Battle, Brown named Penn State Athletes of the Year

June 16, 2011

University Park, Pa. — Former Nittany Lions Talor Battle (Albany, N.Y.) and Blair Brown (Purcellville, Va.) have been selected as the 2011 Penn State Athletes of the Year. Battle, an Associate Press honorable mention All-American, became Penn State men’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer, while Brown, a three-time AVCA All-American, led the women’s volleyball team to four [...]

Read the full article →

ESPN: Penn State Nittany Lions hire Patrick Chambers as next men’s basketball coach

June 3, 2011

Dana O’Neil:
Penn State has hired Boston Universitys Patrick Chambers as its next coach.
A posting on the website for Boston University confirmed the move late Friday afternoon.
“I was really impressed with what, I think, is a newfound commitment to the basketball program, to being successful and to winning championships,” Chambers said. “Things are going to change, [...]

Read the full article →

BU: Chambers Goes to Penn State

June 3, 2011

Boston University’s official news service broke the news:
Men’s head basketball coach Patrick Chambers, who has led the Terriers to two 21-14 seasons since his arrival at BU two years ago, has told BU that he has accepted a position as head coach at Penn State. In the wake of Chambers’ move, which comes just four [...]

Read the full article →

WTAJ: Pat Chambers to be Named New PSU Mens Basketball Coach

June 3, 2011

PennStateHoops.com likes this a lot. Good job, Tim Curley:
UNIVERSITY PARK – Boston University head basketball coach Patrick Chambers will be the next Penn State mens basketball coach.
A source close to Chambers told WTAJ News, the two sides agreed in principle Friday afternoon.
Chambers has spent the last two seasons as head coach of the Terriers posting [...]

Read the full article →

Blog Posting: Texas Football and Institutional Control

June 2, 2011

A former walk-on at Texas explains in great detail to the Ohio States of the world how it’s done:
It’s called INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL, and it isn’t rocket science.
via Texas Football And Institutional Control | Recruitocosm.

Read the full article →

OMG: Larry Brown not good enough for Tim Curley

May 27, 2011

Stunning, stunning development reported by Dave Jones:
It’s not as if Penn State is adrift in stacked resumes seeking its men’s basketball head coaching position, especially considering that the search is going on in late May. PSU athletics director Tim Curley will end up with, at best, some up-n-comer mid-major coach or someone who’s been out [...]

Read the full article →

Dave: With big hoop names locked up, PSU faces slim list

May 26, 2011

Dave says no Shaka, but is working on a list:
If we can stanch the psychobabble about Bob Knight and Jerry Tarkanian just a moment, lets assess a few realistic candidates for the Penn State mens basketball head coaching job. They are names you may or may not have heard of. But they possess the energy [...]

Read the full article →

PennStateHoops.com Forum: Larry Brown

May 24, 2011

Holy cow, this would change everything immediately.

Quote from: rangercheese on Today at 05:25:46 PM
Mike Missanelli is spreading the rumor that Larry Brown has expressed interest in the job.  Take it for what it’s worth (it’s Missanelli, so potentially not much), but it sure would be intriguing if a guy like Brown would be interested in [...]

Read the full article →

Dana O’Neil: The ball is in Penn State’s court

May 23, 2011

Dana O’Neil at ESPN:
Bizarre, confusing, stunning. Those were just some of the words on the Twitter universe after news broke that Penn State’s Ed DeChellis was leaving a Big Ten job for a middle-of-the-pack Patriot League job at a service academy.
Here’s another good adjective to add to the mix: indicting.
DeChellis’ decision to bolt State College [...]

Read the full article →

Penn State University Official Athletic Site: Curley on DeChellis

May 23, 2011

Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley released the following statement this evening:
“On behalf of the Penn State and State College communities, I would like to offer my sincere appreciation to Ed DeChellis and his staff for their efforts with the men’s basketball program the past eight years. Ed and his staff built a strong [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →