Coaches of the Year:  We will have the last of the Finalists’ bios up on the Awards page by noon today.  Each and everyone of them is deserving; however we can only select five winners.  See the annoucement on Monday.

Scoop will be posted later this morning.

Coaches of the Year:  We will have the last of the Finalists’ bios up on the Awards page by noon today.  Each and everyone of them is deserving; however we can only select five winners.  See the annoucement on Monday.

Scoop will be posted later this morning.

USA Basketball:  Arizona St.’s Charli Turner Thorne will serve as head coach of USA Women’s Basketball team at the World University Games being played in Serbia this Summer.  Suzy Merchant of Michigan St. and Pepperdine’s Julie Rousseau will serve as assistants.

Portland St.:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that PSU will hire Nate Duchesne from Montana as the top assistant to head coach Geving.

Wayne St.:  Paul Combs has been named head coach at Wayne St.  Combs comes from Wisconsin-Platteville where he was head coach for the past 6 seasons.

Mount Vernon Nazarene:  Matt Moore has been named head coach.  Moore was the top assistant at Grace College in Indiana for the past four seasons.

Mendocino:  Billy Offill has been named head coach at Mendocino College.  Offill, a former player and assistant at Mendocino, most recently served as head coach at College of the Siskiyous.

Carroll College:  Carroll has promoted assistant Brandon Veltri to head coach.

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Coach Wardle recently completed his fourth year with the program.  As the top assistant on Tod Kawalkczyk’s staff, he helped the 2008-09 Phoenix to a 22-11 record, its most wins since the 1995-96 campaign, and a second-place finish in the Horizon League standings. In addition, the team earned a berth in the College Basketball Invitational, its first postseason appearance since 1996.

During his four-year tenure, the Phoenix have tallied 70 victories, an average of 17.5 wins per season. Green Bay is one of just 18 schools nationally that has finished in the top four of its league each of the past six seasons.

Wardle joined the Phoenix in June 2005 after two years as director of basketball operations at Marquette under Tom Crean, who is now the head coach at Indiana. Wardle also had a successful playing career at Marquette, as he captured All-Conference USA honors as a senior. He ranks among the school’s all-time top five in scoring with 1,690 career points.

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Associate head coach Jackie Smith Carson, who joined the Dukes’ staff in 2005, coordinates JMU’s recruiting and scheduling.  She is also in charge of the Dukes’ post play.  During her four seasons with JMU, the Dukes have averaged nearly 25 wins per season while compiling a 99-33 overall record.  Further, JMU has advanced to postseason play in each of the four seasons.

A 2000 graduate of Furman, Smith came to JMU from Bucknell, where she was an assistant coach from 2003-05.

Smith was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year at Furman (1998, 1999).  A three-time (1998, 1999, 2000) first-team All-Southern Conference honoree, she also won Furman’s Edna Hartness Female Athlete of the Year award in 1999.  She served as team captain as a junior and senior and was voted the team’s most valuable player three years (1998, 1999, 2000).

She was named to the Southern Conference all-tournament team in 1997 and 2000 and was a 12-time conference Player of the Week selection, the most by a Furman athlete in any sport in school history.
She was inducted into Furman’s Hall of Fame in September 2005.

In 2007 she was among a select number of coaches chosen to participate in the Black Coaches Association’s “Achieving Coaching Excellence” program.  The program, for ethnic minority male and female basketball coaches, is a collaborative effort of the BCA, the NCAA Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics.

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Michael White has been instrumental in returning the Rebels to prominence twice. A four-year starter at the point, Michael White helped captain the Rebels to national prominence in the late 1990s and returned to the program as an assistant coach in 2004.

Since returning as a coach, the Rebels have shown consistent improvement including capturing a division title in 2007 and recording the second-most wins in school history in 2008.  The 2009 season started off bad for the team with injuries to three key players.  Despite the significant losses, the Rebels were a constant threat in the SEC and won more games than anyone thought possible after the injuries.

White works closely with the Rebel backcourt and is a key figure in the recruiting arena.  White has helped Ole Miss haul in some of the best signing classes in program history during his tenure. The incoming class in his first season back was ranked as high as third in college basketball by recruiting publications, while the last two classes have both been rated top 25 in the country.

Playing point guard for the Rebels from 1995-99, White entered the starting lineup in the eighth game of his freshman season and missed only one start at the point the remainder of his four years in Oxford.

