| After building the brand new Mary Baldwin men's basketball program into conference champions, Matt Griggs heads to the Midwest Conference to lead the Foresters. Mary Baldwin University athletics file photo |
This is where we track all the head coaching changes in Division III men's basketball that occurred from the end of the 2023-24 season to the start of the next one. We provide links to the news stories posted on schools' websites so you can go deeper into the moves that interest you, plus you can check out the women's changes here.
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| School | Last Coach |
Replaced |
Last position | Notes |
| Afred State | Jack Dignan | Austin Buschang | Assistant at Bridgewater | Buschang returns to Alfred State where he was an assistant under Dignan two seasons ago. Dignan is headed to SUNY Purchase to lead that program. |
| Allegheny | Josh Clements (Interim) |
Pat Sullivan | Assistant at Wabash | Sullivan won two NCAC titles as an assistant at Wabash and a HCAC title as an assistant at Defiance. |
| Berry | Mick Hedgepath | Matthew Richter | Assistant at Berry | Richter was on the coaching staff at Wabash during the Little Giants' run to the national semifinals. Hedgepath went 44-14 in two seasons at Berry. |
| Bridgewater | Steven Enright | Mike Maczko | Assistant at Randolph-Macon | Maczko played at Salisbury under current Randolph Macon head coach Josh Merkel and then joined Merkel at RMC as an assistant last season. He was previously head coach at D2 Mercy (N.Y.), going 31-82 over five seasons. |
| Brockport State | Greg Dunne | Joe Clark | Interim head coach at Brockport |
Clark went 16-9 as the Golden Eagles' interim head coach last season. |
| Buffalo State | Fajri Ansari | Mike Berkun |
Head coach and Athletic Director |
Berkun returns to the Buffalo area where he grew up and takes over the Bengals' program. He replaces Ansari who went 201-250 in 18 seasons at Buffalo State. |
| Carlow | Tim Keefer | Jacob St. George (Interim) |
Assistant at Carlow | Keefer led the Scots' program from its inception as a varsity program in 2014. St. George will lead the program's continuing transition into Division III. |
| Centenary (N.J.) |
Dirk Kelly | Chris LaBelle | Interim head coach at Centenary (N.J.) |
LaBelle took over as interim head coach for his alma mater one game into the 2023-24 season. |
| Chapman | Mike Bokosky | Dan Krikorian | Assistant at Chapman | Bokosky went 532-261, with five NCAA Tournament appearances and two SCIAC titles, in 31 seasons at Chapman. He is replaced by his long-time assistant and former player Krikorian. |
| Coe | Bryan Martin | John Payan | Assistant at Coe | Martin went 166-134 in 12 seasons with the Kohawks, including 22-6 last season. He leaves the Coe program as its all-time leader in coaching victories and his assistant takes over. |
| Elms | Rob Southall | Chris Piscioneri | Assistat at Nebraska Wesleyan | Southall stepped down after 11 seasons as the Blazers' head coach to focus on his Athletic Director duties. He went 70-189 over that stretch. Piscioneri is the latest NWU assistant to land a head coaching job and returns to New England where he went to school (Mass College). |
| Hartwick | Nick Ciresi | Brad M. Cooper | Assistant at Hamilton | Cooper, who attended Fredonia State, was previously the head coach at Keystone before taking an assistant spot at Hamilton. |
| Hendrix | Thad McCracken | Anthony Boone | Head coach at D1 Central Arkansas |
McCracken went 129-226 in 14 seasons as the Warriors' head men's basketball coach, plus 21-5 as the head women's basketball coach in 2009-10. Boone, whose father graduated from Hendrix, has spent most of his career at the D1 level. |
| Hiram | Taylor Roth | Pierce Cumpstone | Assistant at Hiram | Roth resigned after four seasons with the Terrriers, giving way to his assistant who played at D2 Stonehill and professionally in Germany before joining Hiram's staff. |
| Keene State | David Hastings (Interim) |
Steven Enright | Head coach at Bridgewater (Va.) | Hastings went 26-4 last season but was not eligible for the permanent position under the University's requirement that head coaches have a bachelor's degree. Enright went 50-61 in five seasons at Bridgewater. |
| Knox | Ben Davis | Corey Harvey | Assistant at Heidelberg | Prior to his tenure at Heidelberg, Harvey interned with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and played in the American Basketball Association. |
| Lake Forest | Ryan Davis | Matt Griggs | Head coach at Mary Baldwin |
After building the brand new Mary Baldwin men's basketball program into conference champions, Griggs heads to the Midwest Conference to lead the Foresters. He replaces Davis, who joined the coaching staff at D1 University of Illinois Chicago. |
| Maine-Farmington | Sam Leal | Quinn Newton | Assistant at Bates | Leal, who took the head coaching job at Wartburg, went 53-25 in four seasons at Maine-Farmington. Newton was a 1000-point scorer at St. Joseph's (Maine) and has coaching stops at Bates, Southern Maine, Hampden-Sydney and Huntingdon. |
