HoopDirt.com can confirm that Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore has hired Mark Fogel as the program’s new Director of Basketball Operations. Fogel was most recently and assistant at Odessa College (TX), and before that he worked as the Coordinator of Video and Player Development at Tulane. He is the son of former Northeastern University head coach
Winthrop Names Mike Howland Director of Basketball Operations
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Winthrop head men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey announced the hiring of Michael Howland as the director of basketball operations. Howland comes to the men’s basketball program after spending the last season in the same position at Missouri State. “I am extremely thankful to Coach Kelsey for giving me the
Brett Burman Named DBO at Indiana
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Boasting a variety of experiences in the NBA and major college basketball, Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean has tabbed Brett Burman as the program’s Director of Operations. He joins the Hoosiers after spending a season in a similar role at the University of Tulsa. “I like to have somebody
OFFICIAL: Joe Sullivan Named DBO at Harvard
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish HoopDirt.com first mentioned this hiring back on August 18th (DBO DIRT). It has now been made official, Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker has announced the hiring of Joe Sullivan as the team’s director of basketball operations for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Sullivan comes to Cambridge from Xavier where he spent five years with
Former Hoya Patrick Ewing Jr. Joins Georgetown Men’s Basketball Staff
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Former Georgetown University men’s basketball star Patrick Ewing Jr. has joined the staff as the Director of Basketball Operations, Head Coach John Thompson III announced. Ewing Jr. is the son of former Hoya All-American and National Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing. “Even as a player, Patrick ‘saw’ the game through the eyes of
Michigan State Names David Thomas Director of Basketball Operations
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Michigan State University men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced that David Thomas will become the Director of Basketball Operations for the men’s basketball team after working with the women’s team last season. Thomas, who was a member of the 2000 Spartan men’s basketball national championship team, spent last season with
OFFICIAL: Macchioni Named DBO at Canisius
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com posted yesterday, it has been made official that Cory Macchioni has been named as new director of basketball operations at Canisius. Macchioni joins the Golden Griffin staff after spending the previous year as the vice president for basketball operations with the Providence Sky Chiefs
Canisius Dirt…
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Canisius head coach Jim Baron will hire Cory Macchioni as his new director of basketball operations. Macchioni served as a student manager under Baron for four seasons at the University of Rhode Island, and followed him to Canisius where he was a graduate assistant. For the past year, Macchioni served as the vice
Mike Jones Promoted to Assistant Coach at Seattle
HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Seattle University head men’s basketball coach Cameron Dollar has announced that Mike Jones, the director of men’s basketball operations at Seattle University since Dollar took over the program, has been promoted to assistant coach, effective immediately. For the past six seasons, Jones has been a key part of the
DBO Dirt…
Before I get into the dirt, I just wanted to clarify the Director of Basketball Operations abbreviation. It is DBO, not DOBO like many of the younger guys like to refer to it. I was an assistant at the DI level when this position was invented (and when most of the current DBO’s were in
St. John’s Dirt…
I can confirm that South Alabama assistant (and Brooklyn native) Dan Matic will be named as the director of basketball operations for new head coach Chris Mullin at St. John’s. Matic has worked at South Alabama for the past two seasons, and served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern Illinois before that. He started
OFFICIAL: North Dakota Staff Update
HoopDirt.com reported these moves this past weekend (North Dakota Dirt…) – they have now been announced officially by North Dakota head coach Brian Jones. Jeff Horner will be promoted to an assistant coaching role on his staff and Craig Heatherly will fill Horner’s previous role as the program’s director of basketball operations. “I am extremely excited with