After years of effort, toil and passion, Jase Coburn‘s lifelong dream – to be a college basketball head coach – has come true. Portland State Athletics has named Coburn as its new men’s basketball coach. The announcement was made Friday by Director of Athletics Valerie Cleary. Coburn has been the Associate Head Coach of the Viking program
Sprinkle signs new 4-yr deal at Montana State
Montana State Director of Athletics Leon Costello announced on Thursday that men’s basketball head coach Danny Sprinkle has signed a new four-year contract that will take him through the 2024-25 season. “I am excited about the progress the men’s basketball program has made in a short time under coach Sprinkle,” Costello said. “He is building the
Portland State Head Coach Resigns; Becomes Associate Head Coach at Texas Tech
Portland State Men’s Basketball Coach Barret Peery has accepted a position to be associate head coach at Texas Tech University. He joins the coaching staff of Mark Adams, who was named the Red Raiders’ new head coach on Monday and introduced on Tuesday. Peery has spent the last four seasons as the Vikings Head Coach,
OFFICIAL: Riley named Head Basketball Coach at EWU
All signs pointed to David Riley deserving the opportunity to be a NCAA Division I head basketball coach. The veteran of 10 seasons of the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball program has been hired as the new head coach of the Eagles to continue the continuity of the best stretch of success in EWU’s NCAA
REPORT: Eastern Washington set to elevate Riley to Head Coach
According to a report from KREM 2, Eastern Washington will name associate head coach David Riley as their new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Shantay Legans, who departed to become the head coach at Portland earlier this week. Riley has been at Eastern Washington for the past 11 seasons. He started in an
EWU’s Legans to be named Head Coach at Portland
I can confirm multiple reports that Eastern Washington’s Shantay Legans will become the next head coach at Portland. Legans led EWU to the Big Sky Championship this past season, with a 16-8 (12-3) record. The Eagles lost to Kansas 93-84 on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In his four seasons at
Hill hired as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Idaho
Johnny Hill has been hired as Assistant Coach of the University of Idaho men’s basketball team, head coach Zac Claus announced last week. “Our program is very fortunate to have added such a terrific young coach to our staff at this time in Johnny Hill,” said coach Claus. “It was resounding with how consistent everyone was that
Sommer Promoted to Assistant Coach at Portland State
Portland State Basketball has announced the hiring of Scott Sommer to assistant basketball coach for the 2020-21 season. Sommer had previously served PSU as the Director of Basketball Operations for the past two seasons. “From day one, Scott has been a tremendous asset to our program. He is someone I have great confidence in,” said
Ricciardi joins Northern Arizona Basketball Staff
Northern Arizona men’s basketball head coach Shane Burcar completed his staff for the upcoming 2020-21 season with the announcement of Jake Ricciardi in a Basketball Operations position. “Jake is young and he’s a go-getter,” Burcar said. “He will be a worker and he’s paid his dues at a young age already. I got calls from a
OFFICIAL: Fehringer named Assistant Coach at Northern Colorado
HoopDirt.com mentioned this move back on July 13th (JUCO DIRT). It’s now been made official… Northern Colorado Head men’s basketball coach Steve Smiley is bringing another Colorado native back home with the hiring of Cory Fehringer as an assistant coach. Fehringer, a Sterling, Colorado native, brings eight years of head coaching experience with him to
Novsek promoted to Associate Head Coach at Idaho
Doug Novsek has been promoted to Associate Head Coach, announced Idaho men’s basketball Head Coach, Zac Claus. “Doug has been an absolutely incredible asset to our program from day one and it was a slam dunk to promote him to Associate Head Coach. I am so grateful to him for coming here a year ago to
Fowler added to Northern Arizona Men’s Basketball Staff
Chris Fowler, a three-time All-MAC honoree and all-time assist leader at Central Michigan, was formally announced as an assistant coach on the Northern Arizona men’s basketball staff by head coach Shane Burcar on Wednesday. “Chris is going to be a dynamic leader for us in our program,” Burcar said. “We’re bringing in someone who has the