New Coastal Carolina head basketball coach Justin Gray has added Jayson Gee as the associate head coach / chief of staff, Ryne Lightfoot as an assistant coach / defensive coordinator, and Zach Freesman as an assistant coach / offensive coordinator. All three were with him at Western Carolina. Bio’s are below: Jayson Gee CCU is
REPORT: Coastal Carolina set to hire Western Carolina’s Justin Gray
According to a Jon Rothstein report, Coastal Carolina intends to name Western Carolina’s Justin Gray as their new head men’s basketball coach. Gray’s Catamounts, who went 20-11 (11-7), wrapped up their season yesterday with a 79-76 OT loss in the SoCon Tournament to Furman. During Gray’s three years at WCU, their win total improved from
REPORT: Coastal Carolina’s Cliff Ellis to retire
Coastal Carolina has scheduled a press conference for 1:30pm today, where head men’s basketball coach Cliff Ellis is expected to announce his retirement. These rumors started circulating early last evening, and seem to have been confirmed by Jeff Goodman: Ellis, who turned 78 yesterday, has been the head coach at CCU for the past 17
Breitenstein promoted to Video Coordinator at Coastal Carolina
Noah Breitenstein has been promoted to video coordinator for the Chanticleers basketball program. He spent the past two seasons serving as the head men’s basketball manager before moving into his present position. Before coming to Coastal Carolina, the Louisville, Ky., native spent two seasons as the founder and co-owner of Kentuckiana Hoops. The subscription-based website was
OFFICIAL: Omidvar named Assistant Coach at Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina University head men’s basketball coach Cliff Ellis has announced the addition of Nima Omidvar as an assistant coach effective immediately. Omidvar has coaching experience on both the high school and college levels, serving on the collegiate staffs at Fordham, George Washington, South Alabama, Maryland, NC State, and Bowie State. He has been a part of seven
MILESTONE: Cliff Ellis wins 800th D1 game
Rudi Williams’ three with 22 seconds left carried the Coastal Carolina men’s basketball team to a come-from-behind 64-61 win in the semifinal round of the Baha Mar Nassau Championship. The win gave legendary CCU head coach Cliff Ellis his 800th career win as an NCAA Division I coach, becoming just the 13th coach in NCAA history
Daily News – 12/3/20
Some items from around the college basketball coaching world… Wichita State AD Darron Boatright commented on the Shockers search for Gregg Marshall’s replacement. He told 3KSN in Wichita that the university will wait until the end of the season before selecting a permanent head coach. Current interim head coach Isaac Brown will be considered for
Coastal Carolina Dirt…
Following up on something that I TWEETED last night… Coastal Carolina has hired Elwyn McRoy as an assistant coach. Most recently, the veteran coach had served as the recruiting coordinator at Washington State. I am not sure that there has been a coach who has logged more miles than McRoy over his career. Here’s a
Daily Dirt – 6/11/19
Here are a few thing that I’ve heard while hoping that Big Papi makes a quick recovery… I can confirm that Brian Merritt has joined Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. Merritt has most recently served as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations at LSU, and has also been an assistant at Arizona State, Texas
Daily Dirt – 4/24/17
A few things to start the week… I can confirm that Southern Utah assistant coach Patrice Days is headed to Coastal Carolina. Before joining the SUU staff prior to last season, he was an assistant at Wright State. He has also been an assistant at Abilene Christian and a GA at Charlotte. It sounds like
Coastal Carolina’s Cliff Ellis Wins 700th Career Game
Coastal Carolina head coach Cliff Ellis earned his 700th career win on a NCAA Division I sideline as the Chanticleers completely dominated rival Winthrop in an 82-63 win this past weekend. Ellis notched his 166th win as a Chanticleer to mark his 700th in a career that has spanned five decades. Ellis, who has led
Patrick Blake Named Assistant at Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina head men’s basketball coach Cliff Ellis has named Patrick Blake the program’s newest assistant coach. Blake was most recently the head coach at Chipola College in Florida. “We are very excited to have Patrick join our men’s basketball program,” said Ellis. “We welcome Patrick on board as we continue to move forward and build on our recent