Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Travis Carruthers is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 University of the Ozarks (AR). Carruthers had been the Eagles head coach for the past five seasons. In 2020-21, during a COVID shortened campaign, Carruthers led his squad to the American Southwest
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Dagan Nelson will step away as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 NYU. Nelson was hired as the head coach at NYU back in the spring of 2018. In his four years with the Violets, he went 30-45 (.400). His team did not
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) So busy today, I needed round 2 of the DD. Here you go… Richmond assistant Kevin Hovde is headed to Florida where he will rejoin new Gators head coach Todd Golden. Hovde was the associate head coach under Golden at San Francisco from 2019-21, and an assistant at USF from 2016-19.
I mentioned this one in the DAILY DIRT on Sunday Night – it’s now been made official. Thomas College has named Marquis Pollard as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here’s the press release from the college: On Wednesday Director of Athletics Christopher Parsons named Marquis Pollard the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Thomas. “I am
Following-up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned back on 3/17 (Daily Dirt). Northern Illinois assistant Steve Christiansen has been named as the head coach at D3 Aurora University. Here’s the official release from the school: Aurora University today announced the hiring of Steve Christiansen as Head Coach of the AU men’s basketball program. “I am honored to take
Hastings College Athletic Director B.J. Pumroy announced today that Hastings College alum Todd Raridon (’80) will return to Hastings College as the head basketball coach after spending the past 18 years at North Central College (IL). “Having the opportunity to hire a highly respected veteran coach with ties to the campus led us to bringing Todd Raridon back to Hastings College,”
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Sounds like 5 are the mix at Tulsa right now. Names I’ve heard include Stephen F. Austin’s Kyle Keller, Louisiana Tech’s Eric Konkol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Steve Lutz, St. John’s associate head coach TJ Cleveland, and one more. It sounds like this one could be wrapped up this week. Interesting name
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) How about Notre Dame vs Rutgers yesterday? What a game. If that’s any indication of what’s to come, these next three weeks will be insane! Here’s today’s St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Daily Dirt… Multiple reports have former Indiana head coach Archie Miller as the leader at URI. Miller knows
Saint Vincent College has announced that D.P. Harris, a Saint Vincent Athletic Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, will return as head coach of the Bearcat men’s basketball team, while also assuming the position of senior associate athletic director. Harris, who served as head coach of the Bearcat men from
Guy Kalland, the all-time leader in career victories at Carleton College, announced his retirement as head coach of the men’s basketball program on Monday. Kalland amassed a 506-439 (.535) coaching record and is 1 of only 5 men’s basketball coaches to collect at least 500 wins at a NCAA school in Minnesota. “This decision has
After eight years as a member of the Franklin men’s basketball program, including the last two as its head coach, Brian Lebowitz has announced he is stepping down from his position. As the head coach of the Grizzlies, Lebowitz finished with a 23-21 record and back-to-back Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) tournament championships. Additionally, the
Determined to bring championships to the program he first joined as a player 22 years earlier, Joe Steinkamp is taking over as Central College’s head men’s basketball coach. A 2003 Central graduate and former Dutch co-captain, Steinkamp has served as the school’s women’s basketball coach the past five years after spending 10 years as a Central men’s
