Fran O’Hanlon joined the Haverford College men’s basketball team as an assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. O’Hanlon brings 40 years of coaching experience to the team, most recently being at the helm for division one Lafayette Leopards men’s basketball from 1995 to 2022. With the Leopards, O’Hanlon was a three-time Patriot League regular season
REPORT: Former Lafayette Head Coach Jordan files suit against the University
According to a report from Conduct Detrimental’s Jason Morrin, former Lafayette head men’s basketball coach Michael Jordan is suing the university for more that $5M for “for violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, wrongful termination, and breach of contract.” The report states that Jordan claims “that over $980,000 remained on his 5-year contract
Official Statement from Lafayette on Mike Jordan’s status
Earlier today, I shared Mike Jensen’s Tweet on Lafayette head men’s basketball coach Mike Jordan being placed on leave. HoopDirt.com now has the complete official statement from Lafayette on the action that the school has taken: Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Jordan will be on a paid leave of absence while Lafayette investigates a complaint
REPORT: Lafayette places Head Basketball Coach Mike Jordan on leave
According to a Tweet by Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Lafayette head men’s basketball coach Mike Jordan has been placed on paid leave by the college. Jordan took over for long-time head coach Fran O’Hanlon back in March 2022. His team is currently 9-20 (7-9 Patriot League). McGarvey, the associate head coach, had spent the
Hayes named DBO at Lafayette
Jalen Hayes has been added to the coaching staff of first-year Leopard men’s basketball coach Mike Jordan. He will take over as the director of operations. Hayes spent the 2021-22 season on the men’s basketball coaching staff at Widener University, coaching under Chris Carideo. He helped lead that team to a berth in the semifinals of the
Jordan named Head Basketball Coach at Lafayette
Mike Jordan, who spent nine seasons as an assistant coach on the Colgate men’s basketball staff, has been named the 19th head coach of the Lafayette men’s basketball program. Jordan will be officially introduced on Wednesday at a 3 p.m. press conference in Pfenning Alumni Center. Jordan’s most recent stint at Colgate in 2021-22 saw the Raiders win
Daily Dirt – 3/28/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch of things to kick off the week… Staff changes at Oregon State. Associate head coach Kerry Rupp will not have his contract renewed, and assistant Stephen Thompson will shift to a non-coaching role. Rupp, the former head coach at Louisiana Tech was at OSU for the past 8 seasons,
Daily Dirt – 3/17/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) How about Notre Dame vs Rutgers yesterday? What a game. If that’s any indication of what’s to come, these next three weeks will be insane! Here’s today’s St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Daily Dirt… Multiple reports have former Indiana head coach Archie Miller as the leader at URI. Miller knows
Daily Dirt – 3/2/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) It’s definitely starting to get busy out there – especially at the small college level. Here are few things that are going on… It sounds like Illinois State has already begun first round interviews in their quest to replace Dan Muller, who they parted ways with in mid-February. Some of the
Lafayette’s O’Hanlon to retire following 2021-22 season
Lafayette College men’s basketball head coach Fran O’Hanlon, who is the winningest coach in Patriot League history, announced Friday his plans to retire following the conclusion of the Leopards’ 2021-22 season. “As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end someday. With that in mind and after thoughtful consideration, I have decided to
HoopDirt.com Daily News – 11/23/21
The Citadel’s Duggar Baucom collapsed 63 seconds into his team’s game at Duke last night. The school later said in a statement that the 61-year-old Baucom is “alert and in good spirits” and will remain in the hospital overnight for further evaluation. He’ll return with the team Tuesday morning to Charleston, South Carolina. More HERE.
Daily Dirt – 7/2/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard as we slide in to the 4th of July weekend… I can confirm that Lafayette has hired Mark Hueber as an assistant Coach and Jeremy Brown as the Director of Basketball Operations. Hueber has been at Temple since 2016, serving first as a graduate manager