During a press conference held Monday afternoon inside Gordon Ball Court, East Tennessee State University Director of Athletics Scott Carter announced the hiring of Desmond Oliver as the new head coach of the ETSU men’s basketball program. Oliver, who spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee, becomes the 18th head coach in
REPORT: Oliver to be named new Head Basketball coach at ETSU
According to multiple reports, including one from News Channel 11’s Kenny Hawkins, East Tennessee State will name Desmond Oliver as their new head men’s basketball coach. A 3pm press conference has been scheduled for today. Oliver has served as an assistant on Rick Barnes staff at the University of Tennessee for the past six seasons.
Baucom agrees to Contract Addendum at The Citadel
The Citadel head men’s basketball coach Duggar Baucom agreed to a new one-year contract addendum, it was announced Monday. The contract allows for up three additional seasons based on performance. This season, Baucom led The Citadel to a 13-12 overall record and a 5-11 mark in Southern Conference play. The winning record was the first for
Gilliland joins Mercer Basketball Staff
Head Coach Greg Gary announced the hiring of graduate manager Ben Gilliland, who joins the staff after a stint with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Gilliland, a native of Beloit, Wisc. comes to Mercer following two seasons as a student manger with the Golden Gophers’ men’s basketball program. At Minnesota, Gilliland was responsible for creating video
Avery added to ETSU Men’s Basketball Staff
East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced on Thursday that Jalen Avery has been added to the Buccaneer coaching staff. Avery, a four-year standout at Kent State University, will be a graduate assistant for the Bucs. “Jalen comes from a very successful program as a player under Rob Senderoff at Kent State,” said
Ferguson promoted to Assistant Basketball Coach at Western Carolina
Western Carolina men’s basketball head coach Mark Prosser today announced the promotion of Brett Ferguson to assistant coach. Ferguson had spent the previous two seasons as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations. He will work primarily with WCU’s wings. “We are extremely excited to have Brett on our staff as an assistant basketball coach. He truly
Brenneman elevated to DBO at Mercer
Head men’s basketball coach Greg Gary announced the promotion of Luke Brenneman to Director of Basketball Operations on Wednesday morning. “I am thankful to Coach Gary and the Mercer athletic department for this opportunity,” said Brenneman. “It is an honor to be chosen for this role. After working with coach Gary as a manager at
Weir added to VMI Basketball Staff as Assistant DBO
Andrew Weir has been named as the assistant director of operations for the VMI men’s basketball team. Weir competed for four seasons on the Erskine College (S.C.) men’s basketball team as a guard. He was active in other areas of Erskine athletics, serving as a videographer for the football team and a student-assistant recruiter for
Byrd Promoted to Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Mercer
Head men’s basketball coach Greg Gary announced today that he has elevated D.J. Byrd, who most recently served as the program’s Director of Basketball Operations, to assistant coach. “It’s an honor,” said Byrd. “We had a player-coach relationship at Purdue, and then I became a graduate assistant there before coming to Mercer. I understand what
Wise named Assistant Basketball Coach at ETSU
ETSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced the addition of Matt Wise as an assistant coach to the Buccaneer staff on Wednesday. Wise comes to Johnson City after spending last season as an assistant coach at the University of Wyoming – his second stint with the Cowboys. Prior to Wyoming, Wise spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach at Arkansas Little Rock,
OFFICIAL: Heiar joins ETSU Basketball staff
Not a huge secret here – we’ve been talking about this for weeks now…it’s finally been made official. Here’s the official release from ETSU on the hiring of Greg Heiar as an assistant: East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added another member to his coaching staff as he announced the hiring of
OFFICIAL: Arnold named Assistant Basketball Coach at Samford
Following up on something that I mentioned in the Daily Dirt late last week…Samford has made the hiring of Tra Arnold as an assistant coach official today. Here is the release: The Samford men’s basketball program has hired Tra Arnold as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Head Coach Bucky McMillan announced Monday. Arnold comes to