Today’s daily news and notes from round the college basketball coaching world… The Villanova men’s basketball program has paused all team activities due to COVID-19 positive test results impacting Tier 1 staff members. Head Coach Jay Wright has tested positive for the virus and is in isolation per CDC guidelines while experiencing mild symptoms.
Georgia Men’s Basketball Staff Update
Michael Curry Sr. and Tim Dather, who combined have more than two decades of experience in the NBA, have joined the Georgia Basketball staff, head coach Tom Crean announced on Wednesday. Curry is a Player Development Assistant, while Dather is Director of Basketball Strategy. “We’re obviously very excited to add two really, really high quality
Daily News & Notes – 12/15/20
Today’s news & notes from around the college basketball coaching world… University at Buffalo men’s basketball coach Jim Whitesell will miss the next few games. Whitesell came in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. He’s going to self-quarantine, despite testing negative this past week. Assistant coach Angres Thorpe will coach the
Daily News & Notes – 12/14/20
News and notes from around the college basketball coaching world… Will Wade will not be on the sidelines today when LSU takes on Sam Houston State because of COVID-19 and contact tracing issues. Assistant Coach Bill Armstrong will lead the Tigers in Wade’s absence. More HERE. Alabama’s Nate Oats issued an apology to Duke’s Mike
Auburn imposes 2020-21 post-season ban for Men’s Basketball
Auburn and head coach Bruce Pearl have released the following statement surrounding self-imposed penalties involving the men’s basketball program that the university has enacted. The Auburn men’s basketball program will forgo postseason competition for the upcoming 2020-2021 season. The NCAA and the SEC have been notified. The athletics department and university administration, in conjunction with
Kentucky Basketball Staff Update: Barbee, Lucas switch roles
Kentucky head coach John Calipari has shaken up his staff, promoting Jai Lucas to assistant coach, while Tony Barbee will now assume the title of Associate to the Head Coach (a non-coaching role). Lucas was hired this past summer in an administrative position after spending the past seven seasons at Texas. Barbee served the previous
Steele Named Men’s Basketball Video Coordinator at South Carolina
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Monday that former Gamecock Brian Steele has returned to the program as the team’s video coordinator. Steele joins the staff after serving the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Queens University in Charlotte. “Having Brian Steele back around our program is going
Hamilton joins LSU Basketball Staff as Assistant to the Head Coach
Vernon Hamilton has joined the LSU basketball staff for the 2020-21 season in the Assistant to the Head Coach position. Hamilton will assist Coach Wade and the coaching staff in planning and projects during the course of the 2020-21 season in an off-floor role. Prior to coming to LSU, Hamilton served the last two years
Lucas Joins Kentucky Basketball Staff in Administrative Role
A former McDonald’s High School All American and now a highly-respected coach, Jai Lucas has joined the Kentucky men’s basketball staff as the special assistant to the head coach and recruiting coordinator. “For our team to add a young but established and accomplished coach to our staff was an opportunity we were thrilled to have,” UK
REPORT: LSU’s Wade involved with ‘impermissible payments’ to players
According to an ESPN report, LSU head coach Will Wade “arranged for, offered and/or provided impermissible payments, including cash payments, to at least 11 men’s basketball prospective student-athletes, their family members, individuals associated with the prospects and/or nonscholastic coaches in exchange for the prospects’ enrollment at LSU.” Wade is already under investigation by the NCAA
OFFICIAL: Flint joins Kentucky Basketball Staff
The Kentucky men’s basketball program has added James “Bruiser” Flint – a former John Calipari assistant with more than 30 years of coaching experience – to the staff as an assistant coach. Flint will fill an opening created earlier this month when associate head coach Kenny Payne accepted an offer to join the New York
REPORT: Bruiser to reunite with Calipari; Will join UK staff
With the departure of Kenny Payne to the Knicks, it seems that John Calipari has worked quickly to find his replacement. According to a Tweet by Jon Rothstein, Cal will hire Indiana assistant Bruiser Flint. Flint worked for Calipari at UMass from 1989-96, and took over after Calipari departed for the NBA. He spent five