2013 coaching carousel

November 9, 2013 Mount St. Mary coach out; shakeup at Bryn Mawr Randy Ognibene, the only women's basketball coach Mount St. Mary has had, is out, while Bryn Mawr lost its coach and will not even play a full schedule this season.

October 22, 2013 Keystone coach heads to D-League Keystone men's basketball coach Nevada Smith has become the head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Development League affiliate of the Houston Rockets.

October 10, 2013 Frostburg hires former CNU, WNBA coach Cathy Parson, who left Division III back when D3hoops.com was just a young pup, has returned, and will face her former school twice a year.

August 21, 2013 LaGrange lands D-I conference COY Lee Buchanan, who was the Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year last season, will lead the LaGrange women next season.

August 8, 2013 Union picks alum and former assistant as next coach The next head coach of Union men's basketball has deep roots with the program. Chris Murphy replaces Bob Montana who moved into an Assistant Athletic Director position.

August 8, 2013 Hamilton named George Fox men’s coach Maco “Shark” Hamilton, who built the Union High School boys basketball program from inception to state champion in just three years, is the new men’s basketball coach at George Fox.

August 5, 2013 Friday named Penn State Harrisburg men's coach Former Lycoming and St. Francis coach Don Friday will lead Penn State Harrisburg as the team begins play in the Capital Athletic Conference starting this fall.

August 1, 2013 Shaw named La Verne women's coach It's probably safe to say the run-and-gun is out at La Verne, with Matt Rogers out as coach.

July 23, 2013 Wentworth names Galloway head men's coach Arlen Galloway, who has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Division I Cornell, has been named the head men's basketball coach at Wentworth.

July 15, 2013 Cal Lutheran women's coach steps down After a successful five-year coaching career at Cal Lutheran, Roy Dow has stepped down as the head women’s basketball coach.

June 26, 2013 Ferrell named men's coach at Ozarks David Ferrell was named the new head men's basketball coach at the University of the Ozarks, it was announced by athletic director Jimmy Clark.

June 24, 2013 Shoup promoted to women's head coach at Altoona Penn State Altoona athletics has announced Casey Shoup as its head coach for 2013-14. Shoup was an assistant coach for the team during the past two years.

June 21, 2013 Smiles leaves Farmingdale for D-II; Twomey hired Former Mount St. Mary star and Centenary (N.J.) head coach Brendan Twomey replaces Erik Smiles, who left for the head coaching job at LIU-Post.

June 20, 2013 Briggs steps down at Hardin-Simmons Hardin-Simmons women’s basketball coach Shanna Briggs, who is the school’s all-time winningest coach, has resigned, citing work-life balance.

June 17, 2013 Combs returns to Division III After four seasons at Division II Wayne State, Paul Combs returns to Wisconsin to take a D-III head coaching job.

June 11, 2013 2008 player of the year named head coach Howard Payne announced that former D3hoops.com Player of the Year and current women's assistant basketball coach Meia Daniels will take over the women's basketball program.

June 10, 2013 Marietta assistant hired at Heidelberg Andrew Bucheit has been named head men’s basketball coach at Heidelberg, replacing Anthony Gholson after the program went 18-33 the past two seasons.

June 8, 2013 Prock leaves Howard Payne for D-II job HPU women's basketball coach Joshua Prock announced he will be leaving Howard Payne to take the head women's basketball position at Division II Eastern New Mexico.

June 5, 2013 New Bethel coach comes from Tulane Doug Novak is the Royals' new head coach, replacing Jeff Westlund, who was mysteriously let go in April.

May 30, 2013 Jones named Eureka women's basketball coach Victoria Jones has been named head coach of the Eureka College women's basketball team. She comes to Eureka after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at Division I Murray State.

May 29, 2013 Wilkes grad returns to D-III, NE Pennsylvania Bob Simmons has been named head men's basketball coach at Marywood.

May 24, 2013 Former NAIA coach takes over Tyler job Jamon Copeland was an assistant under former D-III head coach Doug Davalos, then a head coach at NAIA Ave Maria.

