Riley Conroy will join the South Alabama men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Richie Riley announced Tuesday afternoon. Conroy comes to Mobile after spending four seasons at Southeastern Louisiana. Conroy spent his first season with the Lions as the Director of Recruiting and Basketball Operations and served as an assistant coach for the last three
Ladner receives contract extension at Southern Miss
Southern Miss head men’s basketball coach Jay Ladner has signed a contract extension through the 2026-27 season. “We are extremely excited to have Jay Ladner continue to lead our men’s basketball program into the future,” said Southern Miss Director of Athletics Jeremy McClain. “Jay has done a tremendous job of engaging our community and working to rebuild our program to
Speights named Assistant Basketball Coach at Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Charlie Henry announced today that he has named Marreese Speights an assistant coach for the Eagle program. Speights is one of 33 players in the history of men’s basketball to win a national title in college and a professional title. He won a national title as a member of the Florida Gators
OFFICIAL: Butters added to Arkansas State Basketball Staff
I mentioned this one in today’s DAILY DIRT. It’s now official – Charleston Southern Associate Head Coach Tee Butters has been hired as an assistant at Arkansas State. Here’s the press release from ASU: Arkansas State men’s basketball head coach Bryan Hodgson announced Thursday that Thomas ‘Tee’ Butters will join the Red Wolves’ staff as
Quarles joins Arkansas State Basketball Staff
Arkansas State men’s basketball head coach Bryan Hodgson announced Wednesday that Jamie Quarles will join his staff as an assistant coach. Quarles spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach at Buffalo and brings over 10 seasons of collegiate coaching experience to the sideline for the Red Wolves. “We’re really excited to get Jamie
OFFICIAL: Balado will not return to Arkansas State
Following up on today’s earlier report of a change at Arkansas State. It has now been made official – Mike Balado is out as the Red Wolves head basketball coach. Here is the release from ASU: Arkansas State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton announced Thursday that Mike Balado will not return as head men’s basketball
REPORT: Balado out as Head Basketball Coach at Arkansas State
On Tuesday, I said to keep an eye on the Sun Belt…here’s what I was talking about: Mike Balado is out as the head coach at Arkansas State according to Jeff Goodman. Balado had been at ASU since 2017, where he went 82-100 (.451). His best season came in 2021-22 when his team went 18-11
Georgia Southern Basketball Staff Update
Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that Glynn Cyprien has joined his staff as an assistant coach and Cam Buchanan has been named the director of development and recruiting. Cyprien comes to Statesboro with nearly three decades of experience between the NBA, the NBA G League, the NCAA Division I, the Junior Olympic and the International levels and
Brooks named Director of Recruiting at Old Dominion
Old Dominion men’s basketball head coach Jeff Jones announced the hiring of Jordan Brooks as Director of Recruiting on Monday. He joins the Monarchs after a year as the Director of Recruiting at Xavier. “We are very fortunate to have Jordan join our coaching staff. He is a young, energetic coach with a very bright future. His
Robinson joins ODU MBB Staff
Old Dominion University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Jones announced that Jamal Robinson has been named an assistant coach with the Monarchs. Robinson joins the staff after a two-year stint at LaSalle University. “Jamal is recognized within the coaching profession as a top skill development instructor. In addition, his work with various elite basketball camps, including the
OFFICIAL: Hayes named Head Basketball Coach at Georgia State
Jonas Hayes, a rising star in the coaching ranks who led Xavier to the 2022 NIT Championship last week, has been named the 16th head men’s basketball coach in Georgia State history. Hayes will be introduced to the Panther Family in a news conference with Georgia State University President M. Brian Blake and Director of Athletics Charlie
Arkansas State assistant Scutero resigns
Arkansas State assistant men’s basketball coach Mike Scutero has announced his resignation. Scutero had been on Mike Balado’s staff at ASU for the past five seasons. His previous stops included, Arkansas State (2014-16), Kennesaw State (2013-14), Middle Tennessee (2009-13) and Odessa Junior College (2004-09). The veteran assistant released the following statement on Twitter: