Donnie Butcher, who led the University of the Cumberlands men’s basketball team to 17 NAIA tournament appearances, is retiring after 21 seasons and 452 wins at the helm of the Patriots program. The retirement is effective immediately, the athletic department announced Tuesday. “It is sad to see the Donnie Butcher era come to a close.
NAIA DIRT: Central Baptist College set to name new Head Basketball Coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Central Baptist College will promote assistant Sam Kohnke to head coach. Kohnke, who has been on the Mustangs staff since last summer, will replace his former boss Clint Galyean, who became the new head coach at NAIA Wayland Baptist University last week. Before joining the CBC
OFFICIAL: Galyean named Head Coach at Wayland Baptist
Following-up on something that I first mentioned yesterday (NAIA DIRT)…Wayland Baptist has officially named Clint Galyean as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here is the release from WBU: Clint Galyean, considered one of the young, up-and-coming stars in coaching, has been named men’s head basketball coach at Wayland Baptist University. A native West Texan,
Daily Dirt – 8/26/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch things as we near the end of August… I have heard that D3 Vassar College assistant coach Aaron Toomey is headed to the University of Rochester. Toomey joined the Vassar staff in 2020, after serving as the interim head coach at Amherst College. He had been an assistant at
NAIA DIRT: Wayland Baptist set to hire current NAIA head coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Wayland Baptist will hire Clint Galyean as their new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Ty Harrelson who resigned at WBU last week. Galyean had been the head coach at NAIA Central Baptist College since 2018. During the 2019-20 season, he led CBC to a
D2 DIRT: Arkansas Monticello set to hire NAIA head coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following up on my Tweet from Monday, I have heard from multiple sources that the next head men’s basketball coach at D2 Arkansas Monticello will be NAIA Lyon College (ARK) coach Chad Tapp. He will replace Kyle Tolin who departed for Texas Permian Basin last week. Tapp had been the head
Felix hired as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Loyola (NO)
Loyola University New Orleans men’s basketball coach Stacy Hollowell announced the hiring of Javan Felix as the team’s new assistant coach Monday. “I am excited to add Javan to our staff,” Hollowell said. “He will bring a nice mix of recruiting, player development, preparation and organization to our team. Javan has spent time playing for
NAIA DIRT: Wayland Baptist opens
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Wayland Baptist University (TX) head men’s basketball coach Ty Harrelson has resigned. It sounds like he will be pursuing professional basketball opportunities (he played overseas before getting into coaching). Harrelson had been the head coach at WBU since 2015, where he led his teams to a
Daily Dirt – 8/12/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some things that I’ve heard over the past few days… Chip Cunningham has been added to the staff at UMass Lowell as the Director of Basketball Operations. Cunningham had spent the past six seasons as the video coordinator at Boston College, and had previously served in administrative roles at Ohio and
Ayala named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Talladega College
Talladega College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Wright announced the hiring of Steve Ayala as an Assistant Coach. “I am extremely excited to have Coach Ayala join our staff,” said Coach Wright. “I love the passion and energy he will bring to our program. He is an outstanding person that has really paid his dues
Escobedo named Head Coach of Men’s + Women’s Basketball teams at Pacific Union College
Pacific Union College has hired Michael Escobedo to coach the men & women’s basketball teams. Coach Escobedo is originally from Grover, California and started his basketball career out of high school where he earned a full scholarship to NAIA D1 Powerhouse Mid America Nazarene University in Kansas. There he was a redshirt under NAIA Hall of Fame
Blue Mountain College names Simpson new Assistant Basketball Coach
Former Blue Mountain College star point guard Jonah Simpson has returned to campus as the men’s basketball assistant coach, Topper head coach Jermael Bingham announced this week. A Jackson, Mississippi, native, Simpson was the floor general for Bingham from 2018-20; he led the team in scoring and assists and was one of the top defenders