Author Archives: The DirtKing

OFFICIAL: Powell named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Valpo

Following-up on today’s earlier report. Roger Powell, Jr. has officially been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at Valpo. Here’s the press release from the Beacons: Valparaiso University Director of Athletics Dr. Charles Small has announced that Roger Powell Jr. has been selected as the 23rd head coach of the Valparaiso University men’s basketball program. After helping guide

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Texas Tech Basketball Staff Update

Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Achoki Moikobu and Matt Braeuer who are joining him from the North Texas staff which won 31 games and the 2023 National Invitation Tournament championship. “Both of them have been instrumental in our success,” McCasland said. “We’ve always recruited, coached and tried

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Sprinkle named Head Basketball Coach at Utah State

Utah State University Interim Director of Athletics Jerry Bovee announced Friday that Danny Sprinkle has been named the Aggies’ 21st head men’s basketball coach. Sprinkle is 81-43 (.681) in four years as a head coach and has 23 years of collegiate coaching experience. A press conference to formally introduce Sprinkle will be held at the

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OFFICIAL: Davis named Head Basketball Coach at UNH

I’ve been tweeting / blogging about this one all morning. Here’s the official release from UNH on the hiring of Nathan Davis as their new head basketball coach: University of New Hampshire Director of Athletics Dr. Allison Rich announced Friday that Nathan Davis has been hired as the new men’s basketball head coach. Davis, who will be introduced in

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Phillips named Head Coach at Utah Valley

After an extensive nationwide search, Utah Valley University Director of Athletics, Dr. Jared Sumsion, announced today the hiring of Todd Phillips as the fourth head coach in UVU men’s basketball’s NCAA Division I history.  Phillips has spent the last four seasons on the Utah Valley staff under Mark Madsen where he served two years as an assistant

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Shaw named Head Basketball Coach at Iowa Western

Iowa Western Community College announced today that Andy Shaw has been named the head coach of its men’s basketball program. “I am excited about the addition of Coach Shaw and his family to our Reiver Family. His track record of winning in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference drew us to him; during the interview

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OFFICIAL: Nesbitt joins High Point Basketball Staff

Following-up on yesterday’s report…Mike Nesbitt has officially resigned as the head coach at NJCAA D1 Panola College, and been hired as an assistant under his former HS head coach Alan Huss at High Point. Here’s the official release from HPU: High Point University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Alan Huss announced his first hire to the 2023-24 staff

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