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Harkins elevated to full-time assistant at Swarthmore

The Swarthmore College men’s basketball team has elevated Conor Harkins ’22 to its full-time assistant coach, the program announced Wednesday afternoon. Harkins, who joined the coaching staff ahead of the 2023–24 season, will serve as the team’s top assistant. “There is no one better suited to step up and help this program move in the right direction

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OFFICIAL: Fleegle named Head Basketball Coach at Messiah

Following up on something that I first mentioned in the Daily Dirt on Tuesday…Jabon Fleegle has been officially hired as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Messiah University. Here’s the release: On Wednesday afternoon, the Messiah University Athletic Department announced the hiring of Jacob Fleegle as the new head coach of the Messiah University men’s basketball

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Columbia Basketball Staff Update

We’ve reported on all of these moves over the last few weeks – they’ve now been made official. Here’s the release from Columbia announcing their new basketball staff: Columbia men’s basketball head coach Kevin Hovde has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Mark McGonigal, Shasha Brown, and Matt Elkin to round out the staff ahead of

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Drake named Head Basketball Coach at D3 St. Scholastica

The College of St. Scholastica has hired Jared Drake as the next Saints Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Most recently, Coach Drake served as assistant coach at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith (UAFS), where they signed eleven Division I transfers, coached three all-conference honorees and helped lead the team to a major upset victory over No.

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D3 St. Mary’s (MN) opens

D3 St. Mary’s University of Minnesota has opened, as head basketball coach Joe Fano is headed to the prep level. No announcement yet by St. Mary’s, but Nazareth Academy posted the following on their social media: Fano had been the head coach at St. Mary’s since the 2018-19 season, and put together a 66-95 (.410)

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Moran promoted to Head Basketball Coach at Trevecca Nazarene University

Nathan Moran has been promoted to head coach of the Trevecca Nazarene University men’s basketball program, Athletic Director Mark Elliott announced today. Moran, a Lipscomb University and BGA graduate, becomes the eleventh head coach in program history. He was promoted to associate head coach before last season and spent the past two seasons as Kevin Carroll‘s assistant, helping to

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