Over that span, he helped guide Ole Miss to one of the most successful stints in the program’s history, earning consecutive SEC Western Division titles, three straight NCAA Tournament berths and the Rebels’ first ever Tournament win in 1999.

Before returning to Oxford, he spent four years on Mike LaPlante’s Jacksonville State staff, helping coordinate the Gamecocks’ recruiting efforts for three seasons. His time in Jacksonville, Ala., included the school’s first-ever league tournament victory in 2003 en route to JSU’s winningest season in its Division I history. He was promoted to associate head coach prior to his final season there.

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Jonathan Tsipis is in his sixth year at Notre Dame. Since joining Muffet McGraw’s staff in May 2003, Tsipis (pronounced SIP-iss) has worked primarily with the Irish wings, while also coordinating Notre Dame’s nationally-ranked recruiting efforts and the Irish scouting plans.

“Jonathan is a dedicated and respected coach and role model for our players,” McGraw said. “He has done a tremendous job as our recruiting coordinator and his track record in terms of player development and game scouting is among the best in the country. I rely on him for his invaluable insights, passion and drive, and I’m looking forward to having him on the bench as we continue making our move back to the top of college basketball.

Tsipis has been an integral part of Notre Dame’s recruiting success ever since he arrived on campus, continuing with his current role as the program’s recruiting coordinator. The Irish have attracted 12 consecutive top 20 recruiting classes, joining Connecticut and Tennessee as the only programs that have a current string of that length.

Tsipis came to Notre Dame following one season as the director of men’s basketball operations at UNC Greensboro, working for Fran McCaffery (who now is the head men’s basketball coach at Siena).

Prior to arriving at UNC Greensboro, Tsipis spent two seasons as an assistant men’s coach at Elon (N.C.) University. While there, he worked primarily with the Phoenix’s perimeter players and also helped coordinate the team’s scouting and recruiting efforts.

Tsipis came to Elon after one year as the top men’s assistant coach at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. He also spent three seasons on the men’s basketball staff at Cornell University (one as a full-time assistant, two as a volunteer aide), and one year on the men’s basketball staff at Duke. In the latter role, he served under legendary Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Tsipis has worked under three national championship coaches — McGraw, Krzyzewski and LeMoyne’s Dave Paulsen, who is now the head coach at Bucknell University.

USC:  As we first reported nearly a month ago, USC has named Michael Cooper their next head coach…beginning in “September or October” depending on the length of his last season with the L.A. Sparks.  SC also announced that Ervin Monier has been hired from Rhode Island and will be Associate head coach and in the interim will oversee the program.

Appalachian St.:  Heather Kearney, head coach at California University of Pennsylvania, has accepted the Associate head coach position at App. St. under her former boss Darcie Vincent.

Sacramento St.:  Associate head coach Jamie Craighead has been named Interim head coach following the departure of head coach Dan Muscatell.

James Madison:  We hear assistant Nikki Davis is leaving the program to pursue other non-basketball opportunities.

Cal Poly:  Head coach Joe Callero has brought two staff members down from Seattle.  Joining the staff are assistant coach Mitch Freeman and Director of Basketball Ops. Mitch Reaves.

Covenant College:  Kyle Taylor has been named head coach at Covenant.  Taylor was the top assistant at Minnesota St. Moorehead.

Elon:  We hear that Elon head coach Matt Matheny has hired Tim Sweeney from Bucknell as an assistant.

American:  Head coach Jeff Jones has promoted Eddie Jackson from Dir. Basketball Ops. to assistant coach.

Liberty:  Head coach Dale Layer has added a new member to his staff.  Layer has hired Myron Guillory, who previously coached with Layer at Colorado St., as an assistant.

Muhlenberg College:  Scott McClary has been named head coach of the Mules.  McClary has been head coach at Marymount U. for the past 6 seasons and is a Muhlenberg alum.

Cincinnati:  We hear A&M’s Kelly Bond has been offered the job; however we don’t know whether she will accept it.  If she doesn’t, look for Stephanie Glance to get it.  We expect this to play out this week.

Wisconsin:  Head coach Lisa Stone has received an extension through the 2011-2012 season.  The Badgers went 19-15 this season.

Coaches of the Year:  The Rising Stars have been named.  See the list here.

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Scoop to come later today.

Coaches of the Year:  The Rising Stars have been named.  See the list here.

