Smith Leaves Chippewas: Central Michigan coach Jay Smith has resigned to spend more time with his family, according to school reports. In nine seasons at the helm, Smith led Central Michigan to a 95-160 record. The Chippewas most noteworthy success under Smith was in 2003 when Central Michigan won 25 […]

New Timeout Restrictions Coming; Shot Clock May Be Next: If a player is falling or flying out of bounds and calls a timeout, that may lead to a technical, according to a proposed rule change. The Basketball Rules Committees agreed that a change needs to be made, and the proposal […]

Syracuse’s McCroskey to Transfer: Syracuse junior Louie McCroskey will transfer, according to a source close to the situation. McCroskey had seen his playing time diminish during the past year and played just nine minutes in the team’s first-round loss to Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament in March. The 6-5, […]

Towe and Lowe: The Wolfpack’s search for Herb Sendek’s replacement ended with the hiring of Sidney Lowe. Lowe named his first staff member in Monte Towe as associate head coach. Towe spent the last five seasons as the head coach of New Orleans, where he compiled a 70-78 record. Towe was […]

Mean Green Hires Assistant with JuCo Championship Pedigree: North Texas coach Johnny Jones has named Bill Foy as one of his assistants. Foy, the 2004-05 NJCAA Coach of the Year, spent the past 11 seasons as head coach of Paris Junior College, where he compiled a 227-125 record. In 2005 […]

Albany’s Brown Promotes Assistant: Great Danes coach Will Brown promoted assistant Eric Eaton to associate head coach. In Eaton’s first season, Albany won the America East Championship. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the No. 16 Great Danes took No. 1 Connecticut to the brink, leading by as many […]

Seahawks Start to Build New Staff: New UNC – Wilmington coach Benny Moss hired Henderson State’s Joe Redmond to join his coaching staff. Redmond spent the past six seasons at the Division II Reddies, compiling a 51-34 record. Moss and company replace former coach Brad Brownell, who left the Seahawks to […]

Edgar Fills the Redhawks’ Nest: Scott Edgar, recently named Southeast Missouri State’s coach, announced his staff hires. Ronnie Dean and Toby Lane — retained from the previous Southeast Missouri State staff — in addition to Scepter Brownlee, were named assistant coaches. Dean will remain the head recruiter, while Lane will continue […]

College coaches heading overseas: Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo will make a return trip to Kuwait later this month. Izzo will join Alabama’s Mark Gottfried, South Carolina’s Dave Odom, Charlotte’s Bobby Lutz, Indiana’s Kelvin Sampson, ESPN’s Jay Bilas, Texas’ Rick Barnes, Army’s Jim Crews, Navy’s Billy Lange, Kentucky’s Tubby […]

Romar to Lead U.S. Under-18 Team: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar was selected by USA Basketball to be the head coach of the men’s Under-18 team in this summer’s qualification tournament for the 2007 FIBA world championships. Georgia Tech’s Paul Hewitt and DePaul’s Jerry Wainwright will be his assistants. The tournament […]