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D3 DIRT: Kettel resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Keystone

Andrew Kettel has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Keystone College. Kettel spent the past two seasons as KC’s head coach, where he posted a 24-25 record (13-11 this past season). No official announcement yet from the college, but Kettel posted the following on social media:

REPORT: Will Wade to NC State

According to multiple reports, including ones from O&G Triangle Media’s Joe Giglio and CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, NC State will hire McNeese State’s Will Wade as its new head basketball coach. Wade will replace Kevin Keatts, who was let go a few weeks ago after a disappointing ACC season despite a Final Four run the

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Chicago State set to hire current SWAC Head Coach

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard from multiple sources that Chicago State intends to hire Alcorn State head coach Landon Bussie, with the official announcement coming tomorrow. Bussie was reportedly a finalist last year before Chicago State promoted assistant Scott Spinelli to the position. Spinelli resigned from the position after just one season a

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Daily Dirt – 3/19/25

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) More on the Shake-Up at Lincoln Memorial and Some Hot Candidates Clearly a crazy situation at D2 Lincoln Memorial, where Jeremiah Samarrippas was not renewed (still no official statement from LMU, however). For those of you who don’t follow me on X, this was my take: Obviously, there are lofty and

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Navy’s DeChellis announces retirement

Ed DeChellis has announced he will retire after 14 seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at the Naval Academy and 29 years as a collegiate head coach.  DeChellis coached more games (426) at Navy than any other coach in school history, surpassing Ben Carnevale (417) earlier this year. “It has been a great honor to serve

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JUCO DIRT: State Fair CC opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard that Matt Brown is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 State Fair Community College (MO). Brown had been the head coach at SFCC since 2017. He also served as the head coach at UMKC (2007-13), and worked on the staffs at West Virginia, Florida,

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OFFICIAL: Indiana names Darian DeVries Head Basketball Coach

 IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson has hired former West Virginia and Drake Coach Darian DeVries as the new head coach of the IU Men’s Basketball program. The 49-year-old DeVries comes to Bloomington with 24 years of Division I coaching experience, including the last seven as a highly-successful head coach at Drake (2019-24)

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Brooks named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Mississippi College

Mississippi College has named Josh Brooks as the next head coach of the Choctaws men’s basketball program, as announced by Athletic Director Kenny Bizot on Tuesday. Brooks, a Mississippi College alumnus, returns to Clinton after a successful tenure as the head coach at Belhaven University, where he led the Blazers to back-to-back Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) Championship

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