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Cincinnati:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that UConn assistant Jamelle Elliott has accepted the head coaching position at Cincinnati.  We hear the school will announce this today or tomorrow.  Elliott has been at UConn for 12 seasons as a coach and played at the school as well winning national championships as both a player and a coach.

Washington U. (St. Louis):  Caleb Lawson has been promoted to the top assistant spot.  The position came open with assistant Tim Whittle left earlier to become head coach at Macalester.

Covenant College:  Head coach Roy Heintz is stepping down.  Heintz, who has been the head coach for the past seven seasons, says he wants to try to coach at the D-1 level again.  Tami Smialek, who served as head coach for 18 seasons prior to Heintz, will return as head coach.  Smialek had remained at the College serving in various administrative positions.

IUPUI:  IUPUI is seeking applicants for an assistant position.  Apply online at: www.hra.iupui.edu

Southern Miss:  Southern Miss is looking for a new GA.  Please send resumes to joye.mcnelis@usm.edu

Memphis:  Memphis is looking to fill two spots, an assistant and a Dir. of Basketball Ops.  Apply online at:  workforum.memphis.edu

UTEP:  UTEP is seeking applicants for a Strength & Conditioning GA who will work with Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Football and other sports.  Please send cover letter and resume to Kirk Davis:  khdavis@utep.edu

Long Beach St.:  Head coach Jody Wynn has filled out her staff.  As previously announced, her husband Derek will be an assistant, as will Laura Friemuth and Jeffrey Cammon.  Friemuth comes with the Wynns from USC where she was the Dir. of Basketball Ops.  Cammon has worked as an assistant at several schools although he has been a high school head coach for the past two seasons.  Wynn has also retained Michelle Erickson as Dir. of Basketball Ops who held the same position last year at The Beach.

South Carolina:  We hear that Darrin Horn has hired L.J. Hepp as the new Dir. of Ops at South Carolina.  Hepp has previously coached at Stanford, Tulsa and UNC and has been coaching high school for the past few seasons.  Hepp replaces Robert Knotts who we hear is no longer with the program.

Adrian College: Adrian has hired Mark White as it’s new head coach, replacing Buck Riley who had been head coach for the past 27 seasons.  White played for Riley in the 80s and comes to Adrian after a highly successful career as a high school coach in which he won over 200 games.

Armstrong Atlantic:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Armstrong Atlantic will hire Jeremy Luther from D-II Newberry College.

Cincinnati: Sources tell BasketballScoop that Mark Ehlen will be the first addition to Coach Elliott’s staff.  Ehlen is the former head coach at Toledo and Xavier.

Dayton:  Dayton has provided head coach Brian Gregory with a multi-year extension through the 2017-2018 season.  His contract was set to expire at the end of the 2013 season.  Over the past few years, Gregory has turned Dayton’s program into a consistent Top 40 team and has earned the respect of nearly everyone in the game.

Wyoming:  Head coach Heath Schroyer has earned an extension through the end of the 2014 season. The AD cited improvement on the court (the cowboys won 7 more games this season than last) and off the court as measured by improvement in the team’s APR.

Montana:  Montana has added for Wisconsin player Freddie Owens to the staff as an assistant.  Owens spent last season as a GA at Iowa St.

NC State:  Levi Watkins has been promoted to Dir. of Basketball Operations.  Watkins had been serving in an administrative role.

Henderson St.:  Anton McKinney has been promoted from GA to assistant.

USA Basketball:  Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon has been named the coach of the US under 19 team that will play this Summer at the FIBA World Championships in New Zealand.

Cincinnati:  Multiple sources are telling BasketballScoop that coach Elliott is moving quickly to fill out her staff.  We are hearing that in addition to coach Mark Ehlen, Elliott is looking to add LaRita Wilcher from LA Tech as well as an AAU coach from Louisiana.

Southern Illinois: Sources tell BasketballScoop that coach Tiber has brought assistant Adrianne Harlow with her from Tusculum.  We are also hearing that assistants Tanya Bauer and Rasheeda Love will be retained for this season.

Tulsa 66ers:  D-League Tulsa has hired Nate Tibbets as their new head coach replacing Paul Woolpert.  Tibbets has been a head coach in the D-League for the past two seasons with the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Davidson:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Davidson has rehired Landry Kosmalski as an assistant.  Kosmalski, who played at Davidson, was on the staff from 2004-2006 and has been coaching at the high school level for the past few years.

