DSU nears decisions on hiring new hoop coaches

Jareem Dowling

DOVER, Delaware -- With the NCAA basketball season finishing this week, Delaware State University’s coaching search could also be coming to a close soon.

The Hornets have openings for both a men’s basketball and women’s basketball head coach since Keith Walker and Barbara Burgess were dismissed on Feb. 22.

One candidate who has emerged for the men’s vacancy is Jareem Dowling, according to various reports. The basketball website HoopDirt.com reported there is interest between the two parties.

Dowling is currently an assistant at North Texas who just won the College Basketball Invitational Tournament over San Francisco less than a week ago.

Dowling is from Wilmington and is a Howard High graduate. He played at MidEastern Athletic Conference rival Maryland Eastern Shore in 2004 and 2005 after two years at Cecil College in Maryland.

His attachment to Delaware doesn’t end there.

Dowling was previously the head coach at Scotland Performance Institute, a prep school in Scotland, Pennsylvania where he had multiple players from Delaware on his roster.

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