The University of Pennsylvania’s new John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Fran McCaffery, has announced the hiring of Ronald Moore to his staff as an assistant coach. A standout player for McCaffery at Siena College, Moore makes his college coaching debut with the Quakers after a long professional career in Europe that saw him
Mark McGonigal joined the Columbia men’s basketball program as an assistant coach in April 2025. McGonigal recently served as an assistant coach at Cornell in 2024-25, where he helped guide the Big Red to a second-place finish in the conference and to the Ivy League Tournament Championship game. Cornell led the nation in effective field
The University of Pennsylvania’s new John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Fran McCaffery, has announced the hiring of Ben Luber to his staff as an assistant coach. Luber comes to Penn after spending the last five years as head boys’ basketball coach at the George School in Newtown, Pa. Prior to that, he
The University of Pennsylvania’s T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation, Alanna Wren, has announced the hiring of Fran McCaffery W’82 as the new John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball. McCaffery will be introduced to the community on Monday, April 7 during a press conference at 10 AM at The Palestra. The announcement
Earlier this week in the DAILY DIRT, I mentioned Fran McCaffery’s involvement at Penn. Now, according to multiple reports, including one from Sam Federman, a deal to hire McCaffery is “imminent.” A Penn alum, McCaffery takes over just weeks after being dismissed from Iowa, where he coached for 15 seasons and became the program’s all-time
Following up on the report from earlier today. Kevin Hovde has officially been named as the head men’s basketball coach at Columbia. Here’s the statement from the school: Columbia’s Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics & Physical Education Peter Pilling has announced the hiring of Kevin Hovde as the head coach of the men’s basketball
According to a Jeff Goodman report, Columbia will hire Florida assistant Kevin Hovde as their new head coach. HoopDirt mentioned Hovde as being in the mix here back on 3/19 (DAILY DIRT). Hovde has been at Florida since 2022 and has also worked with current Gators head coach Todd Golden at Columbia and San Francisco.
Columbia University head men’s basketball coach Jim Engles will step down from his role, effective immediately, Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Peter Pilling announced Monday. “Columbia has meant so much to me, and I’ve given everything I have to make this program the best it can be,” Engles stated. “We may not have
The John R. Rockwell Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Pennsylvania, Steve Donahue, will not return next season, it was announced today by Alanna Wren, the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W’69 Director of Athletics and Recreation. “I’m appreciative of Steve’s long tenure of leadership and service to Penn basketball and our student-athletes, both as an assistant
Columbia men’s basketball head coach Jim Engles has announced the hiring of Jason Crafton as the Chief Program Strategist. Crafton’s position on the Columbia coaching staff works closely with Engles and the rest of the coaches in providing innovative ideas to enhance the growth of the program both on and off the court. “Coach Crafton is well respected and
Head Coach David McLaughlin and the Dartmouth men’s basketball program have announced the addition of Ryan Kapustka as the Director of Program Development and Basketball Operations to round out their coaching staff for the 2024-25 campaign. “I am thrilled with the addition of Ryan to our staff. He has extensive experience that will add extreme value to many
Seth Towns ’20 – a former standout for the Crimson and the 2017-18 Ivy League Player of the Year – is set to return to Harvard University Men’s Basketball as an assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Friday. “We are
