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2018 Harvard Basketball Coaches Clinic – October 28th

Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, has officially announced that the 12th annual Harvard Basketball Coaches Clinic will take place Sunday, October 28th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the newly renovated Lavietes Pavilion. The clinic opens with remarks from Coach Amaker. From there, attendees will have

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Kelley Hired as Men’s Basketball Director of Operations and Recruiting Coordinator at George Washington

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Austin Kelley has been hired as GW men’s basketball’s Director of Operations and Recruiting Coordinator, head coach Maurice Joseph announced Monday. Kelley comes to GW after spending the past two years as the Elite Director with Hoop Group, a basketball company in New Jersey that runs camps, clinics, leagues and tournaments. In that role, Kelley

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Daily Dirt – 8/27/18

A few things that I’ve heard as school gets underway… New Southern New Hampshire head coach Jack Perri will add Tim Lee to his staff. Lee is a 2002 SNHU alum who scored 1,291 career points for the Penmen. He most recently served as the head coach at Bishop Brady (NH) HS. Lee will join

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Steckel Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Southern New Hampshire

David Steckel has been named as an assistant coach for the Southern New Hampshire University men’s basketball program under new head coach Jack Perri. Steckel arrives at SNHU after spending the 2017-18 campaign as the director of operations for the University at Albany men’s basketball team, where he was in charge of all travel, including hotels,

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Northwestern Oklahoma State Men’s Basketball Staff Upate

Northwestern Oklahoma State head men’s basketball coach Shawn Dirden has finalized his coaching staff for the upcoming 2018-19 season. Jordan Franz, now in his fourth season at Northwestern, has been promoted to Associate Head Coach following the Rangers’ most successful campaign in the school’s NCAA history. “I am happy to announce that I have named

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Utica College adds John Mullane to Men’s Basketball Staff

John Mullane has been hired as an assistant coach for the Utica College men’s basketball program. Mullane will assist Head Coach Sean Coffey with all aspects of the program including recruiting, scouting, practice and game preparation, along with day-to-day operations in the office. Mullane comes to Utica after spending the last two seasons as an

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Zach Towle Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Otero Junior College

Zach Towle has been named as an Assistant Men’s Basketball coach at Otero Junior College. Coach Towle most recently served as the Assistant Basketball Coach at Mineral Area College where the team went 23-9 last season. Prior to coaching at Mineral, Towle was an assistant at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb. where he spent

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URI Men’s Basketball Staff Update

The Rhode Island men’s basketball staff is complete, with Head Coach David Cox announcing promotions for T.J. Buchanan and Jerrell Coleman, as well as the retention of assistant coach Tyron Boswell. Boswell will enter his second season as an assistant coach for the Rams. He was part of the staff that won the first regular-season

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Waldo to join SIUE Men’s Basketball Staff

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Hall of Fame Coach Mike Waldo will join the SIUE men’s basketball staff beginning September 1, according to Head Coach Jon Harris. “We are thrilled to have Mike Waldo join our staff,” Harris said. “It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to hire a Hall of Fame coach with more than 700 career

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University Arkansas assistant basketball coaches receive pay increases

According to WholeHogSports.com, University of Arkansas assistant basketball coaches Melvin Watkins, T.J. Cleveland, and Scotty Thurman have all received pay increases for the 2018-19 season. The report, which was obtained from a freedom of information act request, lists the increases (and salaries) as following: Melvin Watkins: increase of $8,000 to $391,635 T.J. Cleveland: increase of

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JUCO DIRT: Northwest College (WY) Men’s Basketball Job Opens

I have heard from multiple sources that the job at NJCAA DI Northwest College (WY) is open. It sounds like Brian Erickson has stepped away from the basketball position to assume the role of Athletic Director. Erickson had been the Trapper’s head coach for the past six seasons. There is some speculation that his replacement

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Gold Named Assistant Coach at Black Hills State University

Black Hills State University head men’s basketball coach, Ryan Thompson, has announced the addition of Chris Gold as an assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets. “I am thrilled for the opportunity to join Black Hills State University and work for a great young basketball mind, in Coach Thompson,” said Gold. “I grew up watching the

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