2011-12 coaching carousel
Misericordia women's coach resigns
Tom Griffith has resigned his position as head women's basketball coach at Misericordia, effective Jan. 24.
Reynolds says he will retire
Dick Reynolds, in his 40th season as Otterbein's head men's basketball coach, has announced that he will retire from coaching and as athletic director at the conclusion of the season.
Kean women's coach fired
Michele Sharp, whose program is the focus of an NCAA investigation, has been removed from her head coaching position and reassigned on campus.
York (Pa.) coach announces he'll retire
Jeff Gamber, who has won 475 games at York, including bringing the Spartans to the 2005 Final Four, has said this will be his last season.
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.
Keystone names Nevada Smith its new coach
After losing its head coach to one East region school, the Giants filled their vacancy with the assistant from another East region school.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amherst assistant takes over reins at New Paltz
Mike Rejniak brings seven years of Division III coaching experience, having served as an assistant coach at Amherst, Plymouth State and TCNJ.
Wilkes hires Muhlenberg assistant
Chris Heery becomes the 13th head coach in the 51-year history of Wilkes women's basketball.
Junior college coach hired at Hood
Hood's new women's basketball coach is familiar with the area.
Stockwell moves from Oswego to Hamilton
Adam Stockwell, most recently the head men's basketball coach at Oswego State, has been selected to fill the same position at Hamilton.
NYC Tech drops athletics
New York City Tech has dropped intercollegiate athletics effective immediately, D3sports.com has learned.
Centenary coach takes Arcadia job
Lorie Khalil helped turn around the Centenary program and will now take her shot at doing the same at Arcadia.
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.
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.
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.
Gettysburg assistant gets Salisbury job
Kelly Lewandowski, a former Scranton player and Gettysburg assistant, replaces Charisse Mapp, who resigned after four seasons.
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.
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.
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.
Boswell named women’s coach at Stevenson
After 10 highly successful seasons at Seton Keough High School in Baltimore, Jackie Boswell has been named women's coach at Stevenson.
Eastern hires D-I assistant
A former D-III player and current Division I assistant got tabbed to replace Matt Nadelhoffer at Eastern.
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.
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.
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.
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.).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chatham coach leaves for Niagara
The most successful coach in Chatham's history is moving on up.
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.
Mulligan appointed head women's coach at N.J. City
Amy Mulligan has been appointed as the 13th head women’s basketball coach in New Jersey City history after an extensive search to fill the position.
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.
Thomas More coach leaves for Xavier
Brian Neal, the winningest coach in Thomas More history, won't have to move after taking a Division I assistant job.
Salisbury hires alumnus as men's basketball coach
Salisbury announced the return of one of its own, with alumnus Josh Merkel as the new men's basketball head coach.
Alma hires Dominican assistant
A former Calvin player will take a head coaching position in the MIAA.
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.
Wartburg assistant hired at Oglethorpe
Aaron Nester takes over for the Stormy Petrels, whose coach stepped down early in the season for personal reasons.
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.
Lehigh assistant takes Whitworth job
With Jim Hayford gone for Division I, the Pirates' next coach comes from a Division I assistant job.
Benedictine assistant hired at Fontbonne
Steve Schafer was tabbed to try to fill the shoes of coaching legend Lee McKinney, who passed away earlier in the offseason.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lakeland women hire new coach
Former Division III player Lindsey Vande Hoef will get her first head coaching job with the Muskies.
Wabash promotes assistant to replace Petty
Antoine Carpenter will move over a spot on the Little Giants' bench and inherit the unenviable task of replacing a legend.
Monmouth tabs Whitewater assistant
A former opponent will now be Monmouth's mentor.
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.
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.
Northwood assistant takes Finlandia job
Jason Keefer, an assistant at Division II Northwood, will become the next head women's basketball coach at Finlandia.
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.
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.
Nadelhoffer named coach at Millikin
Former Wheaton player Matt Nadelhoffer will return to the CCIW, taking over a struggling Millikin men's basketball program.
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.
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.
Mount Union names head men's basketball coach
The University of Mount Union has named Mike Fuline its new head men's basketball coach.
Averett names Liz Hickey head coach
The three-time D3hoops.com All-American from Mary Washington was most recently an assistant at Rochester.
Johnson State men's assistant moves over
Greg Eckman has been hired as Johnson State's head women's basketball coach effective immediately. Dale Tatro resigned after the team went 4-21.
Ramer resigns Stevenson women’s basketball coach
After 16 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at Stevenson, Chris Ramer has announced his resignation.
Fontbonne promotes assistant coach
Fontbonne moved quickly, elevating Matt Wickenhauser to replace Keith Quigley, who resigned last week.
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.
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.
Theulen set to return as men's coach at Western New England
Mike Theulen stepped down after the 2007-08 season to focus on his athletic director role and steps back in to replace Chris Agoglia.
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.
Haynes resigns as LaGrange men's basketball coach
LaGrange made the GSAC conference finals, but it was one of just five wins for the Panthers this season.
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.
Carnegie Mellon women's coach resigns
Gerri Seidl reached 275 career wins at Carnegie Mellon this year, but is within 10 losses of 400 as well after 27 seasons.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sattele resigns as Oglethorpe women’s basketball coach
Oglethorpe head women's basketball coach Ron Sattele has announced his resignation as Stormy Petrel basketball coach, effective immediately.
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.
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.
Bethany Lutheran men's coach resigns
A day after the Vikings lost in the UMAC tournament, Rick Jeddeloh resigned. He'd been coach for eight seasons.
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.
Stevenson's coach to focus on AD role
Stevenson's Brett Adams is stepping down as men's basketball coach but will remain athletic director for the growing department.
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.
Harris resigns Shenandoah basketball post
Shenandoah athletic director Wayne Edwards announced Friday that men's basketball coach Robert Harris has resigned.
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.
McKinney confirms: He's retiring
Longtime Fontbonne coach Lee McKinney confirmed what D3hoops.com reported last week: This is his last year coaching.
Lewis and Clark men's coach retires
Lewis and Clark coach Bob Gaillard coach will retire at the end of the season. He has 526 career wins and counting.
Lawrence to conduct national search for women’s coach
Lawrence could be searching for its fourth coach in five seasons.
