Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Congrats to Dan Hurley and UConn – blew everyone out in the tourney this year to capture their second straight title. Ridiculously impressive. Here are a few things that I’ve heard… New St. Louis head coach Josh Schertz is bringing Antone Gray and Rob Gardiner with him from Indiana State. Gray
DAILY DIRT – 4/1/24
April 1st, and we’ve already had 55 D1 changes. Over the weekend on X, I set the O/U on 9.5 more (and I’m leaning over). I also expect the D2’s and D3’s to start getting busy this month. Here are a few things that I’ve heard to kick off the week… New Central Arkansas head
DAILY DIRT – 3/27/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Some names that I’ve heard who have interviewed at Pacific are: Dayton associate head coach Ricardo Greer, former Stanford head coach Jerrod Haase, and USC associate head coach Chris Capko. Interesting fact…Pacific AD Adam Tschuor was the senior associate athletic director at Dayton before being hired
DAILY DIRT – 3/26/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Crazy day yesterday. It’s amazing how the portal has changed the hiring timeline. D1’s are averaging less than a week to complete a search. Absolute chaos out there! Just a few things to kick off the day… Sounds like the Gerry McNamara to Siena deal is becoming closer to reality. The
DAILY DIRT – 3/25/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard to kick-off Sweet 16 week… I have heard that the search at Cal Poly is done, and an announcement could be made as early as today. From what I hear, D2 Colorado Mesa Mike DeGeorge is the leader here. DeGeorge has been a D2/D3 head
DAILY DIRT – 3/20/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Worst kept secret in college basketball seems like a done deal. Everyone has been talking about Indiana State’s Josh Schertz to St. Louis for weeks now – sounds like St. Louis is just waiting for the Sycamores to get bounced from the NIT (or win the NIT) to make an official
Young named Assistant Basketball Coach at Le Moyne
Le Moyne College head men’s basketball coach Nate Champion ’14 has added Jamie Young as an assistant coach. “Jamie brings a level of experience that you really can’t match,” said Champion, who is in his fifth year leading the Dolphins. “His experience developing and coaching some of the best players in the world is something that translates to our players.
RECAP: 2023 College Basketball Coaching Changes Tracker
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) With September 1st right around the corner, it’s just about time to button up the 2023 HoopDirt.com College Basketball Coaching Changes Tracker. Here’s a look at all of the changes by the numbers – they are very similar to last year across all levels, and close to 2021 as well (with
Daily Dirt – 7/27/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like UCSB assistant Ben Tucker is the leader to become the next head coach at NAIA Embry-Riddle (AZ). Tucker has been at for the past five seasons, and was at Northern Arizona before that. The former manager at Arizona
STONEHILL DIRT: Skyhawks set to hire 3 assistants as they make the jump to D1
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Stonehill College will hire three assistant coaches as they make the jump from D2 to D1 and the Northeast Conference. I can confirm that head coach Chris Kraus will add: Herschel Jenkins – Spent last season as the Director of Basketball Operations as Boston University. Was on the staff at Fordham
Ellington added to Basketball Staff at rising D1 Queens University of Charlotte
Queens University of Charlotte head men’s basketball coach, Grant Leonard, has announced the addition of two-time North Carolina State Champion coach, Gary Ellington, to his staff for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Ellington comes to Queens with a wealth of knowledge in his 16 years as a head coach at the high school level, leading Weddington High
D3 DIRT: NYU Search Update
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from a bunch of people on this one. It sounds like the final group at for the open head coach position at D3 NYU is: Donny Guerinoni – Assistant Coach Harvard David Klatsky – Assistant Coach Colgate Justin Simon – Assistant Coach Yale According to people close to this