2011-12 coaching carousel
October 27, 2011
Hamilton selects women's basketball coach
Kate DeSorrento, formerly the top assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Rochester since 2008, has been named head coach at Hamilton College.
September 9, 2011
NYCCT coach lands at John Jay
After NYCCT discontinued its athletics program, men's basketball coach Otis Fenn landed at fellow CUNYAC school John Jay.
September 9, 2011
Oswego State picks Keystone coach
Jason Leone, a Syracuse native, is headed back to Upstate New York to become the new head coach for Oswego State.
September 2, 2011
Women's Final Four coach resigns
Carolyn Hunter, who coached Christopher Newport to the 2011 Division III women's basketball Final Four, resigned suddenly Sept. 2.
August 23, 2011
Mike Neer returns to coaching
Longtime Rochester coach Mike Neer is coming out of retirement after one year to return to head coaching at Hobart.
August 12, 2011
CCNY hires former D-I coach
Tom Green spent 26 years at Fairleigh Dickinson (or FDU-Teaneck, if you prefer) before being hired at D-III CCNY this week.
July 21, 2011
NYC Tech drops athletics
New York City Tech has dropped intercollegiate athletics effective immediately, D3sports.com has learned.
July 18, 2011
Gallaudet coach steps down
Kevin Cook, who coached Gallaudet women's basketball to its first NCAA Tournament trip since the Ronda Jo Miller era, resigned July 18 for personal reasons.
July 13, 2011
Plymouth State hires men's coach
Former Tulane assistant Andrew Novick was hired to replace Damien Strahorn, who took the head coaching job at Colby earlier in the offseason.
July 12, 2011
Hood coach leaves for AD job
Jay Butler, women's basketball coach at Hood and former coach at D-I Columbia, is leaving the school to take a D-III athletic director position.
June 29, 2011
Wilkes women's coach released
Wilkes has announced that it will begin a search for a new women's basketball coach to replace Rachel Emmerthal.
June 28, 2011
Stevenson hires former D-I coach
Gary Stewart, most recently head coach at UC Davis, emerged from a long hiring process to get the job at Stevenson, returning to Division III.
June 28, 2011
Lesley hires former D-III standout
Leah Lipschitz, a former Division-I and D-III player at Boston University and Emmanuel, respectively, has been named head coach at Lesley.
June 14, 2011
Eastern hires D-I assistant
A former D-III player and current Division I assistant got tabbed to replace Matt Nadelhoffer at Eastern.
June 3, 2011
Birmingham-Southern loses coach
On the verge of becoming eligible for the NCAA Tournament, Birmingham-Southern will enter the 2011-12 season without Mitch Cole, who rebuilt the program from scratch in D-III.
June 3, 2011
Hans on: Thomas More names new coach
Thomas More named Jeff Hans, an assistant coach at nearby Division II Northern Kentucky, as its next head coach for women's basketball.
June 1, 2011
McMurry hires new men's coach
Jerry Isler, a successful high school coach and father of a McMurry men's basketball player, has been named head coach.
May 27, 2011
Kalamazoo hires women's coach
Katie Miller replaces Sherri Brumfield as the Hornets' head coach. She's been a full-time assistant at Westminster (Pa.).
May 27, 2011
New Paltz head men's coach resigns
Dagan Nelson has stepped down from his post effective June 8. He has been named the director of community outreach & external affairs and varsity boys’ basketball coach at Westchester Country Day School in High Point, N.C.
May 26, 2011
Wheaton (Ill.) promotes interim coach
Kent Madsen was named CCIW coach of the year as an interim replacement at Wheaton this past season. He got rewarded for that success with a title change.
May 25, 2011
Franciscan men's coach resigns
After five years as head coach at Franciscan, Sean Donovan completed his last day on May 15. He was the only varsity men's basketball coach in the program's history.
May 24, 2011
Colby alum returns as coach
You needed a Colby or Dick Whitmore connection to be a finalist for this job, and Damien Strahorn has that.
May 23, 2011
Won and done: Garnett leaves McMurry
After leading McMurry to the NCAA tournament in his first season, Matt Garnett takes the head coaching position at his alma mater.
May 19, 2011
Former D2 coach hired at UW-EC
Kyle Green, currently an assistant at Northern Iowa and formerly head coach at D-II Lewis, took the UW-Eau Claire job.
May 17, 2011
Former Ohio State coach hired at Emerson
Jim O’Brien, who last coached at OSU in 2004 before being fired for NCAA violations, has been named Emerson’s men’s coach, replacing Hank Smith, who was deposed midseason.
May 12, 2011
Fritz steps down at St. Thomas
St. Thomas men's basketball coach Steve Fritz announced Thursday afternoon, May 12, that he was stepping down from the coaching position for the 2011 national champions.
May 6, 2011
Hamilton coach leaves for Siena
Tobin Anderson won 118 games in seven seasons with Hamilton, but the school will have a new men's basketball coach when it returns to NESCAC play next season.
May 4, 2011
Wheaton women's coach formally retires
Beth Baker went on medical leave in November and formally stepped down as Wheaton (Ill.) head women's basketball coach this week after 25 years.
May 2, 2011
New Augsburg coach has long track record
An assistant on St. Thomas' previous Final Four team, Bill McKee turned a program around as a high school head coach and was called on to do the same with Augsburg.