Univ. of Mary (ND):  Randall Herbst has been named head coach at U. of Mary.  The past two seasons Herbst has been an assistant at Nebraska Omaha and previously served as an assistant at the Univ. of North Dakota.

Southern Miss:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Chipola HC Greg Heiar will in fact take an assistant spot at Southern Miss.  This rumor has been out there for quite a while; but we’re hearing it’s going to happen.  We’re also told that Chipola thinks very highly of assistant Jake Headrick and likely will hand the reigns to him.

Georgia:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that head coach Mark Fox has offered a spot on the staff to Va. Tech assistant Stacey Palmore.  Palmore has been in Blacksburg for five years.

Southern Indiana:  Head coach Rick Herdes has resigned.  The AD read from a prepared statement that quoted the coach as saying, “These irregularities appear to be the result of conduct within the men’s basketball program…Whether or not I knew of this situation, I am responsible for my staff and the men’s basketball program.  In the best interest of the program and the school I am stepping down…”  No word yet as to what the “irregularities” are.

Marist: Alisa Kresge has been hired as an assistant.  Kresge, the school’s all time assist leader, takes the spot of Keila Whittington who left to go to Oregon.

Colorado St.:  Head coach Kristen Holt has hired Taylor Steven as an assistant.  Steven played at Wichita St. while Holt was there as an assistant.

Univ. of Illinois at Springfield:  Marne Fauser has been named head coach at UIS.  Fauser served this past season as Dir. of Basketball Ops at Bradley; however she had spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant at Truman St.

UVA:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that one and possibly two coaches have left the staff at UVA.  We have confirmed that Curtis Loyd has resigned.  Loyd had been in Charlottesville for the past five seasons.  More to come on this one…

UVA:  Assistant Jeff House is gone as well (see Saturday’s Scoop).  Change is happening.  We’ll let you know as we learn more.

West Virginia:  We hear assistant Joanna Bernabei has decided to focus on her family and will not return next season.

Glenville St.:  Glenville (WV) has hired Bunky Harkleroad as their new head coach.  Harkleroad comes from D-II Berea College where he has been head coach for the past nine seasons.

Berea:  With Harkleroad leaving, Berea has promoted assistant Summer Simmons to interim head coach.  Harkleroad added that Simmons “would have my full support for the full time job if she wants it.”

Phoenix Suns:  The Suns have signed head coach Alvin Gentry to a three year deal, removing the Interim title he received during the season when Terry Porter was let go.

Libya: Huh?  Former Hampton head coach Kevin Nickelberry has been named the head coach of the Libyan National Team.  We began receiving emails about this late last week and thought it was spam; apparently not.  National media is reporting that he has left the country.

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East St. John (LA): On Friday, the head coach of East St. John high school in LA Tony Giordano was killed in an automobile accident near New Orleans.  Friends recounted that Giordano often told them he was most proud of the fact that in his 10 plus seasons coaching that he had helped nearly 20 players get scholarships to play college basketball.  Please keep his family in your thoughts.

Southern Indiana:  We are hearing two names to step in at USI.  Stan Gouard (Univ. of Indianapolis head coach) and Marc Hostetter (former USI assistant who resigned last year).  The school knows both guys very well and could make a decision within weeks.

Toronto Raptors:  Removed the interim tag from head coach Jay Triano by signing him to a three year contract.

Golden St. Warriors:  Chris Mullen is being replaced as EVP Basketball Operations by Larry Riley.  Riley is Don Nelson’s longtime assistant.

Sacramento Kings:  USA Today is reporting that the Kings plan to interview former head coach Eddie Jordan as well as Paul Westphal this week.

Philadelphia 76ers: Head coach Tony DiLeo is leaving the organization.

Wake Forest:  Wake has hired former standout player Rusty LaRue as an assistant.  LaRue had been a high school coach and AD.

Seattle U.:  Head coach Cameron Dollar has made his first two moves, adding Darren Talley and Mike Jones to his staff.  Talley comes over from Washington where he was the Video guy and will serve as an assistant to Dollar.  Jones, who will become the Dir. of Basketball Ops, comes from Pasadena City College.  The past three years he has served as assistant AD; before that he was the head coach and before that he served as an assistant.

Washington St.:  Details of head coach Ken Bone’s contract were made available yesterday.  Bone’s deal is seven years, with base pay (some salary some from endorsements) of $650,000 in year one, $750,000 in year two, $850,000 in year 3 with language saying that further raises would be determined at a later time.

