MNU Director of Athletics Todd Garrett has announced the hiring of Adam Hepker as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, effective immediately. The 2008 MNU graduate and 2013 Hall of Fame inductee was the point guard for three consecutive Fab 4s, including the 2007 National Championship team – where he was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. He
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) NAIA Brescia University (KY) has named Sarah Gayler as their new Director of Athletics and Head Men’s Basketball Coach. She the first woman ever to become a head men’s basketball coach in NAIA history. Gayler had spent the past two years working in basketball operations for the Milwaukee Bucks. She also
The University of Saint Katherine has added three new faces to it’s men’s basketball staff. Joining the USK staff will be two new assistant coaches and a sport performance coach: Tyson Kygar, Martin Tombe, and Desean Berger. Kygar was a local San Diego player coming from El Capitan High School. He continued his education by
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) JJ Thatcher is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Florida National University. Thatcher had been the Conquistadors head coach for the past eight seasons. His teams had made appearances in the USCAA national tournament from 2015 through 2020. Before coming to FNU, Thatcher had worked as an assistant
William Jessup University Head Coach Lance Von Vogt is adding to his coaching staff as the 2021-22 season rapidly approaches. On the heels of six consecutive seasons in the NAIA Top-25, Von Vogt has announced the hiring of Travis Timmons as the latest addition to the Jessup sideline. “Travis is a young but seasoned basketball coach,”
MidAmerica Nazarene University and Pioneer Athletics announced the retirement of Rocky Lamar as Head Coach of MNU men’s basketball at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. President David Spittal expressed gratitude for a beloved icon of the Pioneer community. “I am deeply grateful for Rocky’s years of dedicated service and his commitment to the Lord,
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.
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
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,
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
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
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
