The NCAA’s IARP levied a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension to former LSU and current McNeese State men’s basketball coach Will Wade for multiple rules violations. McNeese State has released the following statement in response to the penalties: McNeese first-year men’s basketball head coach Will Wade has received a 10-game suspension and two-year
Chambers named Assistant Basketball Coach at McNeese State
Brandon Chambers, who spent the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at LSU under Will Wade, reunites with Wade at McNeese State after spending the previous season on the staff at Texas Southern where he helped guide the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament. At LSU, the Tigers earned an at-large berth to the 2022 NCAA
McNeese State suspends Will Wade for 5-games; Self-imposes recruiting restrictions
Newly hired McNeese State head basketball coach Will Wade has been suspended for the first five games of his tenure. KPLC News, through an open records request, obtained Wade’s contract, which contained details of the suspension. According to the report, “the self-imposed suspension and restrictions appear to be a move by McNeese to get ahead
McNeese State releases Head Coach John Aiken
John Aiken will not return as the McNeese Cowboys basketball coach for the final year of his contract in 2023-24, McNeese Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer announced on Wednesday. In his two seasons at the helm, Aiken compiled a 22-45 overall record and 10-22 in Southland Conference play. He will be paid the remaining year of his
Shingles named Assistant Basketball Coach at McNeese State
McNeese Cowboys basketball head coach John Aiken has announced the hiring of Brandon Shingles to his coaching staff. Shingles comes to McNeese after spending the past two seasons as Associate Head Coach at Chipola Junior College in Florida where he served as the team recruiting coordinator, defensive coordinator, and director of scouting among many other duties. In that season, Chipola was
Daily Dirt – 7/29/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a few things… McNeese State will add Robert Burlingham as their new Director of Basketball Operations. Burlingham was most recently a graduate assistant for Keno Davis at Central Michigan and has also worked as an assistant at West Virginia Tech. Trent Skinner has resigned as the head coach at
McNeese State Men’s Basketball Staff Update
New McNeese men’s basketball head coach John Aiken on Monday announced his coaching staff that includes two new additions and a promotion. Jalen Courtney, who has been on the Cowboys’ staff for three seasons, has been promoted as the program’s top assistant while Emmanuel Tommy will enter his second season as the team’s director of operations. New
McNeese State MBB Coach Schroyer has interim tag removed from AD role
McNeese State University men’s head basketball coach, Heath Schroyer, who has held the role of interim director of athletics since mid-June, has been named permanent director, announced McNeese President Dr. Daryl Burckel on Thursday following approval by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Schroyer has served as the McNeese men’s basketball head
McNeese State announces athletics restructuring: MBB Head Coach Schroyer tabbed as Interim AD
Effective June 18, McNeese men’s head basketball coach, Heath Schroyer, will also be the interim director of the McNeese athletics department in a reorganization designed to strengthen the administrative support for all 16 McNeese athletic teams. “We are moving to an organizational model that will leverage the abilities of the current senior leadership,” McNeese President Dr.
Tommy named DBO at McNeese State
McNeese Cowboys basketball head coach Heath Schroyer has announced the hiring of Emmanuel Tommy as the program’s new Director of Basketball Operations. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan with 13 years of coaching experience, Tommy comes to McNeese from the University of South Alabama where he spent the 2019-20 season as the program’s Director of Recruiting/Assistant
Schroyer inks contract extension at McNeese State
McNeese Interim Athletics Director Tanner Stines has announced the contract extensions of men’s basketball coach Heath Schroyer and women’s head coach Kacie Cryer. Schroyer, who just completed the second year of his three- year contract, had his deal extended through the 2022-23 season while Cryer’s contract is a one-year extension through the 2020-21 slate. “In uncertain times,
McNeese State Basketball Staff Update
New McNeese men’s basketball head coach Heath Schroyer introduced his 2018-19 basketball staff to the media, including the final piece to the puzzle with the hiring of Jalen Courtney to complete his coaching staff. Courtney comes to McNeese after spending the last three years on staff at Mississippi State where he served as a graduate