Lincoln Land Community College has named Ben Kramer as the new head coach of the Loggers men’s basketball program. Kramer steps into the role after serving 15 seasons as an assistant for the Loggers. “I am incredibly excited and proud to announce Ben Kramer as our new head men’s basketball coach,” said Shanda Byer, vice president,
JUCO DIRT: Parkland College opening, Bowler headed to Eastern Michigan as an Assistant
John Bowler, who coached Parkland College to the 2025-26 NJCAA D2 National Championship, is on the move and will become an assistant at his alma mater Eastern Michigan. Bowler just wrapped up his third season at Parkland. He led the Cobras to a 29-7 record on their march to the National Title. Prior to his
JUCO DIRT: Harper College (IL) opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) LaMario Richards is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D2 Harper College (IL). Richards had been the Hawks head coach for the past three years. This past season his team went 2-28. Prior to his time at Harper, Richards served as an assistant at Olive Harvey as well
JUCO DIRT: Highland CC (IL) set to hire Idaho State Assistant Devin Kastrup as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Back on 3/31 (DAILY DIRT), I mentioned that Idaho State assistant Devin Kastrup was a name to keep an eye on at Highland CC (IL). I can now confirm that Kastrup will indeed become the Cougars new head basketball coach. Kastrup has been on the ISU staff for the past two
JUCO NEWS: Ron Solomone named Head Basketball Coach at RCSJ
A familiar name will return to the Rowan College South Jersey Men’s Basketball sidelines — and the Roadrunners are confident that new Coach Ron Solomone will help restore a winning tradition that he personally helped to build and maintain here in the early 2000’s. The veteran Solomone, who has enjoyed decades of success as a
Missouri State West Plains Basketball Coach Search Update
Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains will interview three candidates for the men’s basketball head coaching position next week following the departure of Jared Phay, Director of Grizzly Athletics Rachel Peterson announced today. They include: Campus and community members will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at open forums during these times, Peterson said.
DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition – 4/1/26
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things from the JUCO level… Utah State Eastern I have heard from multiple sources that Bill Evans is no longer the head basketball coach at NJCAA D1 USUE. Evans, who is the former head coach at both Southern Utah (1992-2007) and Idaho State (2013-19) had been the Eagles head
JUCO DIRT: Navarro College opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Grant McMillan is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Navarro College (TX) after seven seasons on the job. McMillan took over back in 2019 following a strong run as the head coach at Panola College. He wraps up his tenure at Navarro with a 117-85 record including
DAILY DIRT – 3/31/26
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of small college search updates… NCAA D2 Northern Michigan Names making the rounds here include Green Bay assistant Keli Ganz, Old Dominion assistant Ryan Nadeau, and an NJCAA D2 head coach. Before joining the Green Bay staff, Ganz was the associate head coach at Northern Michigan. Nadeau is a
JUCO DIRT: Lincoln Land opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Chuck Shanklin is no longer head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D2 Lincoln Land Community College (IL). Shanklin had been the Loggers head coach since 2018. This past season he led his team to a 12-12 (7-7) record. Prior to his time at LLCC, he worked as
JUCO DIRT: Daniels resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Community College of Philadelphia
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Diallo Daniels has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D3 Community College of Philadelphia. Daniels had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at CCP. His team went 12-13 (6-11 Region XIX) this past season. Daniels, who played at both CCP and
Ball resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Harcum
John Ball has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Harcum College. Ball had been the head coach for the past four seasons at Harcum, and had served an an assistant on the Bears staff for the five years before that. This past season, Ball led Harcum to a 21-9 record. The