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Ellis named Assistant Basketball Coach at Idaho

University of Idaho head men’s basketball coach Alex Pribble officially announced the hiring of Adam Ellis as assistant coach. Ellis joins the Idaho men’s basketball staff after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Cal-State San Marcos. During his tenure, Ellis was part of a CCAA tournament championship, the first NCAA tournament win in

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Pribble named Head Coach at Idaho

 Seattle University Associate Head Coach Alex Pribble has been named the 31st head men’s basketball coach in University of Idaho program history, Vandal Director of Athletics Terry Gawlik announced. “I am thrilled to name Coach Pribble as our next head men’s basketball coach,” Gawlik said. “Alex is a proven program-builder, and as our search progressed,

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Claus out as Head Basketball Coach at Idaho

Idaho Director of Athletics Terry Gawlik announced that Vandal Men’s Basketball Coach Zac Claus has been relieved of his coaching duties, effective immediately. Tim Marrion will serve as acting head coach and lead the team through the remainder of the 2022-2023 season. “I want to sincerely thank Zac and his family for their contributions to the men’s

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Daily Dirt – 3/17/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) How about Notre Dame vs Rutgers yesterday? What a game. If that’s any indication of what’s to come, these next three weeks will be insane! Here’s today’s St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Daily Dirt… Multiple reports have former Indiana head coach Archie Miller as the leader at URI. Miller knows

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Marrion named Assistant Basketball Coach at Idaho

Tim Marrion has been hired as Assistant Coach of the University of Idaho men’s basketball team, head coach Zac Claus announced today. “My family and I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Coach Claus and the athletic administration for the opportunity to rejoin the Vandal family! I am personally very excited to work once

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Seltzer named Assistant Basketball Coach at Idaho

Bennie Seltzer has been hired as Assistant Coach of the University of Idaho men’s basketball team, head coach Zac Claus announced today. “We are very happy to welcome Bennie Seltzer to the Idaho basketball program.  We are fortunate to add someone of his coaching talent, but even more so due to the quality man that he

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Idaho Men’s Basketball program sanctioned by NCAA

Former University of Idaho men’s basketball head coach Don Verlin instructed two non-coaching staff members to engage in impermissible coaching activities, according to an agreement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The complete PDF of the Public Negotiated Resolution Agreement can be found HERE. The NCAA released the following statement and list of

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Daily Dirt – 9/13/19

A few things to close out the week… Kirk Earlywine is no longer on the staff at Idaho. He had been with the program since 2012, first as the DBO and later as an assistant. Earlywine was the head coach at Eastern Washington before joining the Vandals staff. He also spent seven seasons working for

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Idaho adds Novsek as Assistant Basketball Coach

Idaho men’s basketball has bolstered its staff heading into next season, bringing in Doug Novsek as an assistant coach. “We are incredibly fortunate to add someone with the level of talent and wealth of experience that Doug will bring to our program,” said interim head coach Zac Claus.  “He is a wonderful man that brings

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