According to an ESPN report, LSU head coach Will Wade “arranged for, offered and/or provided impermissible payments, including cash payments, to at least 11 men’s basketball prospective student-athletes, their family members, individuals associated with the prospects and/or nonscholastic coaches in exchange for the prospects’ enrollment at LSU.” Wade is already under investigation by the NCAA
Daily Dirt – 5/26/20
A few things to kick off the week following the long weekend.. The Greg Heiar to ETSU rumors seem to be gaining some momentum. It sounds like the LSU assistant could be jumping ship and joining Jason Shay’s staff, with an announcement coming as early as this week. Heiar has been at LSU since 2017
Nickelberry joins LSU Basketball Staff in Administrative role
LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade announced on Tuesday that Kevin Nickelberry will join the men’s basketball staff as an Assistant to the Head Coach. The contract is subject to the approval of the LSU Board of Supervisors at a future meeting date. Nickelberry has previously served as the head coach at Howard University (2010-19),
Daily Dirt – 6/28/19
A bunch of things to close out the week… I mentioned back on 6/3 that Chinedu Nwachukwu was the leader for the opening at Dartmouth. I have heard that he was offered the job, but will now be headed to Youngstown State instead. He had been on John Beilein’s staff since 2016-17, and was the
LSU Basketball Staff Update
Former LSU star Tasmin Mitchell, who has served the past two seasons as the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Tigers, was announced on Wednesday as the team’s new Assistant Coach. Coach Will Wade made the announcement while visiting with Louisiana media at the Southeastern Conference Meetings in Destin. The position change is subject to the approval of
Wade Reinstated as LSU Basketball Coach
Statement of LSU Athletics Director and Vice Chancellor Joe Alleva on the reinstatement of Tiger Basketball Coach Will Wade: “The LSU Athletics Department today agreed to reinstate Will Wade as head coach of the Tiger basketball program. Coach Wade met Friday with University and NCAA officials. During those meetings, he answered all questions and denied
Report directly links Gottfried to impermissible payments
More fall out from the college basketball pay-for play scandal today, as a new report from ESPN has been released in which Cal State Northridge head coach Mark Gottfried has been directly linked to payments to players. According to the report, Gottfried, the former head coach at NC State, gave assistant coach Orlando Early envelopes
LSU Suspends Will Wade
LSU has just released the following statement:
REPORT: LSU’s Wade caught on wiretap discussing recruiting “offer”
It was a nice OT win for Will Wade last night at Florida. However, today hasn’t been so kind for the second-year LSU coach. According to a report just published by Yahoo Sports, A 2017 phone conversation intercepted by the FBI between Wade and basketball middleman Christian Dawkins features Wade speaking freely about a “strong-ass
REPORT: Arizona’s Miller, LSU’s Wade subpoenaed in corruption trial
According to a report from Yahoo! Sports, Arizona head coach Sean Miller, and LSU head coach Will Wade will be subpoenaed for April 22 federal basketball corruption trial. From Yahoo!: Preliminary notifications have been sent out to representatives of both Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller and LSU basketball coach Will Wade that they will be
Daily Dirt – 2/26/18
A few things that I’ve heard today with some news and updates mixed in… With Dan McHale being released today at Eastern Kentucky, the early HOT name there is Nicholls State head coach Richie Riley. A former EKU player (played for Travis Ford) and assistant coach (worked for Jeff Neubauer), Riley currently has Nicholls State
HoopDirt.com Daily News – 1/15/18
HoopDirt.com’s Daily News from the college basketball coaching world… LSU head coach Will Wade has issued an apology after he flipped out at the end of the Alabama game on Saturday (video HERE). Wade said he texted the SEC coordinator of officiating after the game to say that any contact he made with an official