Mike Ruane has been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at D2 Franklin Pierce University (NH). The school released the following on Facebook earlier today: The Franklin Pierce University Athletics Department is excited to officially name Mike Ruane as Head Coach of Men’s Basketball. Ruane is part of an exclusive group of Division
JUCO NEWS: Indian River State adds Jackson as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Indian River State College Head Men’s Coach Bill Morosco announced the addition of Coach Tj Jackson to the coaching staff. Coach Tj joins The River with experiences at the NJCAA level, prep level and also having founded collegiate programs at the USCAA level. Coach Tj comes to The River, as no stranger to NJCAA Region
JUCO DIRT: Coaching Changes made at Delta College, Minnesota West, and Vermillion College
Men’s Basketball coaching changes have been made at NJCAA D2 Delta College (MI), NJCAA D3 Minnesota West Community and Technical College, and NJCAA D3 Vermillion College: Delta College Vincent Turner is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Delta College. He has been replaced on an interim basis by Ryvon Covile, who served as
Daily Dirt – 8/4/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things to wrap-up the first week of August… I have heard that Northern Kentucky has hired Isaac Wodajo – most likely as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Wodajo spent last season as the head coach at Wabash Valley College. He also served as a graduate assistant at
JUCO NEWS: Martinez named Head Basketball Coach at Coastal Bend College
Coastal Bend College has named Brandon Martinez as the Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Martinez served as the CBC Assistant Men’s Basketball coach for the Historical 2022-23 campaign. Brandon Martinez comes to Coastal Bend College from Houston, Texas. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Houston with a bachelor’s in history and
JUCO DIRT: D1 Independence CC (KS) opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Justin Mann has stepped down as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Independence CC (KS), and will become an assistant coach at NCAA D2 West Florida. Mann had been the head coach at Indy since 2021, and had served as the associate head coach at
JUCO NEWS: Former UConn Star Khalid El-Amin named Head Basketball Coach at Anoka-Ramsey
Anoka-Ramsey Community College has announced the hiring of Khalid El-Amin as the next head men’s basketball coach of the Golden Rams. “I’m excited to have Khalid join us at Anoka-Ramsey,” said Director of Athletics Jessica Pelzel. “His extensive playing career, his knowledge of the game as both a player and coach, and his background growing
JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Kilgore (TX) to hire Coastal Bend’s Byrd as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Kilgore College (TX) will hire Coastal Bend College (TX) head coach Robert Byrd to take over their men’s basketball program. Byrd will replace Brian Hoberecht who resigned in mid-July after 15-seasons on the job. Byrd was hired at Coastal Bend last May, following a
JUCO DIRT: Florida State College at Jacksonville set to hire former D1 assistant as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NJCAA D1 Florida State College at Jacksonville will hire former UT Arlington assistant coach John Putyrski as their new head men’s basketball coach. Putyrski began last season at UTA as the Director of Scouting & Video, and was elevated to assistant coach after Greg Young was released
Former LSU head coach John Brady joins Baton Rouge CC Basketball Staff as Special Assistant
Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Coach John Brady as a Special Assistant to the Head Coach for the college’s basketball program. Coach Brady, well-known for his tenure at Louisiana State University (LSU), where he coached the Tigers for 11 seasons and led them to the NCAA Final Four
DeMond returns to College of Southern Idaho as Assistant Basketball Coach
College of Southern Idaho Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Reinert has announced that A.J. DeMond has been hired as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagle Men’s Basketball Team. DeMond is very familiar with the CSI Men’s basketball program having previously served as an assistant coach from 2020-2022. He returns to the Golden Eagles coaching
Daily Dirt – 7/27/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like UCSB assistant Ben Tucker is the leader to become the next head coach at NAIA Embry-Riddle (AZ). Tucker has been at for the past five seasons, and was at Northern Arizona before that. The former manager at Arizona