Steve Ongley will join the Columbia men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season, head coach Jim Engles announced this afternoon. Ongley spent four years as an assistant coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and most recently was the video coordinator at Boston University. “We’re really happy to welcome Steve to
Ivy League
DIII DIRT: Ivy League Assistant set to be named Head Coach at Brandeis
I can confirm that Columbia University Associate Head Coach Jean Bain will be named as the next head coach at Brandeis University (MA). Bain, a native of nearby Medford, MA, had been an on the Columbia staff for the past two seasons. He also spent four seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Dartmouth, and
Graham Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Penn
The University of Pennsylvania’s John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Steve Donahue, has announced the promotion of Nat Graham to the position of Associate Head Coach on his coaching staff. Graham enters fifth season on the Penn men’s basketball staff in 2018-19, and he has been on the bench with Coach Donahue for
Yale Dirt…
I can confirm that Yale head coach James Jones will hire Rey Crossman as his new Director of Basketball Operations. Crossman will replace Chris Vincent who became an assistant at Miami Dade College earlier this month (Ivy League Dirt). Crossman had been an assistant at Skidmore College for the past three seasons. Prior to joining
MacConnell promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Princeton
Brett MacConnell, a New Jersey native set to begin his seventh year on the Princeton men’s basketball staff, has been elevated to the role of Associate Head Coach. MacConnell has served as the program’s recruiting coordinator for the past three seasons, helping to bring to campus with each class one or more freshmen rated at
Penn Men’s Basketball Staff Update
The University of Pennsylvania’s John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Steve Donahue, has announced a promotion and an addition to his coaching staff. The changes are a result of assistant coach Ira Bowman’s recent departure to take a similar position at Auburn University. Joe Mihalich. Jr., who spent the last three years in
Antone Gray Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Brown
Former Maine assistant coach Antone Gray has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Brown in an announcement made by Bears’ head coach Mike Martin. It’s a homecoming for Gray, who grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, playing at St. Raphael Academy and later at Rhode Island College. “We’re thrilled to be able to add
JUCO DIRT: Ivy League staffer headed to Miami Dade
I can confirm that Yale Director of Basketball Operations Chris Vincent will become an assistant at NJCAA DI Miami Dade College. Vincent has been at Yale for the past three seasons and served as the video coordinator at Delaware before that. He was part of the Bulldog staff that upset #5 seed Baylor in the
IVY LEAGUE DIRT: Dartmouth set to hire two DIII assistants
I can confirm through multiple sources that that Dartmouth will add Williams College assistant Justin Bradley and Johns Hopkins University assistant John Andrzejek to the men’s basketball staff. Bradley had previously served as an assistant at Dartmouth under former head coach Paul Cormier before joining the Williams staff back in 2016. The 2013 graduate of
Daily Dirt – 7/13/18
A few things that I’ve heard… Dartmouth assistant Mike Quinn has departed the Big Green staff and is rumored to be joining the staff at Boston University. Quinn had been at Dartmouth for the past two seasons and had previously served as the DBO at Fordham and George Mason. He is the second Dartmouth assistant
Mumphard Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Cornell
Alex Mumphard has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cornell University, joining Brian Earl’s staff after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern. Mumphard spent two years in the Big Ten working under head coach Chris Collins. During his time in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats made the program’s
HAWAII DIRT: Dartmouth assistant set to join Rainbow Warriors staff
I have heard that Dartmouth assistant Jabari Trotter will be added to the men’s basketball staff at Hawaii. Trotter had been on the Big Green staff for the past two seasons. Before that, he served as the Director of Basketball Operations at Lehigh, and had worked on the boys basketball staff at Phillips Exeter Academy.