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Miller promoted to Associate Head Coach at Mississippi State

 James Miller has been promoted to associate head coach on Mississippi State men’s basketball coaching staff announced Thursday by head coach Chris Jans. Miller possesses nearly two decades of coaching experience and has worked his way into being heralded as one of the nation’s top up-and-coming coaches. He’ll enter his second season at Mississippi State and his sixth

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South Florida Men’s Basketball Support Staff Update

University of South Florida Head Men’s Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim has announced the hire of four additional support staff members to join him during his first year at the helm of the Bulls. Griffin McHone has been named Director of Player Development, Trent Patterson will serve as Director of Basketball Operations, Riley Crean has been appointed Director

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Johnson named Assistant Basketball Coach at Northern Arizona

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and head coach Shane Burcar announced Ben Johnson as the Men’s Basketball newest assistant coach in Flagstaff. “I would like to thank Head Coach Shane Burcar for this incredible opportunity. I appreciate him taking a chance on me,” Johnson said. “I’m excited to start working with the coaching staff, players & administration, to help them

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Valentine added to St. Bonaventure Basketball Staff

Head coach Mark Schmidt has announced the addition of Dana Valentine to the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coaching staff. Valentine will serve as an assistant coach beginning with the 2023-24 season. “Dana is a young, up-and-coming coach and we are really lucky to be able to have someone of his caliber joining our program,” Schmidt

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Daily Dirt – 5/18/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Former LSU Alexandria head coach Larry Cordaro has landed as the DBO at Troy. During Cordaro’s nine year tenure at LSUA, he compiled a record of 224-50 (.818), overall conference record of 126-23 (.846). Prior to his time in Alexandria, Cordaro served as the associate head coach at Southeastern Louisiana (2006-13)

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Arnold named Assistant Basketball Coach at Lafayette

The Lafayette men’s basketball program and head coach Mike McGarvey have added Nikolai Arnold as an assistant basketball coach.  “We’re very excited to add Coach Arnold to The Hill,” McGarvey said. “Coach is not only a diligent worker and recruiter, but I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing his positive impact on the players he’s coached and the coaching

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CSUN Basketball Staff Update

CSUN head men’s basketball coach Andy Newman has announced his coaching staff for the 2023-24 season. Jordan Jamestown, Scott Cutley and CJ Killin each join the Matadors as assistant coaches while Casey Norris will serve as director of basketball operations. Jamestown brings a decade of experience in the collegiate ranks to CSUN. He spent the

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