Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that he has named Shawn Forrest, Chris Shumate and Tim MacAllister assistant coaches. “I am really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Burg. “These guys are proven winners with a non-ego mentality. They embody the blue-collar mentality that we embrace here at Georgia
Incoming Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko has named Brian Burg, who helped lead Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA National Championship game and the Big 12 Conference regular-season championship, the head coach of the Georgia Southern men’s basketball program. Burg comes to Statesboro after four successful seasons on Chris Beard’s staff at Texas
Georgia Southern is expected to tab Texas Tech assistant Brian Burg as their next head basketball coach according to a Tweet by Jon Rothstein. He would replace Mark Byington who became the head coach at James Madison earlier this month. Burg has been on Chris Beard’s staff at Texas Tech for the past three seasons
Losing track of days already here at the HD World HQ. Here is what I believe to be Friday’s Daily Dirt… I keep hearing that Louisiana Monroe associate head coach Ryan Cross is in the mix to join Andy Kennedy at UAB. I’ve also heard Clemson director of recruiting Philip Pearson’s name mentioned here as
Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Mark Byington announced today that Andrew Wilson has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. “Andrew has been important to the building of our program, establishing our culture and success on the court and in the classroom,” said Byington. “He has continued to grow every year and cares deeply about our
Little Rock head men’s basketball coach Darrell Walker today announced the hiring of Preston Laird as an assistant coach for the Trojan basketball program. “I’m very excited about bringing Preston to Little Rock and have him help develop our players,” Walker said. “He has been at a number of successful programs, working with some well-respected
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned back on May 6th. Louisiana Lafayette has officially named Brock Morris as an assistant coach. The University released the following statement: Louisiana men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin brought back a familiar face to both the Ragin’ Cajuns and Sun Belt Conference as he announced on Tuesday the addition
University of South Alabama men’s basketball head coach Richie Riley announced Friday three staff promotions for the 2019-20 season. Amorrow Morgan has been named associate head coach, director of operations Tyler Parker will move up to assistant coach, and special assistant to the head coach Mikel Kosich will be the new director of operations. All
Troy men’s basketball first-year head coach Scott Cross has finalized his coaching staff with the addition of Kenneth Mangrum and Jermaine Johnson as announced by Troy University Monday morning. Cross retained assistant coach Mike Worley from the previous staff while adding both Mangrum and Johnson as assistant coaches. Worley has been a part of the Trojans for six years, serving as the director
Following up on a the Georgia State staff DIRT that I mentioned on 4/18. GSU has released the following announcing the official hiring of Cliff Warren and Chris Kreider… Mike Holmes/Sports Communications ATLANTA-Georgia State head coach Rob Lanier announced the first two assistant coaches on his staff on Monday with the additions of Chris Kreider
Texas State University’s Director of Athletics Dr. Larry Teis has announced the extension of head men’s basketball coach Danny Kaspar through the 2022-2023 season, effective immediately. “We are thrilled to extend coach Kaspar as our head men’s basketball coach,” Teis said. “He has put together a couple of historic seasons on the court, while cultivating
A new era of Appalachian State men’s basketball has arrived. Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Thursday that Dustin Kerns has agreed to become the 22nd head coach in App State men’s basketball history, pending approvals by the University Board of Trustees and the North Carolina Board of Governors. Kerns, who oversaw a dramatic turnaround
