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Bryant College Dirt…

A couple of moves have been made at Byrant University… DBO Frankie Dobbs has been elevated to assistant coach.  He replaces Al Skinner who became the head coach at Kennesaw State back in early May.  Dobbs is the son of current Bryant Associate head coach Frank “Happy Dobbs, and was a 1,000 point scorer as

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Former Virginia Tech Head Coach Named DBO at Miami

University of Miami men’s basketball head coach Jim Larrañaga has completed his 2015-16 staff with the addition of James Johnson as the team’s director of basketball operations. “JJ and I have been good friends for 10 years. My staff and I thoroughly enjoyed working with him for our two years together at George Mason, and

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North Dakota Dirt…

North Dakota Head Coach Brian Jones will promote Director of Basketball Operations Jeff Horner to assistant coach.  He will replace Jason Shay, who became an assistant at East Tennessee back in April.  Horner was a high school coach in Iowa before joining the UND staff in 2014. The former Mr. Basketball in the state of Iowa

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Tulsa Names Dave Reiter Director of Basketball Operations

University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced today the hiring of Dave Reiter as Director of Basketball Operations. Reiter worked with Haith and the University of Missouri basketball program from 2012-14, where he served as assistant athletics director for strategic communications. During his tenure, Reiter served as the media contact for basketball and

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Mattox Promoted to DBO at Morehead State

Jonathan Mattox, who has spent the past two seasons as a graduate manager for Morehead State men’s basketball, has been promoted to a full-time director of operations.  He will continue to handle a variety of behind-the-scenes tasks and administrative duties for the Eagles. “Jonathan has done a terrific job the past two seasons, and we’re

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Tennessee Support Staff Update

Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes announced the addition of three full-time members of his support staff Monday. Video coordinator Riley Davis is accompanying Barnes from Texas, while director of basketball operations Mary-Carter Kniffen and assistant to the head coach Kyle Condon both are Tennessee graduates who have been with the UT athletics department for several

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Siena Dirt…

I have heard that Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos will hire Ben Asher as the Saints new director of basketball operations.  Asher has been a graduate assistant under Mark Gottfried for the past two seasons.  Before that, he worked as manager for Bob Huggins at West Virginia.  The New York native has also previously worked

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Fox Named DBO at Louisiana Tech

Having already brought on board an associate head coach and an assistant coach, Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol announced Friday the hiring of Andy Fox as the new director of basketball operations. Fox comes to LA Tech from Tulane where he has spent the past five years with head coach Ed Conroy as an

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Horodyski Named DBO at Utah Valley

Utah Valley University men’s basketball coach Mark Pope announced the hiring of Bobby Horodyski as the team’s director of basketball operations. “We had nearly 100 applicants for our operations position from all over the country but it didn’t take long for Bobby Horodyski to rise to the top of that list,” said Pope. “He takes

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Tibaldi Named DBO at DePaul

DePaul head coach Dave Leitao announced today that Bryan Tibaldi has joined the program as director of basketball operations. Tibaldi spent the last four seasons in the same role at Missouri and will handle day-to-day operations of the DePaul program. “Bryan will be an integral element of our daily operations in coordinating our team travel,

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Daily Dirt- 5/29/15

Here are some things that I’ve heard as we head in to the last weekend in May… Pretty cool story coming out of Illinois State.  Director of Basketball Operations Mitch Gilfillan has resigned, and will take a job as an attorney at a local law firm.  The former Ball State and SIUE assistant graduated from

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