April 28, 2011
Former Bowdoin assistant returns to Maine
Julie Veilleux was an assistant under Stefaine Pemper at Bowdoin and following her to Division I Navy. But she will return to Maine as Colby's new women's head coach.
April 27, 2011
CMU hires former Dartmouth head coach
Carnegie Mellon has named Jacquie Hullah as head coach of the women’s basketball program. Hullah will succeed Gerri Seidl, who resigned in March after 27 years.
April 27, 2011
Air Force assistant takes Shenandoah job
Rob Pryor takes over a Hornets squad that was 4-21 overall, 2-10 in the USA South and 0-5 against schools in the ODAC, where Shenandoah will move in 2012-13.
April 27, 2011
St. Vincent retains interim coach
Jimmy Petruska, who was elevated to interim coach midseason following the death of Kristen Zawacki, has been elevated to head coach for St. Vincent.
April 26, 2011
Howard returns to Division III
After three years as a Division I assistant coach, former Hardin-Simmons coach Dylan Howard returns to Division III as head coach at North Park.
April 22, 2011
Lakeland women hire new coach
Former Division III player Lindsey Vande Hoef will get her first head coaching job with the Muskies.
April 19, 2011
Bethany Lutheran hires men's coach
David Balza, who has spent the past nine seasons as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, is taking on a different challenge.
April 19, 2011
OWU coach leaves to take AD job
Nan Carney-DeBord, who led Ohio Wesleyan to the 2001 Final Four among her 400-plus career wins, is leaving coaching to become athletic director at NCAC rival Denison.
April 19, 2011
Polytechnic replaces its men's basketball coach
Athletic director Maureen Braziel has announced that Nolan Adams will be the new head men's basketball coach for the NYU-Poly Fighting Blue Jays. Adams comes to NYU-Poly after a three year stint as the assistant coach at Mount St. Vincent.
April 18, 2011
Beloit hires Loras assistant coach
Jennifer Randall has been named the 12th head women’s basketball coach at Beloit, after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at Loras.
April 15, 2011
Benedictine coach reassigned
Paul Nelson has been named the manager of the Dan and Ada Rice Center Fitness Center, Benedictine athletics director Mark McHorney announced.
April 12, 2011
Carr comes back to coach Lawrence
Former Saginaw Valley State and Ohio Northern assistant coach Tara Carr will be Lawrence's fourth women's basketball coach in five seasons.
March 31, 2011
Gibbons steps down at UW-Eau Claire
Terry Gibbons, who coached UW-Eau Claire to the national title game in 2000 but has had four sub-.500 seasons in the past six, stepped down as the Blugolds' coach.
March 29, 2011
Whitworth coach moves to Division I
Jim Hayford is the first Division III men's basketball head coach to jump directly to a D-I head coaching job since Dave Paulsen in 2008.
March 24, 2011
Fontbonne women's coach steps down
Keith Quigley, who coached Fontbonne to the 2001 Sweet 16 and compiled a 254-134 mark in 15 seasons, is pursuing other opportunities.
March 23, 2011
Former All-American hired as head coach
Amanda Nechuta was a two-time D3hoops.com All-American. Now she'll be a Division III head coach as well, replacing Jane Hildebrand at Luther.
March 16, 2011
Mount Union coach resigns
Mount Union has announced that Lee Hood has resigned his position as head men's basketball coach. The Purple Raiders were 10-16 this past season, 8-10 in the OAC.
March 16, 2011
Salisbury men's coach out
Steve Holmes is no longer coach at Salisbury after 11 seasons, 116-170 record. No announcement was apparent on Salisbury's site, but the head coaching job was posted by HR.
March 15, 2011
Colby coach Dick Whitmore retires
Dick Whitmore, one of the all-time leaders in NCAA Division III men's basketball for career victories and one of the top 50 winning coaches in all divisions, announced he is stepping down.
March 10, 2011
Brumfield out at Kalamazoo
Sharri Brumfield, who had turned Thomas More into a national contender, was unable to turn Kalamazoo around and resigned after three seasons.
March 10, 2011
North Park men's coach out
No formal announcement was made by the school, but the men's basketball coaching job has been posted at North Park, meaning Paul Brenegan is out after seven years as head men's coach.
March 9, 2011
Augsburg's women's coach resigns
Jennifer Britz was the third coach in three seasons at the time she was hired. She brought some stability to Augsburg, but not a lot of wins.
March 7, 2011
Trine coach promoted
Trine men's basketball coach Rob Harmon was promoted to assistant athletic director and will leave the sidelines. He was 80-115 in eight seasons.
March 6, 2011
Smith out at Millikin
Marc Smith was hired at Millikin four years ago after having some success at Keystone. But the Big Blue was 1-23 this past season and Smith was 33-66 in four years.
March 2, 2011
Both Earlham coaches out
When Earlham announced it was moving from the NCAC to the HCAC, its president said a goal was to win more games. They went a combined 2-48 and won zero HCAC games.
February 25, 2011
Monmouth coach steps down
After four years guiding the Monmouth men’s basketball program, Mark Vershaw has stepped down. His Scots compiled a record of 23-67.
February 24, 2011
Luther women's coach resigns
Luther has announced that after 27 years at the helm of the women’s basketball program, Jane Hildebrand has resigned to accept the position of assistant dean for student life.
February 23, 2011
McKinney confirms: He's retiring
Longtime Fontbonne coach Lee McKinney confirmed what D3hoops.com reported last week: This is his last year coaching.