New England College has announced the addition of Malcolm Wynn as an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at New England College. “Malcolm Wynn is a tremendous coach,” said Coach Charlie Mason. “Coach Wynn’s body of work at the collegiate level speaks for itself. He has won at every level and his experience as a successful coach
Conor Smith Hired as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at New Paltz
The Department of Athletics, Wellness & Recreation at the State University of New York at New Paltz has announced Conor Smith as the new assistant men’s basketball coach for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Smith arrives to New Paltz after serving as an assistant coach at New York University, his alma mater, for the 2015-16 season,
BREAKING: Western Connecticut Head Coach Bob Campbell to Retire
Long-time Western Connecticut Head Coach Bob Campbell will retire before the upcoming season according to a report by Hoopsville’s Dave McHugh. In 32 seasons as the head coach at Western, he compiled a 590-278 (.680) record. Some of Campbell’s accomplishments include: Twelve seasons with 20 or more wins, including seven consecutive from 1988 to 1995.
HOT: Waleed Farid Named Head Basketball Coach at Hartwick
Waleed Farid has been named as the head basketball coach at Hartwick College. Farid was first mentioned as a candidate at ‘Wick back on 9/2 (Hartwick Search Update). Farid emerged from a pool of nearly 200 applicants to become the 19th head coach in the 87-year history of the program. Farid has spent the last
Keenan Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College has announced that Thomas Keenan will join the Men’s Basketball Staff as an assistant coach. Keenan played his HS basketball at Canisius HS in Buffalo where he was a 1000+ point scorer and led Canisius to the 1996 NYS CHSAA State Championship Class B. He was also a 1000+ point scorer and graduate
Daily Dirt – 9/12/16
A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Former Delaware assistant Phil Martelli, Jr. has landed as an assistant with the Delaware 87ers (D-League). He had spent the previous five seasons at UD, and has also worked at Niagara, Manhattan, and Central Connecticut. He played for his father, Phil Martelli, at St. Joe’s. Saagar Sarin has
Allegheny College Basketball Staff Update
Allegheny College head basketball coach Bob Simmons has announced a pair of additions to his staff for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Simmons has tabbed Jon Valeriano as assistant coach, and former four-year Allegheny letter winner Brandon Smith ’16 as volunteer assistant. “I am very proud and excited to announce the additions of these two men
Loughran Adds Locke to Men’s Basketball Staff at Rutgers-Newark
Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Loughran announced the hiring of Sean Locke to join the Rutgers University-Newark staff. Locke will take over for Jon Howell-Clarke as the Graduate Assistant Coach with the Scarlet Raiders and will have a hand in all aspects of the program from practice planning and implementation to recruitment of student-athletes, scouting
Hartwick Search Update #3…
We’ve been following the search at Hartwick pretty closely over the past few weeks. Here’s a quick recap followed by some new info… On August 19th, HoopDirt.com reported that the four finalists to replace Todd McGuinness as the head coach at Hartwick were all DIII Head Coaches from the state of New York (Hartwick Finalists).
DIII DIRT: Hartwick Search Update…
Back on August 19th, HoopDirt.com mentioned the four finalists for the vacant head coach position at Hartwick College (Hartwick Finalists). I have now heard that the job was offered and turned down by at least two of the candidates, and another one has pulled out of the process. Hartwick has now begun bringing other candidates
Boudreau Tabbed Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater
Chad Boudreau, a coach with 20 years of experience at the college level, has been selected as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Boudreau joins the staff of head coach Pat Miller after spending the last 11 years as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He served as recruiting coordinator
Daily Dirt- 8/28/16
Catching-up on a few things that I’ve heard… Last week, I blogged about the hirings of Reggie Sharp and Luke D’Alessio as assistant coaches at NC Central (North Carolina Central Dirt). I neglected to mention that Dan Tharpe has also been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations. He has been an assistant coach at