Charles Harral has been named assistant coach announced Lamar University head basketball coach Alvin Brooks Tuesday afternoon. “Coach Harral and I go way back,” said Brooks. “When I began the process of putting together a staff, I looked for guys who are servant leaders. These are guys who have served their players well and helped them
OFFICIAL: McLean named Assistant at Lamar
Following up on something that I mentioned back on 4/8 (DAILY DIRT). Lamar officially announced today the hiring of Mikhail McLean as an assistant coach. Here’s the release: Positive news has been surrounding the Lamar University basketball program over the course of the past week and head coach Alvin Brooks added to that with the
Brooks named Head Basketball Coach at Lamar
Former Houston head coach and 2019 Cardinal Hall of Honor inductee, Alvin Brooks, has been named Lamar University head basketball coach announced Director of Athletics Marco Born Thursday morning. The announcement makes Brooks the 12th head coach in program history, and comes just days after Brooks helped guide Houston to the 2021 NCAA Final Four. “Today
Daily Dirt – 3/24/21
Some quick hitters to start the day… UMBC head coach Ryan Odom is emerging as the leader at the College of Charleston. The chatter on this one has really picked up over the past 24-hours. Pretty interesting since C of C hired CSA to help with the search – former Wake Forest + South Carolina
Lamar fires Head Basketball Coach Tic Price
Tic Price will not return as Lamar University head men’s basketball coach announced Director of Athletics Marco Born Sunday afternoon. The move comes following a season that saw the Cardinals go 10-18 (.357) overall and finish sixth in the conference tournament. Price has served as the Cardinals’ head coach for the past seven seasons. “I want
DAILY DIRT – 8/13/20
Catching-up on a few things… I have heard that Niagara head coach Greg Paulus is finalizing his staff – it sounds like he may have two spots to fill. The names that I’ve heard here are former UAB assistant Kevin Devitt, and a current staffer in the A-10. Should be official shortly. Kevon Davis is
Lamar Basketball Staff Update
Joey Cantafio has been promoted to full-time assistant coach, and Thomas Strine has been hired as director of operations announced Lamar University head men’s basketball coach Tic Price. Cantafio is entering his third season with the program. “I’ve had the honor and privilege of watching Joey work for the past couple of years,” said Price. “When you’re
Daily Dirt – 6/14/19
Today’s DIRT… Youngstown State assistant coach Brady Trenkle has resigned. He spent the 2018-19 season on the YSU staff, and was the head coach at Garden City CC (KS) for five seasons before that. Trenkle, who also spent four years as the head coach at Dodge City CC, will become a high school coach in
Lamar Dirt…
I can confirm from a great source that Lamar head coach Tic Price will promote Joey Cantafio from Director of Basketball Operations to Assistant Coach. He will replace Bobby Kummer who is headed to Mercer. Cantafio has been on the Lamar staff for the past two seasons. He spent three years prior to that serving
Lamar Dirt…
I have heard from a great source that Lamar head coach Tic Price will hire David Dumars as an assistant coach. He would replace Justin Bailey who became the head coach at Arkansas Fort Smith earlier this summer. Dumars and Price go way back. They were assistants together on Ron Everhart’s staff at McNeese State
OFFICIAL: Bailey Named Head Basketball Coach at UAFS
Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one yesterday (DII DIRT)… University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Director of Athletics Curtis Janz has announced the hiring of Justin Bailey as the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Bailey, who has been an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Lamar the past two
DII DIRT: Arkansas Ft. Smith set to hire Lamar Assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
I have now heard from multiple sources that Arkansas Ft. Smith will hire Lamar assistant Justin Bailey as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Josh Newman who became the head coach at Texas Permian Basin back on June 13th. Bailey was first mentioned as a candidate here by HoopDirt.com back on 6/18 (DAILY