Amaker Hires Two: Michigan head coach Tommy Amaker has announced the appointment of two new faces to the Wolverine coaching staff. Mike Jackson has been hired as an assistant coach after spending the past two seasons in that capacity at Dayton. Jackson previously was an assistant at Toledo for two […]

Putting Life Before Basketball: UTEP guard Giovanni St. Amant announced that he will not return to school this season because he wants to return home to care for his ailing mother. St. Amant would have been a senior in 2005-06 and he one of the few players remaining who has […]

Delta Devils’ Stribling Retires: Mississippi Valley State head coach Lafayette Stribling has announced his retirement. After coaching in the high school ranks for 26 years, Stribling took over the Delta Devils program in 1983, and amassed a 315-207 record in 22 seasons. He took the team to three NCAA Tournaments. […]

Catamounts Name Two: Vermont has announced the hiring of two new assistants, John Sanow and Hajj Turner, to Mike Lonergan’s coaching staff. Sanow has 17 years of coachiing experience, including eleven seasons at St. Francis (PA), and stints at D-II Gannon (Erie, PA) and the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. Turner worked […]

Williford Joins Eagles: Jason Williford has been hired as an assistant on Jeff Jones’ American University coaching staff. Williford comes to the Eagles after five seasons as an assistant at Boston University. As a player, Williford played four seasons under Jeff Jones at Virginia, and also was an assistant at […]

Gaels Nab an Eagle: Iona head coach Jeff Ruland announced that former Boston College guard Steve Hailey will be transferring to the Gaels. Hailey, who played two seasons at BC as a point guard, averaged four points per contest last season. Hailey will sit out next season due to NCAA […]

Bears Appoint Former Lion: Northern Colorado head coach Craig Rasmuson announced the hiring of former Loyola Marymount assistant Richard Reed as a member of the Bears’ coaching staff. Reed spent the past three seasons on Steve Aggers’ staff for the Lions, and previously was an assistant at Cal Poly Pomona. […]

Ellis Leaves Golden…er, Marquette: Marquette assistant coach Bo Ellis has announced that he is leaving Tom Crean’s coaching staff. Ellis, the captain of Marquette’s 1977 national champion squad, is leaving at the end of June to captain a youth outreach program with the Chicago Public Schools, to help inner-city and […]

Mister Anderson . . .: Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton announced the hiring of John Anderson as an assistant on his Buffaloes’ staff. Anderson comes to the Buffs after an 18-year career at Hillcrest High School in Memphis, where he had a 253-194 record. Anderson, a three-time winner of Tennessee’s […]

Evening Madness!: The NCAA board of directors has approved a measure to move up the first practice for the 2005-06 season to be October 14th at 7 p.m. local time, thus doing away with the traditional Midnight Madness clock-watching. The measure, sponsored by the Pac-10, ensures that fans and players […]