Two members of the Loyola Wolf Pack 2021-22 National Championship men’s basketball team are back with the program under first-year coach Donald Reyes. Javan Felix is set to start his second season on the bench with the Wolf Pack while Andrew Fava will make the transition from player to coach, Reyes announced Thursday. Felix originally came to Loyola to coach
Indiana University Kokomo names Spivey as new Assistant Basketball Coach
The Indiana University Kokomo men’s basketball team and head coach Eric Echelbarger have announced that former Cougar standout and 2022 IU Kokomo graduate Trequan Spivey will be the program’s next assistant coach. Trequan slides into the role of assistant coach after a successful playing career in which he was a four-year team captain for the Cougars. Coach Spivey is also
JUCO DIRT: Des Moines Area CC to name NAIA assistant as new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on something that I mentioned earlier today in the DAILY DIRT. The search at Des Moines Area CC has wrapped-up, and they will name NAIA William Penn University associate head coach Blake Sanduist as their new head basketball coach. The official announcement is expected later this evening. Sandquist, a native
Culpepper promoted to Associate Head Coach at NAIA Reinhardt
Reinhardt University Head Basketball Coach Justin Newton announced that he has promoted Edward Culpepper to Assistant Head Coach for the 2022-23 basketball season. Culpepper has been with the Men’s Basketball Program for several seasons serving as an assistant coach and head coach of the reserve men’s basketball. Coach Culpepper had this to say about the
Phillips III named Assistant Coach at NAIA Warner University
Warner University announces Larry Phillips III as an assistant coach for Men’s Basketball. Larry Phillips III comes to Warner University from the University of West Georgia, after having spent the last two seasons under Head Coach Dave Moore as a student assistant. In his first season, Larry helped the program to a 14-8 record in the 2020-2021
NAIA DIRT: Talladega set to hire D1 assistant as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Talladega College will hire Dannton Jackson as their new head men’s basketball coach. Jackson spent last season as an assistant at Albany, and was an the associate head coach at UAB for four seasons before that. The veteran coach had a lot of success at the
Lubbers resigns at NAIA Southeastern U; Lee named Head Coach
The Southeastern Department of Athletics has announced that Kevin Lubbers has resigned as head coach of the Fire men’s basketball team, effective July 15th. In three seasons with the Fire, Lubbers led the program to a pair of Sun Conference regular season titles, a Sun Conference Tournament title, and two appearances in the NAIA National Championship Tournament. “It has
Strothers named Head Basketball Coach at NAIA Tougaloo College
The Athletics Department at Tougaloo College has officially announced Assistant Coach Eric Strothers as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the Bulldogs. After 8 seasons and 2 championships at the helm of the Bulldog Basketball Team, legendary coach Thomas J. Billups turns program over to longtime assistant coach Eric Strothers. Strothers will take over
OFFICIAL: Dee Brown named Head Basketball Coach at NAIA Roosevelt U
Following-up on something that I mentioned yesterday (NAIA DIRT). Former Illinois standout Dee Brown has officially been named as the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Roosevelt University (IL). Here’s the release from the school: Roosevelt University director of intercollegiate athletics John Jaramillo announced the hiring of Dee Brown as the new head men’s basketball coach for
NAIA DIRT: Roosevelt U to hire D1 assistant as new Head Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard through multiple sources that NAIA Roosevelt University (IL) intends to hire UIC assistant Dee Brown as their new head coach. Brown, a former standout at Illinois and 2005 Sporting News National Player of the Year, has been on the UIC staff since 2017. Following a long career playing professionally, Brown
Hutton named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa Wesleyan University has recently announced Colden Hutton as the new Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. Prior to Iowa Wesleyan, Coach Hutton served as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, North Dakota. He provided the head coach with both in-game and in-practice adjustments. Hutton also created the scouting reports
Capps promoted to Head Basketball Coach at Goshen College
After conducting a national search, Kyle Capps has been named Goshen College’s 16th head men’s basketball coach, announced Director of Athletics Dr. Erica Albertin. A 2014 graduate of Goshen, Capps has served on the Maple Leafs’ men’s basketball staff from 2016-17 and 2020-22 as an assistant and then associate coach. “Coach Capps brings an incredible passion for Goshen College and our basketball