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Utah State Basketball Staff Update

Head men’s basketball coach Danny Sprinkle has announced the hiring of Andy Hill and Chris Haslam as assistant coaches on his staff at Utah State. They had both previously served under Sprinkle at Montana State. Andy HillDuring the 2022-23 campaign, Hill helped lead Montana State to a 25-10 overall record and its second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. It

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Oklahoma names Gates as new Assistant Basketball Coach

Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser announced the addition of Armon Gates to his staff as an assistant coach on Tuesday. No stranger to Moser and the Sooner staff, Gates spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Chicago under Moser (2011-13) and worked with OU assistant coach Ryan Humphrey and director of operations Tad Glibert at Northwestern. “Armon

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Curran joins George Mason Basketball Staff

George Mason University men’s basketball head coach Tony Skinn announced Tuesday that Steve Curran will join his staff as associate head coach. A principal architect of St. Bonaventure’s development into one of the Atlantic 10’s preeminent powers, Curran has worked alongside Mark Schmidt for the past 13 seasons. He has served as associate head coach

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Gonzaga names Barsh Assistant Basketball Coach

This one has been floating out there for a while (especially since Kevin Nickelberry has already replaced R-Jay Barsh at FSU). Here’s the official statement from the Zags announcing the addition of R-Jay Barsh to Mark Few’s staff: Gonzaga Athletic Director Chris Standiford and men’s basketball Head Coach Mark Few announced the hiring of R-Jay Barsh, as

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Scherbenske named Assistant Basketball Coach at Cal

Matt Scherbenske, a renowned recruiter who previously spent three seasons on the California men’s basketball staff under Mike Montgomery, was announced as an assistant coach by head coach Mark Madsen on Monday. Scherbenske returns to Berkeley after most recently serving as the Director of Recruiting for two seasons (2021-23) at Texas Tech. His efforts on the

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Wofford Basketball Staff Update

Wofford College men’s basketball head coach Dwight Perry has made two additions to the coaching and support staff for the upcoming season. Former Terrier Drew Gibson returns to Wofford as an assistant coach after spending the past four seasons at Navy, while Nate Williams will be the director of player development. Drew Gibson joined the Navy coaching staff during

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Logie named Head Basketball Coach at Montana State

Matt Logie, a coach with championship pedigree rooted in the Northwest, becomes Montana State’s next head men’s basketball coach, MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello announced on Monday. “I am excited to welcome Coach Logie, his wife Julia and children Addy and Luke to the Bobcat family,” Costello said. “Matt brings a highly successful basketball background as

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UT Arlington Basketball Staff Update

Jeremy Pope and Sean Stout have joined KT Turner’s new staff as assistant basketball coaches at UT Arlington. Their bio’s are below: Jeremy Pope With previous coaching stops at the Division-I level, prep schools both in the United States and internationally, the AAU circuit and as part of The Basketball Tournament (TBT), Jeremy Pope has

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