Canisius head men’s basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon announced Wednesday that former University at Buffalo guard Calvin Cage has joined the Golden Griffins’ coaching staff. Cage joins the Griffs’ staff after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Team Takeover 17-U program, part of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL). There, he helped
Daily Dirt – 6/7/19
Some DIRT to wrap up the week… Canisius assistant Eddie Shannon is on the move and will be headed back to Chattanooga, where he will be named as an assistant coach. He had previously served on the Mocs staff from 2015-17 under former head coach Matt McCall. Shannon, a former standout at Florida, had been
Thurman Schaetzle Joins Canisius College Men’s Basketball Staff
Canisius head men’s basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon announced Tuesday that Thurman Schaetzle will be joining his coaching staff for the 2018-19 season. Schaetzle, who served as a graduate assistant manager with the Golden Griffins during the 2016-17 campaign and spent the 2017-18 basketball season as a varsity assistant coach with the boy’s basketball team at
OFFICIAL: Witherspoon Announces Staff at Canisius
Last week, HoopDirt.com posted who Reggie Witherspoon would be adding to his staff at Canisius (Canisius Dirt). It has now been made official, Chris Hawkins and Larry Blunt have joined the Golden Griffins’ coaching staff for the 2016-17 season. Additionally, Jake Kroll, a 2015 graduate of the University at Buffalo, has been added as the
Canisius Dirt…
I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now
Canisius Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that Daemen College assistant coach Jake Kroll will be named as the Director of Basketball Operations at Canisius. Kroll had served as the assistant video coordinator at Alabama before joining the Daemen staff prior to last season. He had previously served as a manager at Buffalo under new
Daily Dirt – 6/9/16
A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… It sounds like Radford assistant coach Chris Hawkins will be joining Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Hawkins has been at Radford (his alma mater) since 2011, and was also an assistant there from 1997-2000. He has previously worked for Witherspoon at Buffalo
BREAKING: Reggie Witherspoon Named Head Basketball Coach at Canisius
Reggie Witherspoon, a Buffalo native and a 20-year veteran of the college basketball coaching ranks, has been named the 24th head coach in Canisius College men’s basketball history, Canisius Director of Athletics Bill Maher announced Saturday. Witherspoon, who signed a five-year contract, will be formally introduced at a 10 a.m., press conference in the Koessler Athletic Center on Tuesday, May
OFFICIAL: Canisius’ Jim Baron Announces Retirement
Jim Baron, the Canisius men’s basketball coach for the past four seasons, announced his retirement on Friday. Associate head coach Pat Clarke will assume the title of interim head coach, effective immediately. Canisius will begin an expedited search in an effort to have the position filled as soon as possible. “I have given this decision
BREAKING: Canisius Head Basketball Coach Jim Baron to Retire
According to a report by ESPN, Canisius head basketball coach Jim Baron has retired. Baron has been at Canisius for the past four seasons where he has gone 73-61. He has also been the head coach at URI (2001-12), St. Bonaventure (1992-2001), and St. Francis, PA (1987-92). During his 29 seasons as a DI head coach,
OFFICIAL: Macchioni Named DBO at Canisius
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com posted yesterday, it has been made official that Cory Macchioni has been named as new director of basketball operations at Canisius. Macchioni joins the Golden Griffin staff after spending the previous year as the vice president for basketball operations with the Providence Sky Chiefs
Canisius Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Canisius head coach Jim Baron will hire Cory Macchioni as his new director of basketball operations. Macchioni served as a student manager under Baron for four seasons at the University of Rhode Island, and followed him to Canisius where he was a graduate assistant. For the past year, Macchioni served as the vice
