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HOT: Kornaker Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at St. John Fisher College

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Rob Kornaker, who has guided the St. John Fisher College men’s basketball team for nearly two decades, has announced his decision to step down as head coach of the Cardinals following one of the most successful coaching stints in the College’s history. “Looking back at the last 20 years here at Fisher, I don’t think

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OFFICIAL: Josh Vaughan Named Head Basketball Coach at Dickinson State

Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com way out in front of this one over the weekend (Dickinson State Dirt). It’s now been made official that Josh Vaughan has been named as the new Blue Hawk Head Men’s Basketball coach. “We are very excited to have Josh become our next head coach”, stated athletic director

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Dave Feinstein Added to Pfeiffer University Basketball Staff

Pfeiffer University head basketball coach Jeremy Currier announced the hiring of Dave Feinstein as an assistant basketball coach. “I have been impressed with Dave for a long time,” said Currier. “I recruited Dave 10 years ago as a high schools player because he was hard-working, intelligent, and had a passion for the game. All of

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Matt A. Dillard joins Oklahoma Baptist University coaching staff

Matt A. Dillard has joined the Oklahoma Baptist men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. The Dacula, Georgia, native comes to the OBU after spending last season at Missouri State University – West Plains as an assistant coach and Head Strength and conditioning Coach. The Grizzlies finished the season off with a 13-16 record and

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Exclusive preview of Virtual School School & “8 Components of Scouting”

After the overwhelming success of their Pro Scout School event hosted in Las Vegas each summer, TPG Sports Group has recently launched an online course called “Virtual Scout School”. The course is just $9.99 per month and will provide access to monthly content, video breakdown, video chat sessions and quizzes. HoopDirt has a special preview

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Lebanon Valley College Basketball Staff Update

A pair of new faces will man the sidelines under Lebanon Valley men’s basketball head coach Brad McAlester this winter, as it has been announced that Jonathan Bishop and Brad Karli have joined the program’s coaching staff. Karli joins the LVC staff after spending six seasons at Bloomsburg. He spent the previous 15 seasons associated

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MUST READ: The official letter sent to Rick Pitino from Louisville President Dr. Greg Postel

Here is a copy of the official letter that was sent to Rick Pitino informing him that he would be placed on leave from Louisville President Dr. Greg Postel:

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Daily Dirt: Weekend Update – 10/1/17

Here’s a quick re-cap of a few things that I heard this weekend: Cal State Bakersfield will hire Mike Scott as an assistant coach and Dee Wallace as the director of player development. More HERE. I have confirmed that Dickinson State (ND) has hired UMary assistant Josh Vaughan as their new head basketball coach. More

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Getting out of your Comfort Zone with Basketball Training

The greatest players in the game of basketball understand the importance of hard work and dedication. The athletes that are willing to push their bodies to the limit and get out of their comfort zone are usually the ones that have a competitive edge on their opponents. Dr. Dish Basketball understands that training hard and

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Cal State Bakersfield Dirt…

Cal State Bakersfield head coach Rod Barnes will add Mike Scott to his staff as an assistant coach, and Dee Wallace as the director of player development. Scott has most recently been an assistant coach at Paris JC (TX). He has also worked at Texas A&M International, Wayland Baptist, Midland College, and his alma mater

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JUCO DIRT: Coaching Change Made at Redlands CC (OK)

I can confirm that Tyler Brown has been replaced as the head coach at Redlands CC by Jose Molina Negron. Brown, who had been an assistant at Redlands since 2011, was hired this past spring to replace former head coach Earnest Crumbley. It also sounds like none of the current assistants were retained in this

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NAIA DIRT: Dickinson State Set to Name New Head Basketball Coach

I can confirm that Dickinson State University (ND) will name Josh Vaughan as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Justin Wetzel who became an assistant in the NBA G-League a few weeks ago. Vaughn was one of three finalists who interviewed on campus late last week (DSU Finalists). Vaughan has spent the past

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