What a wild day yesterday…Kelsey backs out on UMass just before the press conference, JT3 gets fired, fake news on James Whitford to Duquesne, and a letter from Byron Samuels that briefly crashed our site because of all of the traffic it generated. Here are a few things that I’ve heard while preparing for another
BREAKING: UMass Cancels Kelsey Press Conference
UMass has canceled today’s press conference where they were scheduled to introduce Pat Kelsey as their new head basketball coach. UMass cited “unforeseen circumstances.” There are many rumors bouncing around out there right now. Is Chris Mack headed to Indiana, opening Xavier for Kelsey? Did he truly have a change of heart and wants to
OFFICIAL: Pat Kelsey named Head Basketball Coach at UMass
Pat Kelsey has been named the 22nd head coach in University of Massachusetts men’s basketball history, it was announced by Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford on Tuesday. “I am thrilled to welcome Pat Kelsey and his family to the University of Massachusetts,” Bamford said. “Pat has been an important piece of some highly-successful programs throughout
BREAKING: UMass set to hire Winthrop’s Pat Kelsey
According to a tweet by CBSSports.com’s Jon Rothstein, UMass will hire Winthrop head Coach Pat Kelsey to replace recently fired Derek Kellogg. Kelsey just wrapped up his fifth season at Winthrop where he compiled a 102-59 record, including a 26-7 mark this past season. This year’s team won the Big South, and advanced to the
Daily Dirt – 3/21/17
Busy 24 hours. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Monmouth head coach King Rice on fire right now at Duquesne. Sounds like this one is really close to getting done – stay tuned… Hottest name right now at UMass is Florida Gulf Coast head coach Joe Dooley. He has killed it at
Daily Dirt – 3/13/17
Some things that I’ve heard as we prepare for a March blizzard here in New England… Early “hot” name at Alabama A&M is current Columbus State (GA) head coach Robert Moore. He led CSU to a 20-10 record this past season and a spot in the NCAA DII tournament. Moore has won at least 20
BREAKING: UMass fires Head Basketball Coach Derek Kellogg
University of Massachusetts Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford announced on Thursday that men’s basketball head coach Derek Kellogg has been relieved of his duties. “Decisions like this are always difficult but after a thorough review of our men’s basketball program, I believe that a leadership change is needed to realize a higher level of competitive
Daily Roundup – 12/15/15
The Buffalo Business Journal has been running a series where they post the latest financial reports from Western New York’s private colleges. Today, they published the actual form 990 that St. Bonaventure University submitted to the IRS. The form itself is not very interesting to read – too many numbers for me, but it does list