#10: Southwestern Oklahoma State receives a major gift from Rick and Sheila Koch to support the Bulldogs Football program. (link) |
#9: Missouri Western State Women’s Basketball HC Candi Whitaker has accepted the same position at North Alabama (DI) after five years and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Collegiate Consulting will assist the Griffons with their HC search. (link, link)
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#8: Rockhurst Men’s Basketball HC Drew Diener steps down after nine years leading the Hawks. (link) |
#7: UIndy Men’s Basketball HC Paul Corsaro resigns after four seasons at the helm to accept the HC job at IU Indianapolis (DI). (link) |
#6: INFORUM’s Mike McFeely pens on the transfer portal movement in DII, noting that according to data from Verbal Commits, over 300 DII student-athletes have entered the portal as of Wednesday. Northern State Men’s Basketball HC Saul Phillips: “It's the equivalent of the NBA signing everybody to one-year contracts. It would be absolute chaos, which we have in the college game right now,. Is it healthy for the sport? Absolutely not. Is it going to change in any meaningful way? Absolutely not. College coaches were once long-term investors. Now we're day-traders.” More. (link)
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#5: The investigation into Lincoln (MO) President John Moseley around accusations of bullying that led to a former administrator’s suicide has found “no claims of bullying by the University President can be substantiated.” Moseley has been reinstated after being placed on paid leave. (link)
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#4: Chadron State will not renew Men’s Basketball HC Shane Paben’s contract. (link) |
#3: Cal State San Bernardino selects Vanguard (NAIA) Asst. AD for Internal Operations Shelby Stueve as Senior Assoc. AD/SWA. (link) |
#2: After a second-straight second round NCAA Tournament loss, Fort Lewis Men’s Basketball HC Bob Pietrack sounds off about the regionalization of the DII bracket: “I think I speak for all Division II coaches that we'd like to see more like Division I tournament. I don't think there'll be any coach in the country that would say no. But it’s not and this is what it is. These games are great. That was a great college basketball game. … Would we like it the other way? Yeah, but will we pout or blame it? No, we won’t. It's not who we are. So until it's different, we'll just be prepared to play.” (link)
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#1: American International AD Jessica Chapin will step down after four-plus years in the chair to accept the same position at her alma mater, Brandeis (DIII). The move comes on the heels of President Hubert Benitez’s departure to become the president at Saint Peter’s (DI). (link)
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