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Lottich, Price added to Brown Basketball Staff

Brown Men’s Basketball Head Coaching Chair Mike Martin ’04 has announced the addition of Matt Lottich and DeVon Price to the staff ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Lottich joins the program as Associate Head Coach and Price arrives to College Hill as the Operations Coordinator. “We are thrilled to be able to add Matt and DeVon to our staff and the

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Jay Young returns to Rutgers Basketball Staff

The Rutgers men’s basketball program is officially welcoming Jay Young to the 2024-25 coaching staff. A respected veteran in college basketball with 36 years of coaching experience, Young joins Rutgers after spending four seasons as the head coach at Fairfield University. “We are thrilled to welcome Jay Young back home to Rutgers,” Pikiell said. “Jay

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OFFICIAL: Peterson joins NKU Basketball Staff

I mentioned this one earlier today in the DAILY DIRT – here’s the official statement from NKU’s hiring of Ryan Peterson… Northern Kentucky head men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn announced the addition of Ryan Peterson to the Norse coaching staff on Friday. Peterson, a former standout student-athlete and rising star in the coaching ranks, makes his way

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DAILY DIRT – 8/2/24

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Been quiet at HoopDirt on the DIRT front over the last month – sometimes life gets in the way. As many of you know HD is not my full-time job. Even though I’m done coaching, I still work in college athletics. Recently however, I assumed a bit of a new role

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Crawford, Taylor promoted to assistant basketball coaches at Iowa State

Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has named Erik Crawford and Stevie Taylor as assistant coaches. Crawford has spent the past two seasons as the Director of Player Development, while Taylor was the Assistant Director of Player Development last season. The 2023-24 Cyclones won the Big 12 Championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The

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Dowell named Director of Basketball Scouting at VMI

 VMI Basketball Head Coach Andrew Wilson named Drew Dowell as his program’s Director of Scouting. Dowell comes to the Institute by way of the LSU men’s basketball program where he served the past season as a graduate assistant. Among many responsibilities, he assisted the coaching staff with daily practices, film preparation, scouting reports, player development and all

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