Thanks to great sources who got HoopDirt.com out in front of this one yesterday… Georgia Southwestern State University athletic director Mike Leeder has hired Ben Hicks to be the school’s next head men’s basketball coach. Hicks comes to Georgia Southwestern from Columbus State University where he was an assistant coach the past four seasons under
DII DIRT: Georgia Southwestern to name Ben Hicks Head Basketball Coach today at 3pm
HoopDirt.com has learned that DII Georgia Southwestern will name Ben Hicks as their new Head Basketball Coach at a 3:00pm press conference today. Hicks just wrapped up his fourth season as an assistant coach at Peach Belt Conference foe Columbus State (GA). Before joining Robert Moore’s staff at Columbus State, he worked as an assistant
Daily Dirt: Small College Search Update – 6/14/16
Here are a few things that I’ve heard on some small college searches… Georgia Southwestern (NCAA DII): It sounds like there at least four candidates to replace Mike Leeder as the head coach at GSW. Leeder stepped aside earlier this spring to focus on his duties as the AD. I have now heard these names
Daily Dirt – 5/25/16
A few things that I’ve heard… Anthony Solomon has departed the Notre Dame and will become an assistant at Georgetown. He joins Akbar Waheed (Hofstra) as new assistants on John Thompson III’s staff. They replace Tavares Hardy (Georgia Tech), and Kevin Sutton (Pitt). Solomon, the former head coach at St. Bonaventure, has also been an