Western Illinois men’s basketball head coach Billy Wright announced that Josh Wolfe has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2016-17 season marks Wolfe’s fourth year on the Leatherneck staff. Wolfe assists with recruiting, scouting, game scheduling, player development, on-court coaching, and monitoring the academic progress of the Leatherneck student-athletes. During his three seasons Western […]
Details of Purdue women’s basketball coach Sharon Versyp’s two-year contract extension were released Tuesday by the university. The school announced Versyp’s extension June 6. ersyp’s received a $6,500 salary increase, raising her annual guaranteed compensation to $603,525 (not including an automobile allowance, country club membership, complimentary tickets, golf pass) before bonuses. The buyout remains unchanged. […]
Jimmy Smith and Chuck Taylor have joined the Sam Houston men’s basketball staff as assistants, Bearkat head coach Jason Hooten announced Friday. Both bring experience as head coaches for winning programs. Most recently, Smith led Texas Lutheran University to back-to-back conference titles and NCAA Division III national tournament appearances. Taylor served as an assistant at […]
Mike Wacker, the head coach who brought record excellence to the Converse Judson High School boys basketball program, is returning to his roots as the new head men’s basketball coach at Texas Lutheran University, TLU President Dr. Stuart Dorsey announced Thursday. Wacker coached for 26 years at Judson and went 703-196 (a winning percentage of […]
Loyola has fired head coach Cheryl Swoopes after investigating claims that she mistreated her players, the university announced on Sunday. Loyola launched an investigation into Swoopes in April after 10 of 12 returning players had either transferred or asked to be released from their scholarships. The school declined to comment on what the investigation revealed. […]
Director of athletics Rusty Hollingsworth and president Dr. Michael V. Carter announced the hiring of Brent Vernon as the new men’s basketball coach at Campbellsville University in a press conference today in Powell Athletic Center. Vernon, 34, an assistant coach at Campbellsville University for the previous four years, is replacing Keith Adkins after he resigned […]