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
Anthony Grant, Shaka Smart Named to NABC Board of Directors
Anthony Grant of the University of Dayton and Shaka Smart of the University of Texas have accepted invitations to join the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors. The appointments are effective immediately. “Anthony Grant and Shaka Smart are two of college basketball’s most respected voices,” said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “In
BREAKING: Anthony Grant Named Head Basketball Coach at Dayton
University of Dayton Vice President/Director of Athletics Neil Sullivan has announced that Anthony Grant will be the next head Flyer men’s basketball coach. “Anthony Grant is a proven winner with the highest integrity,” Sullivan said. “He has successful experience in coaching, recruiting and playing basketball at an elite level. I welcome Anthony to our staff
Poll Results: Florida Search
Yesterday, HoopDirt.com asked our readers who they thought would replace Billy Donovan as the next head coach at Florida. A few hours after we posted the poll, Louisiana Tech head coach Michael White was hired, and we shut the voting. Here are the results – looks like our readers had a pretty good handle on
POLL: Who Will Florida Hire to Replace Billy Donovan?
As part of some new features on HoopDirt, we will begin asking poll questions to our audience. To start off the poll series, today’s question deals with the most high-profile job opening of this year’s coaching carousel: University of Florida. THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED, as Florida has officially hired Michael White, former head coach
Anthony Grant Rejoins Florida Staff
Former Alabama head coach Anthony Grant will return to Florida and re-join Billy Donovan’s staff. Grant was a long-time assistant to Donovan at UF – the pair worked together from 1996-2006. After his time on the Gators staff, Grant became the head coach at VCU where he had a ton of success, going 76-25 (.752)
HOT: Brannen named head coach at Northern Kentucky
Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof has announced that John Brannen has been named head coach of the men’s basketball program. NKU will hold a press conference and celebration open to both members of the media and Norse Nation on Tuesday, April 7 at 3 p.m. in the Bank of Kentucky Center. “I
BREAKING: Avery Johnson agrees to deal with Alabama
ESPN has been the first to report that Avery Johnson has reached a verbal agreement with Alabama to become the Crimson Tide’s new head basketball coach. Johnson spent seven seasons as an NBA head coach – 2005-2008 with the Mavericks, and 2010-2012 with the Nets. He also spent 16 seasons in the NBA as a
Daily Dirt – 4/3/15
I hope everyone is enjoying Indy…one of my favorite Final Four cities! Here are a few things that I’ve heard so far today… • I have heard from great source that former NBA player Darrell Walker interviewed at Arkansas-Little Rock yesterday. Walker, who played at Arkansas, was the 12th pick in the 1983 draft. He
HOT: Richard Pitino out of Alabama race
After Alabama swung and missed at Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, the “hot” name became Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino. This morning however, Pitino ended all speculation when he released the following via twitter: “With regard to the reports tying me to other collegiate men’s coaching positions, let me simply say that I am very happy