Cardinal Stritch:  NAIA Cardinal Stritch has selected Drew Diener as it’s new head coach replacing Denny Fox who retired earlier this Spring.  Diener had been on Dave Leitao’s staff at UVA for the past 4 seasons.

Southeast Missouri:  SEMO head coach Dickey Nutt has hired Jamie Rosser as an assistant.  Rosser played under Nutt at Arkansas St. and has been coaching high school basketball.

Maine: Associate head coach Mike Burden has resigned.

Utah:  Head coach Jim Boylen has signed a five year extension worth between $850k and $1 million per season.

Central Michigan:  CMU has extended head coach Sue Guevara’s contract through the 2013-2014 season.  This extension raises her base salary to $150,000.

Western New Mexico: Western has hired Greg Adams as their new head coach.  Adams comes from Stony Brook where he was an assistant.

Norfolk St.:  Head coach Tara Owens who won just 6 games in two seasons is being reassigned within the athletic department.  Sources tell BasketballScoop that former Florida A&M coach Debra Clark will serve as interim coach for the upcoming season.

Ohio Valley Univ.:  OVU has hired David Wadlington as head coach.  Wadlington comes to OVU from Freed-Hardeman U. where he has been an assistant for the past 10 years with the men’s team.

DePaul: Sources tell BasketballScoop that DePaul plans to hire Billy Garrett as an assistant.  Garrett has coached at Texas A&M Corpus Christi for the past two seasons.

Washington St.:  Head coach Ken Bone has finalized his staff with the addition of two Ops. guys.  Jared Barrett has been hired as Director of Basketball Ops and Tim Marrion has been added as Coordinator of Basketball Ops.  Barrett comes from Utah Valley St. where he served as an assistant for the past two seasons.  Marrion comes from San Jose St. where he served as both a coach and as D.B.O. over the past 3 seasons.

San Jose St.:  Marrion’s departure (see above) leaves SJSU looking for a new Director of Basketball Operations.

Utah Valley St.:  The Wolverines now have 2 openings for assistants.

North Florida: UNF has hired former VCU assistant Jeremy Shyatt as an assistant.

Western Carolina:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that WCU will name Karen Middleton as it’s new head coach possibly as early as today; but likely early next week.  Middleton has spent the past two seasons at Illinois; however she probably is known best for her near decade long run as an assistant at Stanford.

Penn:  Mike McLaughlin has added two new members to his staff.  Former Cabrini College head coach Bernadette Laukaitis and former Quinnipiac assistant Kara Cassidy both have accepted positions.  Laukaitis coached at part of McLaughlin’s staff at Holy Family for many years prior to accepting the head job at Cabrini this past season.  In her only season there, the Cavaliers finished 23-5 overall and won their conference regular season and tournament titles and made the NCAA tournament.  Cassidy had been a member of the staff at Quinnipiac for the past 5 seasons.

Oregon:  Paul Westhead has hired Janell Bergstrom as Dir. Basketball Ops.  Bergstrom has been at Oregon for nearly a decade in various capacities.

Rutgers:  Sources are telling  BasketballScoop that Rutgers plans to hire Ronald Hughey as an assistant.  We recall Hughey coaching briefly at Central Florida and at South Carolina as well.

Lindenwood:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Lindenwood plans to hire former St. Louis U. head coach Brad Soderberg as head coach.

Nigeria: We hear former UGA head coach Dennis Felton was offered the head job of the Nigerian national team but decided that it wasn’t the right time for him to be overseas.

Cal Poly: BasketballScoop has confirmed that Cal Poly has added Colorado State’s Mark Amaral as Associate head coach.  Amaral has been with CSU for two years as an assistant.

Texas Pan American:  UTPA head coach DeAnn Craft resigned on Friday.  Craft had a 70-102 overall record in the six years she was at the helm.  Interim AD Ricky Vaughn said a search would begin immediately.

Maryland:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that assistant Erica Floyd has resigned to follow non-basketball opportunities.  Floyd had been at Maryland for the last seven seasons.

Wisconsin Stevens Point:  Diane Hawkins has been hired as an assistant replacing Megan Wilson who has resigned.  Hawkins played at UW-SP and has been a GA at Edgewood College for the past two seasons.

