Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester added to his support staff on Friday with addition of Dave Nedbalek as video coordinator and Austin Joyner as recruiting coordinator. “I am really excited to add Dave and Austin to the Bulldog Family,” said Hester. “Dave coming from Oral Roberts and Austin coming from Baylor bring a winning pedigree to our staff.”
Panola’s Smith heads to Louisiana Tech
After multiple announcements this week, Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester finalized his coaching staff on Thursday with the announcement of Aaron Smith as assistant coach. Smith, a two-time TexasJucoBasketball.com Coach of the Year, has spent the past seven seasons with head coaching stops at Jacksonville College and Panola College. “I have known Aaron since his freshman year in
Louisiana Tech adds Hines as Assistant Basketball Coach
Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester announced Tuesday that Winston Hines will be joining the Bulldog coaching staff as an assistant coach. Hines brings 13 years of collegiate coaching experience to Ruston, having recently spent five seasons as an assistant coach at nearby Grambling State. “Winston Hines is unique for this job in that he has been in the state
McGraw named Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Louisiana Tech
Fresh off of NJCAA D3 National Championship, Hall of Fame coach becomes Talvin Hester’s first hire New Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester announced the first addition to his staff on Monday with Tim McGraw joining the Bulldogs. McGraw, inducted into 2021 into the National Junior College Athlete Association (NJCAA) Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, will serve as
OFFICIAL: Louisiana Tech set to introduce Hester as new Head Basketball Coach
Following up on several REPORTS from today…Louisiana Tech has released a statement regarding the hiring of Talvin Hester as their new head men’s basketball coach. The former LA Tech assistant spent last season on the staff at Texas Tech. Here’s the release from Louisiana Tech: Louisiana Tech will hold a press conference Tuesday at noon
Daily Dirt II – 3/28/22
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) So busy today, I needed round 2 of the DD. Here you go… Richmond assistant Kevin Hovde is headed to Florida where he will rejoin new Gators head coach Todd Golden. Hovde was the associate head coach under Golden at San Francisco from 2019-21, and an assistant at USF from 2016-19.
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,
OFFICIAL: Konkol named Head Basketball Coach at Tulsa
The University of Tulsa confirmed Monday night that Louisiana Tech’s Eric Konkol will be introduced on Tuesday as TU’s 31st head basketball coach. A welcome party and news conference will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. A meet and greet with Coach Konkol will take place for fans and TU students following Tuesday’s
REPORT: Louisiana Tech’s Konkol headed to Tulsa
I mentioned Louisiana Tech’s Eric Konkol at Tulsa in my DAILY DIRT last night. It now appears to be a done deal. I heard that Konkol was on campus yesterday, and sounds like this got done quickly. According to a report from the News Star, Konkol will take over for former head coach Frank Haith
Louisiana Tech Extends Konkol through 2025-26
Louisiana Tech VP and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced today that reigning Conference USA Coach of the Year Eric Konkol has signed a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. The contract extension is pending the approval by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Konkol’s new contract agreement comes on the
Crow Joins Louisiana Tech Basketball Coaching Staff
Louisiana Tech men’s basketball head coach Eric Konkol announced on Wednesday the addition of Josten Crow as an assistant coach on the Bulldog staff. Crow comes north to Ruston having been in Lafayette since 2015 with the Ragin’ Cajuns, first as the Director of Student-Athlete Development for one year then as an assistant coach for the
SMU Dirt…
I have heard from two great sources that SMU head coach Tim Jankovich has hired Yaphett King as an assistant coach. King had spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, and served as an assistant at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi for four years before that. He was also the head coach