2020 coaching carousel

October 9, 2020 Sheldon announces his retirement The day the NESCAC announced that it was not holding a conference schedule for winter sports, Tufts men's coach Bob Sheldon made his retirement official, as of the end of the year.

September 11, 2020 MIT women's coach gets NBA job Sonia Raman, head women's basketball coach at MIT, heads directly to the top basketball league on the planet and takes an assistant coach position with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.

September 9, 2020 Pitt-Bradford brings DeLoof back Jesse DeLoof, who was a member of Pitt-Bradford’s men's basketball team from 2009 to 2013, will be the seventh men’s basketball coach in the program’s history.

September 3, 2020 White named Salem State interim coach Ashley White, a 2014 graduate of Salem State, will be the Vikings' fourth women's basketball coach in five seasons. The former assistant coach will be elevated on an interim basis.

August 31, 2020 Knox assistant gets head coaching job Chris Klassen moves from downstate Illinois to extreme upstate New York, where he becomes the head women's coach at SUNY-Canton, a place so close to the Canadian border that you get Montreal radio stations.

August 27, 2020 Chicago finds its new women's basketball coach Maria Williamson, a Division III grad, returns to Division III to take over as Chicago's women's head basketball coach.

August 26, 2020 Dominican promotes from within Antonio Rivas, who has been an assistant for the past three seasons, was promoted to head coach for the Dominican women's basketball program.

August 26, 2020 Montana steps down as Lasell women's coach Lasell is looking for a new head women's basketball coach following the announcement that Todd Montana has stepped down after six seasons on the Laser sideline and eight years at the institution.

August 7, 2020 Le Moyne assistant comes to St. Elizabeth Rayven Johnson joins St. Elizabeth after their previous coach took the head coaching job at William Peace.

August 4, 2020 St. Joseph's (L.I.) names new women's coach Kerry Connolly, currently a travel basketball coach on Long Island, will become a collegiate head coach for the first time.

July 23, 2020 Morrone takes D-I head coaching job John Carroll women's basketball coach Kelly Morrone is the new head coach at Merrimack, becoming the fifth women's coach in the past two-plus years to make the jump directly from Division III to Division I.

July 23, 2020 Rainbolt steps away from ETBU Rusty Rainbolt stepped down as head coach to take a high school athletic director position and was replaced by an assistant, Blake Arbogast.

July 13, 2020 Djurickovic retires, replaced by Djurickovic After 34 years as a Division III head coach, Bosko Djurickovic is retiring from his position as coach at Carthage. And he's stuck around long enough for his son to take over.

July 9, 2020 Former D-I player, assistant, gets LBC job Joyous Tharrington, a George Mason alum and assistant at UNC Asheville, will take over at Lancaster Bible.

July 3, 2020 Hengesbach named Benedictine's interim head coach An assistant the past two years, Abbey Hengesbach has been tabbed as the interim head coach of the Benedictine University women's basketball program as the team comes off an NCAA appearance

July 2, 2020 Averkamp steps down from Benedictine After leading Benedictine to the most successful season in Benedictine women's basketball history, Charlie Averkamp has stepped down to become the head coach at Division II Hillsdale

July 1, 2020 Scheve takes leave of absence from Wilmington Jerry Scheve, both a national championship-winning women's basketball head coach and an accounting professor at Wilmington, has taken a leave of absence for the 2020-21 season.

June 29, 2020 Baugh named Division II head coach Mass-Boston women's basketball coach Kristina Baugh – who led the Beacons to their best five-year run in program history – was named head coach at Division II Barry.

June 24, 2020 Alumnus comes back to Augustana Steve Schafer, a 2001 Augustana graduate, will replace his former coach.

June 14, 2020 Heidelberg hires CNU assistant Rachel Ferri, who played Division III basketball and spent seven years as an assistant coach at a range of Division III schools, is stepping up again to run her own program.

June 10, 2020 Amherst names new men's coach Marlon Sears, a former Montclair State head coach and assistant coach at multiple Ivy League schools, is getting the call to replace longtime coach Dave Hixon at Amherst.