Illinois:  We hear that head coach Bruce Weber is up for a nice raise, reportedly a 50% bump to $1.5 million per year as his base.  The Board of Trustees is meeting this week to approve it.  Also, assistant Jerrance Howard (who reportedly was offered the Associate head coach title at Memphis) is getting a raise to $180,000 per year plus a $50,000 “signing” bonus and other incentives.  His contract would run through 2013.

Weber St.:  Eric Duft has been promoted to Associate head coach.  Duft was a semi-finalist for our Coaches of the Year awards.

VCU:  Head coach Beth Cunningham has hired Tarrell Robinson as an asssistant.  Robinson had been associate head coach at NC A&T for the past 3 seasons.

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App. State:  Head coach Buzz Peterson is bringing long time friend Jamie Kachmarik to App. St. from Coastal Carolina.

Coastal Carolina:  In addition to Kachmarik’s resignation, we hear that all three assistant spots are open.  Assistant Scott Stapler left to run the Alabama Basketball Academy and Raheem Waller is moving to a different role within the school.

DePaul: Sources tell BasketballScoop that DePaul has added David Booth as an assistant.  Booth played for DePaul in the late 80’s / early 90’s.

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UConn:  Multiple sources have told BasketballScoop that UConn plans to hire Marisa Mosely as their new assistant.  Mosely has been at Minnesota for the past two seasons.

UT Permian Basin:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that UTPB has selected Glenville St.’s Dwain Osborne as their new head coach.  Osborne led Glenville St. to their first 20 win season in 16 years this past season.

Tusculum:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Tusculum is looking to replace Missy Tiber with Adell Harris, associate head coach at UNC Asheville.

Kentucky:  Coach Calipari announced this morning that he is making Rod Strickland his third assistant.  Previously it was believed that Strickland would fill the DBO role.  No word yet on who will fill that position.

Greensboro College:  We hear head coach Jason Tuggle is leaving to become AD at a local high school, his alma mater.  Tuggle leaves as the winningest coach in the program’s history.

Castleton St.:  CSC has hired Paul Culpo as their new head coach.  Culpo has spent the past six seasons at Hartwick College, playing in the Empire 8.  At Hartwick this past season, Culpo’s guys finished 15-12 and won the ECAC Upstate Championship.

Villanova:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that New Mexico assistant Chris Walker will likely be hired at Villanova as an assistant.

New Mexico:  We are hearing that former Pepperdine assistant Wyking Jones will be added as an assistant once Chris Walker’s departure is complete.

Hartford:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Univ. of Hartford has hired Rick Brunson as an assistant.  Brunson had been Dir. of Basketball Ops at UVA for the past two seasons under Dave Leitao and spent most of the decade before that playing with multiple NBA teams.

Stanford: Recruiting / Academic Coordinator Mark Sembrowich has been named the head coach at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.  This past season was Sembrowich’s first at Stanford.  He had been an assistant at Yale for two seasons and at Army for five before his time at Stanford.

Utah St.:  Head coach Raegen Pebley’s contract has been extended through the 2011 season.

Hawaii:  Hawaii has narrowed it’s search down to five candidates.  Although the University is saying who they are, our sources tell us that Gavin Peterson and Dana Takahara-Dias are among them.  We are also hearing Patrick Harrington’s name as well as Jennifer Young.

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TCU:  Head coach Jim Christian has promoted Eric Haut from DBO to an assistant and has hired Cody Hopkins as DBO.  Hopkins comes from Indian Hills Community College.

Concordia (NY):  D-II Concordia has re-hired Monde Codio as head coach.  Codio spent the past two seasons as the recruiting coordinator and top assistant at Northeastern.  Codio previously served as head coach at Concordia earlier this decade.  Monde’s wife Kara will join him on the staff.

Southern Indiana:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that USI likely will name Southern Illinois Associate head coach Rodney Watson as their new head.  Watson would replace Rick Herdes who resigned a few weeks ago amidst allegations of irregularities within the program.

Illinois:  As expected, the University’s Board of Trustees approved extensions (along with significant raises) for both head coach Bruce Weber and assistant Jerrance Howard.

Washington Wizards: New head coach Flip Saunders has added Sam Cassell and Randy Wittman to his staff as assistants.

Southern Idaho:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that CSI has hired Tessa Balsick as an assistant.  Balsick has been a GA at Emporia State for the past two seasons.

Breaking News

Ole Miss:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Associate head coach Peggie Gillom-Granderson plans to retire within the next few months.

