Today’s Daily News and Notes from around the college basketball coaching world… Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski will miss Wednesday’s game vs. Boston College as he self-isolates. Krzyzewski said that a member of his family tested positive for COVID-19 which has forced he and his wife, Mickie, to quarantine. Both have tested negative for the virus. More
D3 Trinity (CT) assistant takes over at Vermont Academy
Vermont Academy has hired John Zall as the new boys’ varsity basketball coach. Zall arrives at Vermont Academy with over ten years of coaching experience at the NBA, NCAA, high school, and AAU levels. “We’re really excited for John to begin coaching for our team,” explained Dr. Jennifer Zaccara, Vermont Academy’s head of school. “This
Daily Dirt: Prep School Edition
With a lot of coaches out there recruiting the prep schools hard (especially the New England preps), I wanted to pass along a couple of things that I just heard from that level… I can confirm that Vermont Academy has hired Connor Merrill as an assistant coach. He replaces Wade Smith who became the DBO
Miami (OH) Dirt…
Miami (OH) has been searching for a Director of Basketball Operations since Sean Mock departed last month to become an assistant at DII Northwood (MI). It now sounds like his replacement will be Vermont Academy assistant coach Wade Smith. A former graduate assistant at Georgetown, Smith was hired at Vermont Academy back in August. Before
Daily Dirt- 8/20/15
Busy few days here in the “dirt” world… Maine Maritime assistant Brian Scholly will be named as an assistant at his alma mater Juniata (PA). The Pennsylvania native had spent one season on David Muchnick’s staff at MMA. The 2014 Juniata grad was a three-time All-Landmark Conference selection, who scored 1,318 points while setting Juniata records for three-point