2022 Division III men's head coaching changes

Daryl Keckler will change teams, but not conferences, as he leaves Drew and heads to Moravian.
Photo by Chris Pedota


This is where we now track all the head coaching changes in Division III men's basketball that occur from the end of the 2021-22 season to the start of the next one. We'll provide links to the news stories posted on schools' websites so you can go deeper into the moves that interest you, plus we have the same tracker for the women's changes.

If you see anything amiss, please email us at Gordon.Mann@d3sports.com.

School Last
Coach

Replaced
by

Last position Notes
Alfred State Jerry Jusianiec Jack Dignan Assistant at Colby Dignan returns to Upstate New York where he played (SUNY Oneonta) and coached (Clarkson).
Alma Ryan Clark Mike Fitzpatrick Assistant at Case Western Fitzpatrick has also had coaching stops at Salisbury, Susquehanna and his alma mater Arcadia.
Anderson Owen Handy Carter Collins
(Interim)
Assistant at Anderson Collins, who was Handy's assistant the last five seasons, is also the Ravens' head men's golf coach.
Aurora Matt Airy Steve Christiansen Assistant at D1 Northern Illinois Christiansen won 400 games and a national championship as a head coach at the junior college level.
Benedictine Keith Bunkenburg Jordan Townsend
(Interim)
Assistant at Benedictine Townsend played at coached at Dubuque.
Belhaven Jonathan Vines Josh Brooks

High school boys' basketball coach

Brooks spent 10 years as an assistant at former D3 member Mississippi College and two at Belhaven prior to it joining D3.
Berea John Hemenway Austin Newton

High school boys'
basketball coach

Newtown was an assistant coach at Division I Eastern Kentucky for four seasons.
Berry Trevor Lydic Mitch Hedgepath Staff at Division I
Belmont University
Hedgepath returns to the SAA where he went 36-18 at Sewanee before going to Belmont.

Bridgewater
State

Joe Farroba Matt McLaughlin Assistant at Bridgewater State Faroba won 402 games and seven MASCAC tourney titles in 30 seasons with the Bears.
Carleton Guy Kalland Ryan Kershaw Assistant at Carleton Kershaw spent time as an assistant at St. Olaf and Augsburg before coming to Carleton.
Central Craig Douma Joe Steinkamp Head women's coach at Central Steinkemp went 41-66 in five seasons as the Dutch's head women's basketball coach. 
Covenant Neal Young Josh Brown Assistant at Covenant Brown was the lead assistant to Young for the last three seasons.
DePauw Bill Fenlon Rusty Lloyd Head coach at Rose-Hulman Fenlon won 480 games in 30 seasons with the Tigers. Lloyd went 120-78 with two HCAC Coach of the Year honors in eight seasons at RHIT.
Drew Darryl Keckler Michael McSloy Head coach at St. Joseph's (L.I.) McSloy went 22-26 in three seasons with the Golden Eagles.
Ferrum Tyler Sanborn Pat Corrigan Assistant at Division II
Cal Poly Pomona
Corrigan played point guard at ODAC foe Hampden-Sydney and was on the Panthers' staff from 2018-2020.
Franklin Brian Lebowitz Chris Hamilton Assistant at Nebraska Wesleyan Hamilton played and coached at Randolph-Macon before working on Dale Wellman's staff at NWU.
Gustavus Adolphus Mark Hanson Justin DeGrood Assistant at Gustavus Adolphus DeGrood was the lead assistant under Hanson who won more than 500 games in 32 years with the Gusties.
Houghton Lance Westberg Jeremy Bialek Assistant at NCCAA Trinity Christian College Bialek grew up in Upstate New York and his father Joseph was Utica College's head coach.
Lycoming Mike McGarvey Mark Linebaugh Assistant at Dickinson Linebaugh is the second former Colgate assistant to land a head job at the Division III level, joining Dave Klatsky (NYU).
Marywood Enrico Mastroianni Jon Showers Assistant at DeSales Showers was an assistant at Marywood from 2013 to 2015.
Methodist David Smith Aloysius Henry Assistant at Methodist Smith spent 27 years with Methodist as a player, assistant coach and head coach.
Moravian Shawn Postiglione Darryl Keckler Head coach at Drew Keckler went 171-177 in 14 seasons with the Rangers, winning two Landmark Conference Coach of the Year awards.
Muskingum Travis Schwab Nathan Wahle Assistant at DePauw Wahle spent five years on the coaching staff at Wittenberg and then one at DePauw.
New York U. Dagan Nelson Dave Klatsky Assistant at Division I Colgate Before spending 11 seasons in Upstate New York, Klatsky was an assistant at Stevens.
North Central (Ill.) Todd Raridon Anthony Figueroa Head coach at NJCAA Parkland College Raridon, who won 559 games in Division III at Nebraska Wesleyan and North Central, will coach NAIA Hastings College next season.
North Central
(Minn.)
Dan DeWitt Jeremy Becker Assistant at North
Central (Minn.)
Prior to coaching at NCU, Becker played four years at UMAC rival Bethany Lutheran.
North Park Tom Slyder Sean Smith Assistant at Wisconsin Lutheran Smith was a three-time captain at NAIA Trinity International University where he played 130 games.
Oberlin Isaiah Cavaco Shiva Senthil Head coact at SUNY-Canton Sentil went 29-24 in two seasons with the Roos.
Ohio Northern Rich Bensman Neal Young Head coach at Covenant Young went 79-47 in five seasons with the Scots.
Penn State-Abington Jon Tanous Ryan Van Zelst Assistant at Scranton Ryan's twin brother Adam is the head coach at Arcadia.
Pratt Chris Thompson Dave Danzig Assistant at Pratt Danzig played at Haverford and coached in Germany. 
Rose-Hulman Rusty Lloyd Nick Sales Assistant at Marietta Sales returns to the HCAC where the Defiance alum was the Conference's Most Outstanding Player in 2010.
Shenandoah Adam Walsh Nick Doyle Assistant at Virginia Wesleyan Doyle was an assistant to Dave Macedo at Virginia Wesleyan for four seasons. 
Springfield Charlie Brock Michael McClendon Head coach at
Middlesex County (N.J.)
Comm. College
Brock won 586 games over 42 seasons as a head coach at Drew, Gustavus Adolphus, Trinity (Texas) and Springfield. 
St. Joseph's (L.I.) Michael McSloy AJ Uhl Assistant at Waynesburg Uhl played at Skyline rival Mount St. Mary.
St. Vincent Terrance Smith D.P. Harris Administrator at St. Vincent Harris was the Bearcats' head coach from 2003 through 2019 before leaving to take the head job at NAIA Saint Thomas (Fla.)
SUNY-Canton Shiva Senthil Dylan Seikel Assistant at St. John Fisher Seikel was the lead assistant coach at St. John Fisher the past four seasons.

Texas
Lutheran

Mike Wacker Austin Falke Assistant at Texas Lutheran Falke was an assistant under Wacker and prior head coach Jimmy Smith.
Thomas Deshon Gaither Marquis Pollard High school women's basketball coach Pollard was a four-year player and senior captain for the Terriers.
University of the Ozarks Travis Carruthers Matt Bolton Assistant at Ozarks Bolton played at Keuka and spent a year as an assitant at Cazenovia.
Wilmington K.C. Hunt Micah Mills Assistant at Wilmington Mills was an assistant at OAC member Otterbein before coming to Wilmington.
York (N.Y.) Nolan Adams Jamel Gist 
(Interim)
Assistant at York (N.Y.) Gist, who played at CUNYAC rival Brooklyn, has been with the Cardinals' program since 2016-17.