June 9, 2020 Former Millsaps assistant returns A familiar face will be the new head men's basketball coach at Millsaps as Michael Prather has been selected to lead the program for the Majors.

May 28, 2020 Houghton hires Elmira's interim coach Phil Pellegrino was an assistant men's basketball coach at Elmira and had been named the interim head women's basketball coach at Elmira in April, but in May, he returned to his alma mater.

May 26, 2020 Neal returns to Division III Brian Neal, who helped put Thomas More on the road to national contention a decade ago before leaving for Division I, is back in D-III. He'll be the new head coach at Wittenberg.

May 25, 2020 Pitt-Bradford removes coach's interim tag Kaserra Owens, an alum and former assistant coach at Pitt-Bradford, has been given the program's women's basketball head coaching job going forward after she served as coach on an interim basis this past season.

May 24, 2020 Woo gets retained by Pomona-Pitzer Alaina Woo, a 2015 grad of Pomona-Pitzer, was the interim head coach for the Sagehens last season and will stick around for 2020-21.

May 23, 2020 Colorado College brings alumnus back as head coach Jeff Connaroe, most recently the associate head coach at Division I Cal State Bakersfield, is returning to his Division III alma mater as its new men's basketball head coach.

May 21, 2020 Bennett disciple takes over at Whitman John Lamanna, who coached under Dick Bennett and Tony Bennett, will make a huge cross country trip from Florida to Washington to take over the Whitman men's basketball program.

May 21, 2020 Rivier removes Purcell's interim tag Deanna Purcell was a 2,000-point scorer and D3hoops.com All-Region selection at Rivier, then assistant coach. This past February, she became the interim coach at her alma mater and now, she will be fully the head coach.

May 21, 2020 Vanderhoff stepping down at Lancaster Bible Lancaster Bible women's basketball coach Katelyn Vanderhoff has announced that she is stepping down from her post effective immediately, ending a five-year stint at the helm of the Chargers.

May 20, 2020 Sain makes a big move over a short distance It's just a 3-mile trip from the University of Chicago to Illinois Tech, but coach Carissa Sain will be moving from one of the top programs in one of the top conferences in Division III to a program which has won just three games in the past six seasons.

May 15, 2020 Hoopsville: May Podcast (Part 2) In the first part of this month's Hoopsville Podcast, Dave chatted with some of the great coaches who have retired. In this second part, hear from the D3hoops.com 'gang' as they talk about those who have retired and those who always stand as some of the best to coach in the division. Plus, Dave chats with Eric Bridgeland on his change of coaching scenery.

May 15, 2020 Agnes Scott gets new head coach Reggie Blackmon, a former assistant at Bridgewater and McDaniel, will be the next to take on the challenge at Agnes Scott.

May 14, 2020 Nichay loses interim tag at F&M Nick Nichay was handed the reins to the men's basketball program on an interim basis when Glenn Robinson announced his retirement at the beginning of November. Franklin & Marshall decided to keep those reins in his hands going forward.

May 12, 2020 Rogers to be Marian's third coach in four seasons Kristen Rogers, a former assistant coach and head coach at the Division II level, will take over as head women's coach at Marian.

May 12, 2020 TCNJ assistant named head coach at Colby-Sawyer Devon Quattrocchi, a Smith graduate and assistant coach at TCNJ, will take over for George Martin at Colby-Sawyer.

May 6, 2020 Peace picks new coach Marquetta Dickens, a former standout player at N.C. State, returns to the state to take over as the new women's basketball coach at William Peace.

May 5, 2020 Fontbonne women promote from within Maureen Sias, who one month earlier had been named an assistant athletic director, is leaving Fontbonne altogether and her assistant coach is being promoted.

May 5, 2020 Giovanine retires from Augustana In a season with multiple big coaching names announcing their retirement, Augustana men's basketball coach Grey Giovanine is putting his name on the list.

May 5, 2020 Hiram tabs Rochester assistant Hiram has hired University of Rochester assistant Taylor Roth as head men's basketball coach. He'll take over a program which won just seven games last season.

May 1, 2020 Gray elevated to head men's coach at Illinois Tech Terrence Gray, who has spent the past three seasons as head coach at Illinois Tech, was promoted to head coach after Todd Kelly stepped down.

April 29, 2020 Hood assistant named head coach at Bryn Athyn Sean Westerlund, who has been an assistant men's basketball coach at Hood for the past four seasons, will be the next head coach at Bryn Athyn.

April 28, 2020 Fredonia hires assistant from Hobart Sean Smiley, an assistant men's basketball coach at Hobart, will be the new head men's basketball coach at Fredonia.

April 27, 2020 Randolph-Macon hires Rochester assistant Lindsey Burke, a three-year assistant at the University of Rochester, gets the call to follow Carroll LaHaye as head women's basketball coach at Randolph-Macon.

April 20, 2020 UMHB hires away Sul Ross coach Clif Carroll, who is responsible for the most successful seasons in Sul Ross State men's basketball and women's basketball, will take over as head men's coach at Mary Hardin-Baylor.

April 17, 2020 Coach Smith goes to Trinity Jimmy Smith is taking on his fourth Division III men's basketball head coaching job of the past nine seasons, moving from Millsaps to Trinity (Texas), where he will look to give the Tigers a shot in the arm.

April 16, 2020 Elrakabawy loses interim tag at Schreiner Schreiner finished the season winning four of its last five men's basketball games, and that helped Marwan Elrakabawy retain his job, except no longer as the interim men's basketball coach.

April 16, 2020 NAIA grad, assistant moves to D-III Kylee Gorby, who played for and has been an assistant women's basketball coach for NAIA schools in the state of Kentucky, will take over as the head women's basketball coach at Spalding.

April 16, 2020 Stewart returns to Eureka as head coach Jaylynn Stewart, a 2014 graduate of Eureka, will make her return to campus next season as the school's head coach of women's basketball.

April 15, 2020 Bridgeland moves down the coast Eric Bridgeland, who has built Whitman into a national contender, is returning to Southern California, where he will take over the Redlands men's basketball program.

April 13, 2020 It's official: Hixon done at Amherst David Hixon took a sabbatical this past season after 42 seasons of coaching men's basketball at his alma mater, Amherst. And he has decided not to return, meaning the three winningest active coaches in Division III men's basketball have all announced their retirement in 2019-20.

April 10, 2020 Mullins announces his retirement from Ithaca After 23 years as Ithaca's head men's basketball coach, Jim Mullins is retiring. And his replacement is a D3hoops.com All-American.

April 10, 2020 Mahlum returns to MIAC Kelly Mahlum, who was an All-American at St. Benedict and a head coach at four D3 programs, has returned to the MIAC to coach St. Olaf.

April 6, 2020 Bethany Lutheran coach heads to D-II Matt Fletcher, who has spent the past four seasons as the head men's basketball coach at Bethany Lutheran, will be moving to Division II, at Concordia-St. Paul.

April 5, 2020 Peace out: Smith leaves for D-II job After the most successful season in William Peace's Division III women's basketball history, coach Grahm Smith is on to Lenoir-Rhyne.

April 2, 2020 Alumnus returns to coach Cobbers Tyler Bormann, a 2006 grad of Concordia-Moorhead, returns to take over a Cobbers men's basketball program which slipped to 3-22 this past season.

April 2, 2020 Mucher steps down as Houghton women's coach Alicia Mucher, a 2003 graduate of Houghton and the only coach to lead the Highlanders as an NCAA Division III program, is stepping down after eight seasons.

March 26, 2020 DeWeese retires from UMHB Having coached basketball for 50 seasons, 22 of them as head coach at Mary Hardin-Baylor, Ken DeWeese has decided it is time to retire.

March 25, 2020 R-MC's LaHaye calls it a day After 38 seasons and 647 wins as head coach of the Randolph-Macon women's basketball team, head coach Carroll LaHaye has announced her retirement.

March 25, 2020 PLU names interim women's coach Pacific Lutheran women's basketball coach Jennifer Childress has stepped down to take an administrative role, and GC Hillburn was named the Lutes' interim coach.

