I mentioned this one earlier today in the DAILY DIRT – here’s the official statement from NKU’s hiring of Ryan Peterson… Northern Kentucky head men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn announced the addition of Ryan Peterson to the Norse coaching staff on Friday. Peterson, a former standout student-athlete and rising star in the coaching ranks, makes his way
DAILY DIRT – 8/2/24
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Been quiet at HoopDirt on the DIRT front over the last month – sometimes life gets in the way. As many of you know HD is not my full-time job. Even though I’m done coaching, I still work in college athletics. Recently however, I assumed a bit of a new role
R.J. Evans named Assistant Basketball Coach at Northern Kentucky
Northern Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Darrin Horn has announced the hiring of R.J. Evans as the team’s new assistant coach for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign. Evans joins the Norse after five years as an assistant coach at the College of Holy Cross where he was heavily involved in recruiting, on-court coaching, practice planning, opponent scouting, player
Northern Kentucky Basketball Staff Update
I mentioned both of these moves at Northern Kentucky in the Daily Dirt back on 8/4. They are now official as Isaac Wodajo and TJ Kaufmann’s bio’s have been posted on the Northern Kentucky website. Here they are: ISAAC WODAJO Wodajo joined the Norse staff after a year’s stint as the Head Coach at Division I
Daily Dirt – 8/4/23
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things to wrap-up the first week of August… I have heard that Northern Kentucky has hired Isaac Wodajo – most likely as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Wodajo spent last season as the head coach at Wabash Valley College. He also served as a graduate assistant at
REPORT: Darrin Horn to NKU
According to a report by Gary Parrish, Darrin Horn will be hired as the new head basketball coach at Northern Kentucky. Horn, the former head coach at South Carolina (2008-12) and Western Kentucky (2003-08), has been an assistant at Texas since 2015. In his nine seasons as a head coach, he compiled a 171-112 record,
Northern Kentucky extends Head Basketball Coach John Brannen through 2021-22 season
Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof announced a new four-year contract for John Brannen that keeps the native of Alexandria, Kentucky, as men’s basketball head coach through the 2021-22 season. “We are certainly excited to reach an agreement to extend John as head coach of our men’s basketball program for four more years,”
Jake Luhn Named Director of Basketball Operations at Northern Kentucky
Jake Luhn has been named director of basketball operations Northern Kentucky University head coach John Brannen has announced. Luhn brings extensive experience at the Division I level as an assistant coach. “I can’t tell you how excited we are to welcome Jake, his wife Jodi, and their children, JJ, John and Julia,” said Brannen. “Getting
Daily Dirt – 6/30/15
DK was on the run yesterday – a bunch of “dirt” to get caught up on today… A great source has told me that Army assistant Sean Rutigliano will be named as an assistant at Lipscomb. Rutigliano just completed his fourth season at Army, and was an assistant at Ouachita Baptist (AR) before joining the Black Knights
DII DIRT: Rockhurst Finalists
According to multiple sources, there are four finalists at DII Rockhurst University (MO). They are in the hunt to replace Bill O’Connor who retired back in March after 21-seasons at the school. From what I have heard, the final group includes: Dave Bezold – Former head coach Northern Kentucky. Spent 11-seasons as the head coach