First-year NJIT men’s basketball Head Coach Grant Billmeier filled out his initial coaching staff this week with the promotion of Mike Hamlin to Assistant Coach and hiring of Vincent Tamburro as Director of Basketball Operations. Hamlin served as the Director of Basketball Operations last season and was retained by Billmeier after he was hired in early April. A Philadelphia native, Hamlin spent
Hargraves’ Messinger set to become assistant coach at NJIT
Hargarve Military Academy head boys basketball coach Tom Messinger is headed to NJIT as an assistant coach. There has been no announcement yet by NJIT, but Hargrave has released the following statement: The 2022-23 Next Up Recruits National Postgraduate Coach of the Year is heading to the collegiate ranks, as Thomas Messinger has accepted a
Stores named Assistant Basketball Coach at NJIT
NJIT Men’s Basketball Head Coach Grant Billmeier officially announced the hiring of RaShawn Stores as Assistant Coach on Monday. Stores comes to NJIT after spending six seasons on the staff at Manhattan College, where he most recently served as the Jaspers’ Interim Head Coach for the 2022-23 season. “RaShawn is a tremendous addition to our program,” said Billmeier, who was
REPORT: Billmeier set to become new Head Coach at NJIT
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) According to multiple reports, including one from Jerry Carino of the Asbury Park Press, NJIT is expected to hire Maryland assistant Grant Billmeier as their new head men’s basketball coach. HoopDirt.com mentioned Billmeier as a candidate here back on 3/28 (DAILY DIRT). Billmeier followed Kevin Willard from Seton Hall to Maryland
OFFICIAL: Kennedy resigns at NJIT
Here’s the official release from NJIT on the resignation of Brian Kennedy yesterday: Brian Kennedy, who served as Head Coach of the NJIT men’s basketball program for the last seven seasons, has resigned, Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced on Monday. Kennedy, a four-year assistant at NJIT before taking over as head coach following the
REPORT: NJIT’s Kennedy resigns
According to a Jeff Goodman report, head basketball coach Brian Kennedy is out at NJIT. Kennedy went 81-123 (.397) in his seven seasons with the Highlanders. This season’s squad finished 7-23 (4-12 America East). It also sounds like a search firm is already on board – working to confirm this now. More on this move
NJIT Basketball Staff Update
Brian Kennedy, who is entering his seventh season leading the NJIT men’s basketball program, has announced his full coaching staff as the Highlanders have returned to campus to begin their annual summer practice schedule and partake in summer classes. Earlier this summer, Kennedy hired Art Luptowski as an Assistant Coach and promoted Danny Manuel, who served as the
Rush, Jr. Joins NJIT Men’s Basketball Staff as an Assistant Coach
NJIT Men’s Basketball Head Coach Brian Kennedy recently announced that Ricardo Rush Jr. has been added to his coaching staff as an Assistant Coach ahead of the 2021-22 season. “I am excited to welcome Ricardo Rush to the NJIT basketball family,” said Kennedy, who will begin his sixth season leading the Highlanders next season. “Ricardo
NJIT Basketball Staff Update
I first mentioned these moves back on August 20th (NJIT DIRT) – today they were officially announced by the college. Here’s the release by NJIT: NJIT men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Kennedy has announced updates to his coaching staff as the squad has officially opened practice with the 2019-20 season a little more than one month away. The
D1 DIRT: Staff movement at NJIT
I have heard from a great source that NJIT Director of Basketball Operations Joe Gutowski will be elevated to assistant coach. He will replace Stephen Sauers who resigned earlier this summer. Gutowski has been at NJIT for the past two seasons. He is a former Hoop Group staffer who also spent time as an assistant at
Daily Dirt – 7/9/19
A few things that I’ve heard… Boston College graduate assistant Stevie Taylor has joined the staff at NAIA Langston University as an assistant coach. Taylor had been at BC for the past two seasons, and played collegiately at Ohio. Purdue Ft. Wayne DBO Kenton Aubrey will be named as the Director of Scouting at Arkansas
NJIT Dirt…
NJIT assistant coach Stephen Sauers has resigned and will pursue other opportunities. A veteran at the DI level, Sauers had been at NJIT since 2017. He has also worked at UC Riverside, Seton Hall, Iona, and Albany. Sauers peviously spent time working for the Hoop Group, and served two seasons as the head coach for