Wake Forest:  BasketballScoop has learned that Wake intends to add Dave Wojcik as an assistant.  Wojcik comes from Tulsa where he was associate head coach to his brother Doug.  More to come on Wake next week.

St. Anselm:  D-II St. Anselm (N.H.) has hired former UTPA head coach DeAnn Craft as head coach.  Craft was head coach at UTPA for the past six seasons before leaving last week.  Craft is the latest coach to leave UTPA and their new athletic administration.

Hawaii:  We are beginning to hear former USC head coach Mark Trakh’s name more and more in connection with the search at Hawaii.  It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

Portland St.:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that PSU’s head coach Tyler Geving is trying to hire Anthony Owens as the third member of his staff.  Owens has coached at Eastern Utah and Eastern Arizona and is known to be a good recruiter in those states.

Tulsa:  Head coach Doug Wojcik has promoted DBO Andy Kohut to an assistant coach.  Graduate Manager Joe Wallace has been promoted to DBO. Coach Wojcik said, “In the spirit of coaching and developing young coaches, and being true to what I’ve told these guys, I know that we’re doing the right thing from promoting within.”

SUNY Oswego:  We are hearing that Adam Stockwell will soon be named head coach at SUNY Oswego.  Stockwell has been the head coach at Clarkson for the past five seasons.

West Virginia: Sources tell BasketballScoop that WVU plans to promote coach George Porcha to Associate head coach soon.  We also hear that they are still interviewing for the open spot.  We are also being told that there will be other movement within the staff coming soon.

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Seattle Pacific:  D-II Seattle Pacific has hired Ryan Looney as head coach.  Looney comes from Eastern Oregon (NAIA) where he was 95-55 in five seasons.  Looney replaces Jeff Hironaka who joined Ken Bone’s staff at Washington St.

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Coastal Carolina:  Head coach Cliff Ellis is building the staff back up and has started with hiring Don Hogan as the new associate head coach.  Hogan has been the head coach at West Florida for over a decade. UWF plans to begin a search immediately.

SEMO:  Head coach Dickey Nutt has completed his staff by hiring Kyle Gerdeman as an assistant.  Most recently, Gerdeman was the head coach at Moberly Area Community College.

D-League:  We hear former DePaul head coach Joey Meyer will soon be named as the new head coach of the Fort Wayne Ants.

Minnesota:  Pam Borton has filled the spot created by Marisa Moseley’s departure to Connecticut.  Borton has hired Leigh Gregory as an assistant.  Gregory spent one year each at Santa Clara and Denver and played at Cal from 2001 - 2005.

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Central Florida:  Multiple sources are telling BasketballScoop to look for Central Florida to announce the hiring of Chester Nichols from West Virginia soon.

Grand Rapids, MI:  Catholic Central has re-hired Scott Tompkins as boys basketball coach.

Warren County, TN:  Warren County high has hired Erick Baird as girls basketball coach.

Mansfield, MA:  Xaverian Brothers has hired Dan Salazar as boys basketball coach.  Salazar leaves North Cambridge Catholic.

Americus, GA:  Boys coach Robert Cotton has resigned from Americus-Sumter.

UTPA:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that UTPA is close to announcing Ryan Marks as their new head coach.  Marks is currently the head coach at D-II St. Edwards (Austin, TX).

Ohio Northern:  ONU has hired John Rhodes as head coach.  Rhodes comes from Northeastern where he was an assistant.

Southern Miss:  Head coach Joye Lee-McNelis has received an extension through the 2012-2013 season.  In five seasons at USM, Lee_McNelis is 79-75 overall.

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Washington D.C.:  Archbishop Carroll has hired former NBA player Michael Adams as boys basketball coach and Edyth White as girls basketball coach.

Forestville, MD:  Bishop McNamara has hired Rod Hairston as girls coach.  Hairston formerly led Eleanor Roosevelt to 5 straight state championships.

Madison, IN:  Madison high has opted not to renew the contract of either of their head coaches.  Both Jim Matthews (boys) and Rich Bagienski (girls) will not return.

Cleveland, OH:  Shaker Heights has announced Mike Coreno as it’s new girls coach.

Ashland, KY:  Mandy Lane is the new girls coach at Russell High.  She was at Fairview for the past 3 seasons.

Bowie St.:  Fox Sports is reporting that George Washington assistant Darryl Brooks will be named head coach at Bowie St. Brooks has been at GW for nearly a decade; however he had previously coached at Bowie.

