A familiar face on the University of Dallas men’s basketball sidelines for the past decade, Matt Grahn has been named the 17th head coach in program history, Athletics Director Jarred Samples. Grahn rises up with Samples, who was named the new Athletics Director less than two weeks ago following the retirement of longtime Athletics Director
Cabrera named Assistant Basketball Coach at Lebanon Valley College
Will Cabrera is set to return to Lebanon Valley College as a men’s basketball assistant coach, announced by head coach Brad McAlester. The former LVC assistant will assume his new roles on August 1. Cabrera spent two seasons on the sidelines under Coach McAlester from 2015 to 2017. He helped the Flying Dutchmen to 32 wins
Daily Dirt – 7/16/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things… I have heard that Bowling Green will name Nick Korta as their new Video Coordinator. He was most recently a graduate assistant at Florida State, and worked as a manager at Cleveland State before that. Jon Iati has joined the basketball staff at UMass-Lowell. The
DAILY DIRT: Small College Search Updates
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some updates on a few on-going small college searches… I have heard that D3 Colby-Sawyer College (NH) has narrowed down their list, with interviews happening this week. Names that I’ve heard here include: Will Brown (former Head Coach – Albany), Dan Kaigler (Assistant Coach – Rochester), Connor Merrill (Assistant Coach Middlebury),
OFFICIAL: Erickson named Head Basketball Coach at Nichols
Nichols College President Glenn Sulmasy and Director of Athletics Eric Gobiel have announced the hiring of Brock Erickson as the 21st men’s basketball head coach in program history. Erickson most recently worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he spent the 2020-21 campaign as an assistant coach. Erickson was both the recruiting coordinator
D3 DIRT: Nichols College set to hire D1 assistant
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Nichols College will name UIC assistant Brock Erickson as their new head men’s basketball coach. Erickson was first mentioned as a finalist by HoopDirt.com back on July 9th (DAILY DIRT). Shortly after that report, he was offered the job. Before joining the UIC staff prior to last season, Erickson had spent
D3 DIRT: Mount Aloysius College (PA) opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Mount Aloysius head men’s basketball coach Will Cabrera has resigned (more on his landing spot soon…). Cabrera had been the head coach MAC since 2017. He led the Mounties to three straight AMCC Tournament appearances in his first three seasons, before the COVID shortened
Daily Dirt – 7/9/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Summer recruiting is in full swing, but coaches are still on the move. Here are some things that I’ve heard… I’ve heard from great sources that Texas Southern assistant Brandon Chambers will be hired as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at LSU. Chambers had been at TSU for the
Northern Vermont University–Johnson hires Alfred Johnson as new Head Basketball Coach
Northern Vermont University–Johnson and NVU Badger Athletics are excited to announce that Alfred Johnson has been named as the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach / Assistant Athletic Director for the Badger Men’s Basketball program. Coach Johnson comes to the Badgers from Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina where he was the Assistant Men’s Basketball
OFFICIAL: McGraw named Head Basketball Coach at Elmira
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com first mentioned back on 6/29 (DAILY DIRT: New York Edition). Nebraska Wesleyan assistant Casey McGraw has officially been named as the head men’s basketball coach at Elmira. Here is the official release from the college: Elmira College Interim Director of Athletics Rhonda Faunce is pleased to announce former national
OFFICIAL: Ciresi named Head Basketball Coach at Hartwick
Following-up on something that HoopDirt.com first mentioned back on Tuesday (DAILY DIRT: New York Edition). Hartwick has made it official, and named Union College assistant Nick Ciresi as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here is the release from the college: On Friday, Hartwick College Director of Athletics John Czarnecki announced the hiring of Nick
Miller promoted to full-time assistant at CNU
Christopher Newport University Men’s Basketball Coach John Krikorian announced today the promotion of Logan Miller to the position of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. Miller, a native of Manassas, Va., graduated from Christopher Newport in May of 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He has served on Krikorian’s staff since the 2019-2020 season in a limited