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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

49er Assistant Strikes D-II Gold: Former Long Beach State assistant coach Brant Bargen has taken the head coaching post at Division II Chadron State. Bargen replaces Dan Beebe, who went 108-130 in nine seasons. [5/14/06]

Gamecocks’ Palacios Leaves Team: South Carolina forward Keving Palacios will not return to the Gamecocks for his senior season, coach Dave Odom announced May 8. Palacios cites family reasons for not returning to South Carolina next season. Odom added that last season was difficult on Palacios because of the death […]

Marshall Added to Great Alaskan Shootout: Marshall coach Ron Jirsa announced that his team will take part in the 2006 Great Alaskan Shootout this winter in Anchorage, Alaska. The Herd will join host Alaska-Anchorage, California, Hofstra, Loyola Marymount, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and two yet-to-be-determined teams. The tournament will […]

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 […]