Coach Dorian Hobbs coaching his players at a preseason practice
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Coach Dorian Hobbs Steps Down as Men’s Basketball Coach

ByRemington Yates

Canton, Mo — In a press release from the Culver-Stockton Athletic Department. It was announced that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dorian Hobbs Jr. would be stepping down as the head coach, citing the need to pursue new opportunities.

Hobbs, a 2015 graduate of Culver-Stockton College and a former assistant coach to the program, was hired in 2023 to replace then-coach Aaron Hill. In Hobbs’ first season, he helped lead the Wildcats to a conference playoff berth with a 14-15 overall record and 12-12 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. There, the Wildcats would fall to Graceland University 77-64 in the quarter-finals.

This past season the Wildcats posted a season with a 5-23 overall record; finishing tied for 14th in the Heart of America Athletic Conference with a 2-18 conference mark.

Hobbs leaves the position with a 24-61 overall record. In that time, he coached four All-Conference players, including first-team selection Connor Davis in 2024-25. He has also coached 11 Daktronics/NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

“We wish Dorian the best as he pursues the next step in his professional life.” Said Culver-Stockton Athletic Director Pat Atwell. “He is a quality person who represented Culver-Stockton very well as a student, Assistant Coach, and Head Coach.”

For four seasons Hobbs served as an assistant coach for the Wildcats under head coaches Jack Schrader and Aaron Hill, helping coach multiple all-conference players, a conference freshman of the year, and a two-time All-America player. He also coached players who have gone on to play professionally overseas.

During his playing days as a Wildcat, Hobbs was a four-year member of the Wildcat basketball program and a member of two national tournament teams. The 2012-13 team advanced to the final eight of the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Men’s National Tournament and set a school record for wins with 26, while the 2013-14 team advanced to the round of 16 and ended the campaign with a 24-8 overall mark.

Atwell also stated, “Culver-Stockton will be naming a successor as efficiently as possible.”

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