The Montana State University Billings Athletic Department announced the appointment of Luke Fennelly as head coach for the MSUB men’s basketball program. After three seasons as assistant coach under Mick Durham and one year as interim head coach, Luke Fennelly has officially been named as the MSUB head men’s basketball coach. “Luke’s ability to lead a program at a
D2 DIRT: University of Charleston (WV) opens; Osborne taking D1 assistant job
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Dwaine Osborne has stepped down as. the head men’s basketball coach at D2 University of Charleston (WV). Word on the street is that he is headed to Youngstown State, where he will join new head coach Ethan Faulkner’s staff as an assistant coach. Osborne had been at
Wisconsin assistant Blackbourn named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Rockhurst
Kyle Blackbourn, who has spent the last eight seasons on the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball staff, has been named as the new head coach for the Rockhurst men’s basketball program. “We had a national search with a large volume of applicants,” said Rockhurst Director of Athletics Kristy Bayer. “Kyle rose to the top based
OFFICIAL: Hedgepeth named Head Basketball Coach at Alabama Huntsville
Following-up on something that I first mentioned on Sunday (D2 DIRT). Mick Hedgepeth has now officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Alabama Huntsville. Here’s the statement from UAH announcing the move: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Mick Hedgepeth as head coach
Davis & Elkins Opens: Mondragon takes D1 Assistant job; Harris promoted to Head Coach
D2 Davis & Elkins has issued the statement below on the change of leadership in the men’s basketball program. The release doesn’t mention where former head coach Daniel Mondragon is headed, but he will reportedly become an assistant at Mercer under new head coach Ryan Ridder. Davis & Elkins College Interim Director of Athletics Jeff Eisen
Colorado Mesa names Mike Dunlap as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Colorado Mesa University has named RMAC Hall of Famer Mike Dunlap as the university’s new head men’s basketball coach, Director of Athletics Joan McDermott announced on Monday, April 15. Dunlap will bring an extensive and decorated coaching resume to Grand Junction, highlighted by two NCAA Division II national championships, 10 combined regular season and
Hawkins resigns as Head Coach at D2 Quincy U; Will become D1 assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) D2 Quincy University (IL) head men’s basketball coach Steve Hawkins has resigned (official release below). The statement says that Hawkins “has accepted another job opportunity, and his new position will be announced at a later date.” I have now heard from multiple sources that his most likely landing spot is at
D2 DIRT: Alabama Huntsville intends to name D3 coach as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have now heard from multiple sources that D2 Alabama Huntsville intends to hire D3 Berry College’s Mick Hedgepeth as their new head men’s basketball coach. Hedgepeth has been the head coach at Berry for the past two seasons, where he has gone 44-14 (.759). This past season, his team went
Keeley named Head Basketball Coach at Northwest Missouri State
Northwest Missouri State University Director of Athletics Andy Peterson has selected Matt Keeley as the 21st head men’s basketball coach in program history. Bearcat Athletics will schedule a press conference in the near future to formally announce Keeley as the new head coach. “I’m very confident in bringing Coach Keeley on board to lead our men’s basketball
OFFICIAL: Interim tag removed from Fazio at Seattle Pacific
In the DAILY DIRT back on 4/4, I mentioned that Seattle Pacific had removed the interim tag from head coach Keffrey Fazio. SPU has finally made that official – here’s the release: Keffrey Fazio, who led the Seattle Pacific University men’s basketball team to the program’s 12th Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament appearance in his
DAILY DIRT – 4/12/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things to close out a wild week… Most interesting name that I’ve heard so far at Florida A&M is former Arkansas / St. John’s / Missouri / UAB head coach Mike Anderson. The veteran coach is 437-256 (.631) in 21 seasons as a D1 head coach.
OFFICIAL: Thompson steps into new role at Emory & Henry; Sensabaugh named Interim Head Coach
Earlier today, I mentioned a men’s basketball coaching change at D2 Emory & Henry (D2 DIRT). Here’s the official release on the reorganization within the athletics department which has led to the coaching change: Dr. Anne Crutchfield ’89, who has served as Director of Athletics (AD) since 2018, along with five years as head women’s basketball