Coker College Vice President of Athletics and Athletic Facilities, Dr. Lynn Griffin announced Jarred Merrill as the new head coach of the Coker men’s basketball team on Wednesday (April 24). “Coker partnered with Athletic Staffing and Consulting to conduct a national search for our next basketball coach and Jarred rose to the top of an exceptional
OFFICIAL: Justin Leslie Named Head Basketball Coach at Midwestern State
Thanks to great sources who got HoopDirt.com out in front of this one earlier today. It’s now been made official, Midwestern State has hired Azusa Pacific’s Justin Leslie as their new head basketball coach. Here is the official release from MSU: A proven winner with a great track record of success is set to take
DII DIRT: Midwestern State makes their choice
Midwestern State University (TX) will announce their new head basketball coach at a 5pm (CT) presents conference today. I have heard from a great source that the choice will be Azusa Pacific head coach Justin Leslie. He will replace Nelson Haggerty who resigned earlier this spring. Leslie has spent the past 12 seasons as the
Snow promoted to AD; Dominguez named Head Basketball Coach at New Mexico Highlands
The new head men’s basketball coach at New Mexico Highlands is far from a stranger to Northern New Mexico as NMHU announced Wednesday that Cowboy associate head coach and Espanola, New Mexico, native Mike Dominguez has been promoted to head coach. Dominguez served as associate head coach the previous two seasons for the Cowboys –
Daily Dirt: Weekend Edition – 4/14/19
I’m not a hockey guy, but enjoyed watching the Bruins beat the Maple Leafs while sitting in a sports bar in Toronto. A lot of unhappy blue shirts at the end of the night. At least the Raptors played well… Anyway, a bunch of things going on this weekend. A bit of an abbreviated version
Daily Dirt II – 4/12/19
Busy day. Wanted to clear a few things off my plate with a second Daily Dirt of the day. Headed to sunny Toronto in the morning for a week… Obviously a lot of talk surrounding Northern Kentucky’s John Brannen at Cincinnati. A couple of other names making the rounds right now are former Vanderbilt head
DII DIRT: Salem’s Williams takes DI job; assistant to be promoted
I can confirm that Salem University (WVa) head coach Adam Williams will be named as an assistant coach on Donnie Jones’ new staff at Stetson. Williams has previously worked for Jones at UCF (2012-15). This past season, Williams led Salem to a 17-9 mark – their best record since 2005-06. He was also tabbed as
DII DIRT: Holy Family opens
Following up on something that I tweeted earlier this evening…I can confirm that R.C. Kehoe is no longer the head basketball coach at Holy Family University. In his eight seasons as at the school, he compiled a 128-101 record, with his best season coming in 2015-16, where his squad went 26-6. Kehoe, the nephew of
North Georgia Tabs Evans as Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Following an extensive national search, University of North Georgia Director of Athletics Lindsay Reeves has announced Dan Evans as the fourth head men’s basketball coach in program history on Tuesday. “Foremost, we want to welcome Dan, his wife Amy, and kids TR and Maddie to our University community as the newest members of the Nighthawk
Boone Named Head Basketball Coach at UAFS
University of Arkansas Fort Smith Director of Athletics Curtis Janz announced Tuesday morning that Jim Boone has been hired as men’s basketball head coach. Boone recently completed his seventh season as head men’s basketball coach at NCAA Division II Delta State University, guiding the Statesmen to a 19-12 overall record, a 12-8 Gulf South Conference
D’Alessio Named Head Basketball Coach at Fayetteville State
Fayetteville State University Director of Athletics Anthony Bennett has announced the hiring of Luke D’Alessio as the Broncos 18th head men’s basketball coach following a nationwide search. D’Alessio will bring 33 years of consistent success at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels, not to leave out Junior College and High School levels, in
Talley tabbed as Interim Head Basketball Coach at Oklahoma Christian U.
Kendre Talley, a former All-America men’s basketball player and current assistant coach for Oklahoma Christian, will serve as the program’s interim head coach for the 2019-20 season, OC Athletic Director David Lynn said Friday. Talley has served on the OC men’s basketball staff on a full-time basis since Aug. 1, 2017, after spending the 2015-16