Today’s "dirt"… • I have heard that UNLV assistant Kim Ortega has departed for a teaching position at Horizons Academy in Las Vegas. She had been on the UNLV staff for the past two seasons and was an assistant at Seward County CC for four years before that. I have also heard that current UNLV
Daily Dirt – 8/24/12
A few things I’ve heard as we head in to the weekend… • Josh Ostrem will be named the Video Coordinator at the University of Northern Iowa. Ostrem spent one season on the WBB staff at Concordia University (NE). Prior to his time at Concordia, Ostrem was a student assistant at Northern Iowa for 4
Daily Dirt – 8/16/12
Here are a few things that I’ve heard over the past couple of days…. • I have heard that Middle Tennessee State will name Dustin Edwards as their new director of basketball operations. Edwards had spent the past season as an assistant at Ohio. He also worked in administrative roles for both Pat Summit and
HOT RUMOR: Winston-Salem St. to hire Hall
Multiple sources are reporting that A.G. Hall will become the new head coach at Winston-Salem State. He will replace Steve Joyner who departed in July to become the head coach at Johnson C. Smith. Hall has most recently been an assistant at Bethune-Cookman, and has high-major experience as an assistant at both Providence and Clemson.
Minnesota State finalists
There are two finalists for the vacant women’s basketball position at Minnesota State. The two candidates are vying to replace Pam Gohl who departed in early July to become the compliance coordinator/senior women’s administrator at the University of Sioux Falls. The final two are: Emilee Thiesse – Assistant Coach South Dakota State (August 15th interview).
BREAKING: Alaska Anchorage names head coach
University of Alaska Anchorage athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb announced Tuesday that Ryan McCarthy has been hired as the Seawolves’ women’s basketball coach. McCarthy comes to UAA from Great Northwest Athletic Conference rival Northwest Nazarene, where he served in a variety of coaching roles since 2007. In all, he spent five seasons at NNU –
HOT: Kennedy named HC @ Western New Mexico
Having compiled 220 wins over his career that began in 1998, Rusty Kennedy has been named the next Western New Mexico University Head Women’s Basketball Coach as announced by Athletic Director Mark Coleman. Kennedy comes from Our Lady of the Lake University located in San Antonio, Tex., where he took a team that went 17-15
Daily Dirt – 7/30/12
Here are a some things that I’ve heard over the past few days… • It sounds like the two finalists for the Western New Mexico job are Rusty Kennedy, the head coach at Our Lady of the Lake University (TX) and former Cal Baptist interim head coach Jeff Caha. Apparently Kennedy was on campus interviewing
HOT: Elliott extended @ Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati women’s basketball head coach Jamelle Elliott has agreed to terms of a contract extension and will remain at the helm of the Bearcats’ program through the 2017-18 season. It is a three-year extension of Elliott’s contract, for a total of six years. In her third season, Elliott led UC to its most
OFFICIAL: Lanpher to NJIT
Following up on a rumor that we posted on 6/26 (http://www.whoopdirt.com/blog/b9632233/hot-rumor-umass-assis…)…UMass assistant Steve Lanpher has officially been named head coach at NJIT. Here’s the link to the official statement: http://www.njithighlanders.com/news/2012/7/9/WBB_0709121812.…