Tripp Doherty – formerly on the men’s basketball staffs at Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Harvard – is set to re-join the Harvard University men’s basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations ahead of the 2023-24 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Wednesday. During the 2022-23
Ivy League
Yale’s Jones earns 200th Ivy League victory
Yale Head Men’s Basketball Coach James Jones earned the 200th Ivy League victory of his career with a 76-58 victory over Cornell on Senior Night. Jones, who becomes just the second coach to record 200 Ivy League regular season wins, joins Princeton’s Pete Carril, who led the Tigers to 310 league victories. The Bulldogs veteran
Martin becomes winningest Head Coach in Brown Men’s Basketball history
Mike Martin became the winningest head coach in the history of Brown men’s basketball as the Bears took down Cornell 80-66 on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The win was the 134th of Martin’s career, breaking the 54-year-old record previously held by Stanley Ward. “It means a whole lot,” Brown senior guard Paxson Wojcik said
Farmer joins Harvard Basketball staff
Larry Farmer – formerly an assistant coach at MIT and a graduate assistant at Boston College – is set to join the Harvard University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach ahead of the 2022-23 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Friday. “We are more than thrilled
Legendary Princeton head coach Pete Carril passes away
The family of former Princeton head basketball coach Pete Carril has issued the following statement: The Carril family is sad to report that Coach Peter J. Carril passed away peacefully this morning. We kindly ask that you please respect our privacy at this time as we process our loss and handle necessary arrangements. More information
Brown Basketball Staff Update
Brown Men’s Basketball Head Coaching Chair Mike Martin ’04 has announced two new additions to the Bears’ coaching staff for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Tyson Wheeler will join the program as an assistant coach, while Sydney Armand will take over the role of operations coordinator. Sam Hershberger, who has served as the team’s operations coordinator over the last
Jaques promoted to Associate Head Coach at Cornell
Jon Jaques ’10, who has been on the court for the Big Red for three Ivy League titles and on the sideline for a pair of conference tournament appearances, has been named Associate Head Coach of the men’s basketball program. His varied responsibilities over the years have included game and practice planning, opponent scouting, alumni
Matt Fraschilla named Assistant Basketball Coach at Harvard
Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, has announced the hiring of Matt Fraschilla ’17 as the program’s new assistant coach. The former Crimson letterwinner replaces Brian Eskildsen, who recently joined the Georgia Tech men’s basketball staff. “We are thrilled to welcome Matt back to Harvard,” Amaker said. “Matt
D3 DIRT: NYU Search Update
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from a bunch of people on this one. It sounds like the final group at for the open head coach position at D3 NYU is: Donny Guerinoni – Assistant Coach Harvard David Klatsky – Assistant Coach Colgate Justin Simon – Assistant Coach Yale According to people close to this
IVY LEAGUE DIRT: Dartmouth adds two to staff
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that the Dartmouth men’s basketball program will add Jabari Trotter as an assistant coach, and Zack Curran as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Trotter will return to the Big Green staff after serving assistant at Hawaii for the past three seasons. The 2012 Dartmouth
Daily News & Notes – 2/1/21
Today’s News & Notes from around the college basketball coaching world… Mixed messages from Kansas State AD Gene Taylor this weekend on the future of head coach Bruce Weber. Taylor told The Mercury on Saturday that “our intention” is for Weber to return next season. However, when speaking with Wichita Eagle on Sunday, Taylor said.
DAILY DIRT: New England Edition – 10/26/20
A couple quick things out of gloomy New England… I have heard from multiple sources that Dartmouth will hire Josh Einhorn as their new Director of Basketball Operations. He most recently served as a graduate assistant on Jim Christian’s staff at Boston College. Einhorn, who was also spent three seasons as an assistant at D3