The University of Missouri will hire Loyola Chicago assistant coach Emanuel Dildy, filling out Head Coach Kim Anderson’s staff heading into the 2016-2017 season. Dildy’s position at Mizzou is expected to be very similar to that with the Ramblers. The Kansas City Star, citing a source close to the hire, reports Loyola officials were notified of Dildy’s decision on Friday. The first report of the move came from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.
In Columbia, Dildy’s hire is one that should help the Tigers with recruiting in and around Chicago, where the new assistant has numerous connections. He replaces Corey Tate, a former Mizzou player from the 1990s, who left his assistant coaching job at his alma mater last week to take an assistant’s job with new coach Travis Ford at Saint Louis University.
Dildy played collegiately at New Mexico State and Eastern Illinois, having transferred to EIU in the mid-2000’s. In 2004-2005, he averaged 15.3 points per game as a senior at Eastern Illinois. His coaching resume started at Chicago-area junior college Kennedy-King, first as an assistant, then as head coach, before moving on to Loyola Chicago in July 2013.
Mizzou has not officially commented on the Dildy reports, as the Tiger team is in Italy, where Coach Anderson and his players are spending 10 days on an international tour. They arrived in Rome on Friday.