March 25, 2020 Lebowitz appointed Franklin's men's basketball coach With Kerry Prather moving on to become Franklin's president, his assistant, Brian Lebowitz, is getting a promotion.

March 23, 2020 ETBU goes through coaching change Brandon Curran heeds a calling, while Chris Lovell comes into the program to take over the men's basketball program at East Texas Baptist.

March 21, 2020 Smith named Spartans women's basketball coach The University of Dubuque announces the appointment of Justin Smith as the new head women's basketball coach. Smith replaces Mark Noll who left the university to pursue other opportunities.

March 20, 2020 Heidelberg coaches take new assignments When the Heidelberg women's basketball team takes the floor next winter, the leadership will have a different look, as both the head coach and assistant have new roles on campus outside of athletics.

March 16, 2020 Tubby disciple takes Rhodes coaching job Steven Goodson becomes the third head men's basketball coach at Rhodes in the past four seasons, taking over a program which is coming off of consecutive 5-21 seasons.

March 10, 2020 Ghiloni announces retirement at Denison After 18 years leading the Denison men's basketball team, Bob Ghiloni announced his retirement as the program's head coach. Associate head coach Chris Sullivan has been promoted to head coach of the men's basketball program.

March 8, 2020 Cunningham to retire from Trinity Pat Cunningham, who has been at Trinity (Texas) since 1999 and is Trinity's all-time winningest men's basketball coach, has announced plans to retire at the conclusion of the current academic year.

March 5, 2020 Meader to retire from UMF After 44 seasons as a basketball head coach and 513 career wins, Dick Meader is retiring from Maine-Farmington.

March 4, 2020 At Colorado College, Partee's over Andy Partee has resigned as head coach of the Tigers men's basketball program to pursue other professional opportunities. Partee guided the Tigers to a 148-209 record during his 14-year tenure at Colorado College.

March 3, 2020 Peterson named Lakeland head women's coach An assistant with the program for the past seven years, Amber Peterson will take over as head coach of the Lakeland women's basketball team.

March 3, 2020 Prather announces retirement as Franklin men's coach After 37 as Franklin's men's basketball head coach, Kerry Prather has retired from coaching. Prather, who has been the interim president of the college, will continue as president.

March 1, 2020 Baxter steps down as Bryn Athyn coach After building the Bryn Athyn men's basketball team for the last seven seasons, Justin Baxter has decided to step down as the Lions' head coach to pursue opportunities outside of college athletics.

February 24, 2020 Hemmingsen resigns from Concordia-Moorhead Grant Hemmingsen has resigned after three seasons as head coach of the Concordia-Moorhead men's basketball program. The Cobbers were 3-22 this season.

February 24, 2020 Smith retires as Principia women's basketball coach After serving Principia for four years as the head women's basketball coach, Dory Smith has announced her retirement.

February 24, 2020 Stromme retiring from St. Olaf After 33 seasons as a college basketball coach, and 13 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at St. Olaf, Dave Stromme announced his decision to retire.

November 1, 2019 2019 coaching carousel Division III basketball coaching changes following the 2018-19 season, from retirements announced midseason to offseason moves.

February 16, 2018 2018 coaching carousel Division III basketball coaching changes following the 2017-18 season, from retirements announced midseason to offseason moves.

February 24, 2017 2017 coaching carousel Division III basketball coaching changes headed into the 2017-18 season, from retirements announced midseason to offseason moves.

February 22, 2016 2016 coaching carousel Check out the coaching changes leading into the 2016-17 Division III basketball season

April 1, 2015 2015 coaching carousel Check out the coaching changes leading into the 2014-15 Division III basketball season.

April 1, 2014 2014 coaching carousel Follow all of the head coaching changes leading into the 2014-15 Division III basketball season.

November 1, 2013 2013 coaching carousel Check out the coaching changes leading into the 2013-14 season.

November 1, 2012 2012-13 coaching carousel Check out the coaching changes leading into the 2012-13 season.

February 18, 2011 2011-12 coaching carousel Check out the coaching changes leading into the 2011-12 season.