’s Basketball program,” said Damon Evans, Barry P. Gossett
Barros joins BC MBB staff as Consultant
The Boston College Athletics Department announced that Varsity Club Hall of Famer and former NBA standout guard Dana Barros has joined the men’s basketball program as a consultant. In this new role, Barros will assist with alumni engagement and stewardship with Boston College season ticket holders and key donors, while helping head coach Earl Grant
Presutti joins Pitt Men’s Basketball staff
Jake Presutti has joined the Pitt Basketball staff after spending the previous seven seasons on the staff at Marquette. He began his tenure at Marquette as video coordinator before being elevated to director of basketball operations and video coordinator in 2017 and assistant coach in 2019. In his role with the Panthers, Presutti will provide
Dyer Promoted to Director of MBB Operations at Miami
University of Miami head men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga announced Monday the promotion of Jeff Dyer to director of basketball operations. In the fifth year of his second stint with the Hurricanes, Dyer served as Miami’s associate director of basketball operations for the past four seasons. “Jeff has worked his way up the ladder at
Brownell agrees to 2-yr contract extension at Clemson
Clemson University and head basketball coach Brad Brownell have agreed to a two-year extension through 2026, the athletic department announced today. The terms of the contract were approved by the Clemson University Board of Trustees Compensation Committee. “Brad continues to be a great leader and ambassador for our men’s basketball program,” said Director of Athletics Dan
Pastner signs 3-yr extension at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner has signed a three-year contract extension, Tech athletics announced. Combined with the two years remaining on his current agreement, Pastner’s contract to serve as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach now runs through the 2025-26 season. “Coach Pastner has done a masterful job of building our men’s basketball program
Louisville suspends Chris Mack for 6 games
The University of Louisville has issued the following press release on the suspension of head men’s basketball coach Chris Mack: The University of Louisville announced today that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Mack will be suspended without pay for six games during the upcoming 2021-2022 season. The University concluded that while Mack was a victim
Report: Notre Dame’s Balanis headed to Howard
According to a report by Pete Thamel, long-time Notre Dame assistant coach Rod Balanis is expected to be named as the associate head coach at Howard. Balanis started with Mike Brey at Notre Dame back in 2000 as the Director of Basketball Operations. He was bumped to assistant coach in 2003, and later associate head
REPORT: Former UNC Assistant Robinson headed to Arizona
According to a report by WildcatAuthority.com, Arizona will hire former North Carolina assistant Steve Robinson as an assistant coach. He would replace Jason Terry, who became the head coach of the G League Grand Rapid Gold last week. Robinson had been on Roy Williams’ staff at UNC since 2003. He also worked for Williams at
Clemson Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Former Clemson University men’s basketball staffer, Lucas McKay, returns to Head Coach Brad Brownell’s staff as the program’s director of recruiting. Brownell also hired 40-year coaching veteran Jeff Reynolds as special assistant to the head coach. McKay, who left the program following the 2018-19 season to become an assistant coach at UMKC, returns to a