Brian Sondey was recently named as the Head Coach of the Rockland CC Men’s Basketball program. Coach Sondey comes to Rockland with an extensive coaching resume, most notably having served as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Concordia College from 2010-2018. After his time at Concordia, he moved on to hold assistant coaching positions at
Daily Dirt – 8/26/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch things as we near the end of August… I have heard that D3 Vassar College assistant coach Aaron Toomey is headed to the University of Rochester. Toomey joined the Vassar staff in 2020, after serving as the interim head coach at Amherst College. He had been an assistant at
SUNY Adirondack names Sweet as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
SUNY Adirondack Athletics has named Maxx Sweet as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Sweet started his college career at SUNY Adirondack, where he was a standout player and team captain. Following his time in Queensbury, Sweet continued his collegiate career outside of Philadelphia at Eastern University. After graduation, he stayed on at Eastern as
JUCO DIRT: D3 assistant to be named head coach at BMCC
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard that NJCAA Borough of Manhattan Community College will name Thomas Keenan as their new head men’s basketball coach. Kennan has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at D3 Medgar Evers College. The veteran assistant coach has also worked at Brooklyn College, Mount Saint Vincent, and Nazareth
McCullough tabbed Head Basketball Coach at Garrett College
Matt McCullough has been named as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Garrett College. McCullough grew up in Garrett County, graduating from Southern Garrett High School in 2016. During his years at Southern Garrett, McCullough was a standout 3-sport athlete in Basketball, Baseball and Golf. Foregoing collegiate athletics, McCullough decided to focus his attention
Smith named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Western Texas
Kyle Smith has been added as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Western Texas College. Prior to WTC, Smith coached at Victoria College (NJCAA D1) in Victoria, Texas, during the 2020-21 season as both the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach and then Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Smith helped lead Victoria College to their winningest season
Shelwood retires as Head Basketball Coach at Bishop State CC
After 29 dedicated years of service to Bishop State Community College Athletics and the Bishop State Men’s Basketball team, head coach Johnny D. Shelwood has announced his retirement from the college. Coach Shelwood began his Bishop State Men’s Basketball Coaching career in 1992 after an illustrious 26-year career at Toulminville High School, now known as
Daily Dirt – 8/12/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some things that I’ve heard over the past few days… Chip Cunningham has been added to the staff at UMass Lowell as the Director of Basketball Operations. Cunningham had spent the past six seasons as the video coordinator at Boston College, and had previously served in administrative roles at Ohio and
Daily Dirt – 8/9/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things to kick off the week… Following up on my TWEET from Saturday…D2 Texas Permian Basin has found their new head coach. Multiple sources have told me that it is a current D2 head coach from a different conference. The new coach will replace Josh Newman who departed for
Ridder named Assistant Basketball Coach at Daytona State
Reed Ridder has been hired as the men’s basketball assistant coach. Ridder most recently served on the coaching staff in a Recruiting/Player Development role for the Georgia Southern University men’s basketball team under Coach Brian Burg. Prior to his time with GSU, Ridder completed a two-year stint as Graduate Assistant for the University of Georgia
Des Moines Area CC Men’s Basketball Staff Update
DMACC men’s basketball coach Brett Putz has announced the hiring of Trevor Smith and Taylor Tucker as assistant men’s basketball coaches. Smith and Tucker replace former DMACC assistant coaches Kannon Burrage and Sam Esboldt. Burrage left DMACC to become the men’s basketball coach at Black Hawk College and Esboldt has joined the Minot State University
Daily Dirt – 8/5/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Today’s Daily Dirt… Horace Owens, Vernon Dupree, and Shadid Perkins will make up Stan Waterman’s new staff at Delaware State. Owens was a long-time assistant at La Salle. Dupree had spent the past 11-seasons as an assistant at D2 Wilmington University (DE). Perkins had been on Waterman’s staff at the Sanford