This isn’t going to happen again. In the modern day coaching profession across all sports, head coaches won’t build four-decade long careers at a single institution. Each job these days is a stepping stone to another. To keep a coach that will not only build a program, but a life at a single institution for
Ewing resigns as Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Trinity Valley; Ivy tabbed as Interim Head Coach
Trinity Valley Community College has announced the resignation of sixth-year head women’s basketball coach Gerald Ewing. Ewing submitted his resignation today due to personal reasons. He leaves the Lady Card program after compiling a 168-26 recording, including reaching the national semifinals all five seasons. The Lady Cards appeared in three straight NJCAA championship games in
JUCO DIRT: Highland CC (KS) Coach Suspended
According to multiple sources, Highland CC (KS) head coach BJ Smith has been suspended by the college. Current Highland men’s assistant Jon Oler coached the team as the acting head coach on Monday (a 118-41 win over Ellsworth CC). Additionally, I have heard that women’s assistant Brad Zinn has also been suspended. There have been
JUCO DIRT: Change made at Garden City CC (KS)
Omega Tandy is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at Garden City Community College (KS). She has been replaced on an interim basis by Mike Harding. Tandy was hired as the head coach back in June of 2019. She had been a high school coach in her home state of Indiana before coming to
Naughton tabbed as new Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Baltimore City CC
Baltimore City Community College has tabbed Rachel Naughton as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Coach Naughton comes to BCCC from Delaware but is a native of Queens, New York. She played her college ball at Borough of Manhattan CC where her skills were quickly recognized by recruiters at St. Paul’s College in Virginia. At
Kruk named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Potomac State
Larry Kruk has been named the head women’s basketball coach at West Virginia University Potomac State College according to Athletic Director Garett Sherman. While the head coach role is new for Kruk, the atmosphere is familiar. Kruk served as assistant coach to former Head Coach Jim Walton and the Lady Catamounts for seven years, from
Becke named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Highland CC (IL)
Highland Community College has hired Blake Becke of Pearl City as the Head Women’s Basketball coach for the 2020-21 basketball season. “We have a commitment from a local basketball coach who will help our successful women’s basketball program continue to flourish,” said Pete Norman, Highland Community College Athletic Director. “This continues our commitment to student-athletes
Delaware Tech Women’s Basketball Staff Update
Delaware Technical Community College has announced the hiring of a new coaching staff for the women’s basketball program that brings more than 40 years of basketball coaching to the College. Head coach Maureen Faulkner has coached girls’ basketball in Delaware since 1997. A graduate of Padua Academy, Faulkner has coached at Padua, Wilmington Friends School, and
JUCO DIRT: Parrinello out at Monroe CC; WBB season canceled
Tim Parrinello is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), and the women’s basketball season has been canceled. Parrinello, the long-time head coach at MCC, was suspended last November then subsequently reinstated in April following an investigation stemming from an NJCAA audit. It is unclear at this point if Parrinello was
Udoji joins Massasoit CC Women’s Basketball staff
Alexis Udoji has been added to the Massasoit Community College Women’s Basketball staff. Udoji, a native of nearby Randolph, MA played collegiately at DI University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. The 6-4 center holds the all time record for blocks in a career at UMES (252) and is 3rd all-time in rebounding at the school. Udoji was named as the MEAC Defensive