| Maine Maritime | Dan McNeely | Cedric Gillette | Assistant at D1 Merrimack | McNeely, who is moving to D2 Cedarville in Ohio, went 45-104 in seven seasons with the Mariners. He's succeeded by Gilette who played baseball for five seasons at D1 Merrimack and then shifted his focus to basketball after graduation. |
| Mary Baldwin | Matt Griggs | Daniel Eacho | Assistant at D2 Millersville (D2) | Griggs took the Squirrels from brand new program to conference champions in just three full seasons. He's replaced by Eacho who was an assistant under former D3 head coach Casey Stitzel. |
| Morrisville State | Joe Smith | Brian Wickliffe | Assistant at Case Western Reserve |
Smith went 233-143 with five NCAA Tournament appearances in 14 seasons with the Mustangs. Wickliffe takes over after helping to build Case Western into a Top 25 program. |
| Nichols | Brock Erickson | Tyler Hundley | Head coach at Worcester State |
Erickson, who took an assistant coaching position at D1 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, went 73-14 in three seasons with the Bison. Hundley comes to Nichols after leading Worcester State to a program-best 22 wins and the MASCAC title last season. |
| North Park | Sean Smith | Edwind McGhee | Assistant at North Park | Smith, who was the 2023 D3hoops.com Coach of the Year, has left North Park for an unknown D1 assistant job post. McGhee previously coached at NAIA Lincoln (Ill.) which closed in 2022. |
| Principia | Todd Zimmerman | Neyko Dominguez (Interim) |
Assistant at Principia | Dominguez and Zimmerman will change places with the latter staying on the staff of the former after serving as the Panthers' head coach for eight seasons. |
| Randolph | Pete Hamilton | Evan Kee | Head coach at USCAA member Apprentice | Kee, who was an assistant at ODAC foe Bridgewater, led Apprentice to the USCAA championship last season. |
| Rochester Tech |
Bob McVean | Dominic Parker | Assistant at Christopher Newport | Bob McVean went 555-474 in 40 seasons as the Tigers' head coach, plus he won 58 games at Eisenhower College. He's replaced by Parker who had two successful stints as an assistant coach at CNU and also coached at Guilford under Tom Palumbo. |
| Rosemont | Bobby Hughes | Richard Casey | Athletic Director at Rosemont | Casey, who will retain the AD job, was previously the head men's basketball coach at Neumann (23-27 in two seasons) and Valley Forge Military Academy and College. |
| Rowan | Joe Crispin | Eric Brennan | Interim head coach at Rowan | Brennan went 24-6 with an NJAC title and an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance as the Profs' interim coach. |
| Simpson | Brad Bjorkgren | Kyle Jones | Assistant at UW-Oshkosh | Bjorkgren went 103-111 in nine seasons with the Storm. Jones spent the last three seasons on Matt Lewis' staff at UW-Oshkosh. |
| Southern Maine |
Rob Sanicola | Mikey Coppersmith (Interim) |
Assistant at Colby | Sanicola, who is taking a position in the NBA's G-League, went 40-39 in three seasons with the Huskies and 315-229 in 21 Division III seasons overall. |
| St. Scholastica | David Staniger | Christian Butler (Interim) |
Assistant at St. Scholastica | Staniger won 287 games and four UMAC championships over 24 seasons with the Saints. Butler played one season at Hope and then was an assistant for three at Aurora. |
| SUNY Maritime | Mike Berkun | TBD | TBD | Berkun went 60-92 in six seasons at SUNY Maritime where he was also the Athletic Director. |
| SUNY-Purchase | Dan Bozzelli | Jack Dignan | Head coach at Alfred State | Bozzelli, who went 27-47 in three seasons with the Panthers, will be an assistant at Division I Marist next season. Dignan went 22-40 in two seasons at Alfred State but he helped the Pioneers more than double their wins and was named AMCC Coach of the Year last season. |
| UW-Eau Claire |
Matt Siverling | Zach Malvik | Assistant at D1 UW- Green Bay |
Malvik was previously an assistant at D2 Winona State where he also won a national championship as a player. |
| UW-Whitewater | Pat Miller | Jarod Wicsher | Interim head coach at UW-Whitewater |
Wichser went 17-9, 7-7 in the WIAC as the Warhawks' interim head coach last season. |
| Wartburg | Dick Peth | Sam Leal | Head coach at Maine-Farmington | Peth has a career record of 622-425, including a 401-302 mark in 27 seasons at Wartburg. He also won 221 games at D-II University of Denver. Leal went 53-25 in four seasons at Maine-Farmington. |
| Worcester State | Tyler Hundley | Al Pettway | High school boys' head coach in Worcester, Mass. |
Pettway went 45-0 with two state championships the last two seasons at North High School in Worcester, Mass. He is also Worcester State's all-time leading scorer (2,205 points). |
| Wilson | Mark Seidenburg | Dexter Harris | Assistant at D2 Millersville (Pa.) | Before moving to D2, Harris spent five years as an assistant at Widener. He cites former DelVal head coach (and current Millersville coach) Casey Stitzel as a mentor. |
| Wittenberg | Matt Croci | Darren Hertz | Assistant at D1 Dayton | Croci, who was named Athletic Director at Wilmington, went 142-60 in eight seasons and led the Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2018 through 2020. Hertz spent several seasons at nearby Dayton and, prior to that, coached at his alma mater D1 Florida for 19 seasons. |