Robert Morris:  Robert Morris (PA) is seeking applicants for an open assistant spot.

Richmond, IN:  Joe Luce is set to become the new boys coach at Richmond.  Luce leaves Marion where he was highly successful in his three years.

Tyler, TX:  John Tyler high has selected Tony Pinson as their new boys coach.  Pinson will leave his post at Manor.

Grand Rapids, MI:  Grand Rapids Christian has hired Michael Spicer as it’s new boys coach.  Spicer comes from Lee High.

Hawaii:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Hawaii is expected to announce Dana Takahara-Dias as their new head coach later today.  Takahara-Dias played at Hawaii and has previously served as an assistant; however she has been working in hospitality for the city of Honolulu.

Coastal Carolina:  Head coach Cliff Ellis has added another member to his staff with the hiring of Gus Hauser.  Hauser comes from Louisiana Monroe where he had been for 2 seasons, before which he was at New Mexico State for 2.

Southern Miss:  Chipola head coach Greg Heiar has been hired at USM (as we previously reported).

LA Tech:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Tech will hire Dusty May an assistant at UAB.  May’s departure leaves UAB with two open spots (1 assistant and DBO).

Wisconsin-Platteville:  UWP has named the five finalists for their head coaching vacancy…Todd Adrian, head men’s basketball coach at Edgewood College in Madison, Wis., and a former UWP assistant; Jeff Gard, a UW-Platteville men’s basketball assistant; Pat Murphy, head boys basketball coach at Monroe (Wis.) High School and a former UWP player under Bo Ryan; Lance Randall, head boys basketball coach at Cedarburg (Wis.) High School, a former NCAA Division I assistant and a southwest Wisconsin native; and Will Ryan, a men’s basketball assistant at North Dakota State and son of Bo Ryan.

La Tech:  BasketballScoop has learned that Tech has hired Daron Park as associate head coach.  Park spent the last two seasons at Maryland.  He will also serve as recruiting coordinator at Tech.

Xavier:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that Xavier plans to hire Amy Waugh as a new assistant replacing Amber Stocks who moved to Arizona with her husband (an assistant on Sean Miller’s staff).

Prairie View:  Head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke has signed a new four year contract.  She was at the end of her original contract.

Memphis:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that head coach Josh Pastner has offered a spot to Denver Nuggets scout Jack Murphy.  Pastner and Murphy became close friends at Arizona.

Kentucky:  Sources tell BasketballScoop that coach Cal will add Bilal Batley as an “assistant DBO” or a similar non-coaching position.  Batley spent last season with Cal at Memphis in a similar capacity.

Southern Illinois: We are hearing that Marcus Belcher, assistant at Evansville, will accept an assistant spot at Southern Illinois.  Belcher has been at Evansville for two seasons.

Idaho St.:  Head coach Joe O’Brien has hired Tim Walsh as an assistant.  Walsh, most recently at Green Bay, also coached under O’Brien at Southeastern Iowa.  Walsh is replacing Steve Swanson who moved on in pursuit of his doctorate.  ISU also has announced that they are making their third assistant’s spot a GA moving forward.

UT Martin:  Tara Tansil-Gentry is resigning as head coach.  In her five years as head coach, her teams were a combined 41-104.

UT Chattanooga:  Head coach Wes Moore has promoted Nikki Blassingame to associate head coach.  In making the announcement, Moore noted that the promotion involved no additional pay.

Southern Maine:  Head coach Mike McDevitt is leaving to accept the head job at St. Joseph’s College (Standish) and his former boss, Gary Fifield is replacing him.  Fifield was the head coach at Southern Maine for over twenty seasons before moving into an administrative role with the school last year.

Central St. (OH): AD Kellen Winslow has announced that assistant Sheba Harris is being promoted to head coach.  Harris has been part of the staff at Central since 2004.

Holy Family:  Mark Miller, head coach at D-III Norwich (VT), has been named the new head coach at Holy Family.

Des Moines, IA:  Roosevelt high has added Steve Angell as the new girls coach.  Angell leaves Decorah.

Gaithersburg, MD:  Josh Pratt has been hired as the new head girls coach at St. Vincent Pallotti High School.

Roanoke, VA:  Eastern Montgomery High has hired Michael Hunter as the new girls coach.

Scottsboro, AL:  Jamie Pruett has been hired as boys coach at North Jackson High.