May 22, 2013 Harris takes Covenant job Former Wheaton (Ill.) player and Grove City head coach Sarah Harris is a head coach again, at recent D-III newcomer Covenant.

May 20, 2013 Devitt leaves Wentworth post after 11 seasons Wentworth Institute of Technology head men's basketball coach Tom Devitt has announced that he has left the Institute after 11 seasons as the head coach and 14 years on the Leopard staff.

May 16, 2013 Ozarks' men's coach Doug Boxell resigns University of the Ozarks men’s basketball coach Doug Boxell has resigned from his position and accepted the head boys' basketball job at Bowie High School in Bowie, Texas.

May 15, 2013 Wasps choose former Tiger for new coach Emory & Henry selected a former letter winner at ODAC rival Hampden-Sydney as its next men's coach.

May 3, 2013 Former three-sport star named BLC coach Greg Holzhueter was the starting point guard, quarterback and shortstop for Martin Luther. One could say he was destined to be a head coach in one of those sports, and now he is.

May 3, 2013 Loyola assistant takes over at Washington Coll. Washington College has announced the hiring of Alisha Mosley as the school's head women's basketball coach.

April 26, 2013 Bethel men's coach let go Bethel athletic director Bob Bjorklund recently announced that Jeff Westlund will not be returning as the head coach of the Royals men's basketball program.

April 26, 2013 Baines returns to CCIW John Baines, the head men's basketball coach at St. Francis, has reached a verbal agreement to become the head men's basketball coach at Elmhurst.

April 24, 2013 Carroll coach leaves for Drake Dave Buchanan, Carroll head men's coach and a member of the Division III national committee, is leaving to become the director of basketball operations at Drake.

April 24, 2013 Platteville assistant returns to Minnesota Jamie Rusthoven, a former Minnesota high school coach and an assistant at UW-Platteville, is the next person to get a crack at turning around St. Mary's (Minn.).

April 8, 2013 Alumnus comes back to rescue Hamline After a season marred by a player's arrest and the head coach's protracted firing, Jim Hayes comes from the most successful D-III program in the state back to his alma mater.

March 28, 2013 Wilson names first men's basketball coach Wilson College is admitting male undergraduates in the fall for the first time and will start a men's basketball program in 2014-15 for the first time.

March 27, 2013 Scherer retires from Elmhurst After 17 years at the helm of the Elmhurst men's basketball team, Mark Scherer has announced his retirement from coaching.

March 24, 2013 McDonough promoted; D-III grad to coach Michael McDonough has been promoted to full-time athetic director and Dan Engelstad, until recently assistant basketball coach at Holy Cross, has been named SVC's head men's basketball coach.

March 22, 2013 Ripon coach steps down, will remain AD After 23 seasons, Julie Johnson will step down from her role to become full-time athletic director.

February 27, 2013 St. Mary's (Minn.) coach retires After a 4-21 season, Todd Landrum is calling it a career after 13 years and 157 wins.

February 18, 2013 Carr resigns as Lawrence women's coach Tara Carr has resigned as the head women's basketball coach at Lawrence, athletic director Mike Szkodzinski announced today. The next coach will be the program's sixth in eight years.

February 15, 2013 Nebraska Wesleyan women's coach resigns Nebraska Wesleyan women’s basketball coach Eric Jensen has resigned his position effective immediately.

February 6, 2013 Hamline, Whitmore officially part ways The university finally announced that athletic director and former baseball coach Jason Verdugo will coach the team for the rest of the season. The Pipers are 2-8 since Nelson Whitmore was removed.

February 5, 2013 Piedmont coach steps down Piedmont announced that head men's basketball coach Mark Bollinger has announced his resignation, effective immediately, to pursue other professional opportunities.

January 29, 2013 Men's coach at Berry resigns Jeff Haarlow resigned his position at Berry College where the Vikings are settling into a new division and new conference.

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