The newest recruit to the Lamar State College Port Arthur basketball team didn’t need a map to find his way to campus. Seahawks Assistant Coach Brock Thewman is a Southeast Texas native through and through. “I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to coach in my hometown area,” said the native of Beaumont and 2014 graduate
JUCO DIRT: Change made at Ranger College
James Stafford is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at Ranger College (TX). He has been replaced by Larry Brown, who most recently served as the Special Assistant to Chris Beard at Texas Tech. Stafford took over for Billy Gillispie at Ranger back in April, after Gillispie departed for Tarleton State. Prior to being
Casey named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Manor College
Manor College Director of Athletics John Dempster has announced that Richard Casey has been named Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Casey was also the Blue Jays Men’s Basketball Head Coach from 1994-1997 and 2009-2010. In his first season (10-11 overall, 8-8 EPCC), he coached Blue Jays to Quarterfinal Postseason Tournament Appearance. Casey won first collegiate game,
Daily Dirt – 11/3/20
Big day today…VOTE! Catching up on a few things…. The University of Central Missouri has added Adam Short as an assistant coach. Short had spent the past five seasons an assistant at State Fair CC, and was an assistant at Cowley College before that. AJ Holland has been named as an assistant at Angelo State.
Frederick CC tabs long-time Assistant as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
A familiar face will be roaming the sidelines for the Frederick Community College men’s basketball program this upcoming season. This time, it will be as Head Coach for the FCC Men’s Basketball Team. Jeff Chambers, a nine-year assistant coach with the program, was tabbed as head coach on Monday. Chambers replaces Chris Lewis, who left
Daily Dirt – 10/15/20
Back in the “old days” 10/15 was a big day – the official start of practice! A little different now, but still a special day to me. Anyway, wanted to catch up on a bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… Will Braden has been added as the assistant men’s basketball
McKinney named new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at SUNY Ulster
Marques McKinney has been named the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach at SUNY Ulster. McKinney, originally from Fishkill, NY; has had several assistant coaching positions over the last four seasons, including stints at Cazenovia College, Medaille College, New York Institute of Technology, and most recently Onondaga Community College. In 2016-17 at Medaille College, he helped lead
Former D1 head coach takes over at JUCO Denmark Tech (SC)
Denmark Technical College welcomes Andre Payne as head men’s basketball coach and Upward Bound coordinator Former Mississippi State Valley University coach, Andre Payne, has been selected as the next head men’s basketball coach at Denmark Technical College. Coach Payne has a long history of successful coaching at the collegiate level, beginning in 1999 when he
Daily Dirt – 9/21/20
Catching up on a bunch of things… Scott McCloud, Jr. has been hired as a graduate assistant at Fordham. He spent last season working as an assistant at Covenat College Prep (NJ). Donnie Tyndall has added Jordan VerHulst to his staff at Chipola. VerHulst had previously worked as the the video coordinator / special assistant
Former Wake Forest Video Coordinator headed to Southwest Mississippi
Corey Schmidt has joined the Southwest Mississippi men’s basketball program as a volunteer assistant coach. He comes to the team from Wake Forest University where he spent the 2019-20 season as video coordinator. The Nashville, TN, native, is a graduate of Belmont University with a B. S. degree in computer science and Master’s in Sport Management. Schmidt
Ford joins Pratt CC MBB Coaching Staff
One of the final vacancies of the Pratt Community College athletic staff has been occupied, as Darin Ford has been hired as the men’s assistant basketball coach. “He’s a good guy,” said head coach Sean Flynn. “He’s gonna be good for our program.” Ford has already accrued a vast amount of sideline experience. Most recently,
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M adds Palmquist-Clark to MBB staff
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NJCAA Region 2) has added assistant Gabe Palmquist-Clark to the staff following the departure of Javier Lewis after his move to Sequoyah high school in Claremore Oklahoma. Palmquist-Clark comes to NEO A&M after a 2-year stint at Howard College (TX) in the competitive WJCAC conference in Region 5 of the NJCAA.