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Arkansas-Fort Smith Basketball Staff Update

University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Men’s Basketball Head Coach Zane Gibson has assembled his coaching staff for the 2023-24 season. Joining Gibson at UAFS from his staff at Western New Mexico are assistant coach Jared Drake and volunteer assistant coach Jeremy Zepeda, with Brett O’Neil also returning as an assistant coach. Caleb Ligon will serve as a student assistant to

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Vanderbilt Basketball Staff Update

Vanderbilt men’s basketball head coach Jerry Stackhouse announced the promotion of Ian Thom and CJ Preston. Thom will serve as director of basketball operations, and Preston moves to the director of basketball research & special projects role. Thom is elevating to his new position after spending the last two seasons on Stackhouse’s staff as a

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Richburg promoted to Assistant Basketball Coach at Miami (OH)

Miami University head men’s basketball coach Travis Steele has announced Carl Richburg has been promoted to Assistant Coach. Richburg joined Steele’s staff in June of 2022 as the Director of Basketball Operations. “I’m happy to announce Carl Richburg is being promoted to Assistant Coach. This change will allow us to utilize Carl’s expertise even more,” said Steele. “Carl sees the game very

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Former FIU and Norfolk State Head Coach Anthony Evans named Director of Player Development at UMass

University of Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin announced the hiring of Anthony Evans as the Director of Player Development on Wednesday afternoon. Evans joins the Massachusetts staff with 11 years of experience as a Division I head coach and was most recently the Advanced Regional College and High School Scout for the Cleveland Cavaliers. “Thankful

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Daily Dirt – 7/27/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like UCSB assistant Ben Tucker is the leader to become the next head coach at NAIA Embry-Riddle (AZ). Tucker has been at for the past five seasons, and was at Northern Arizona before that. The former manager at Arizona

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SEMO’s Korn agrees to 4-yr extension

Southeast Missouri Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Korn agreed to a four-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Brady Barke announced Wednesday. Korn’s new contract will run through April 30, 2027. “Brad has done a great job rebuilding our men’s basketball program and creating a positive culture,” said Barke. “He has restored

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