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Berlekamp promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Thomas More

Thomas More University men’s basketball head coach Justin Ray, announced the promotion of Spencer Berlekamp to the Associate Head Coach with the Saints. Berlekamp is entering his sixth season on the Thomas More staff. He joined the Saints’ staff in June 2019. During Berlekamp’s time on staff he has helped the Saints navigate through two transitions from NCAA Division III to

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Payne joins Cal State East Bay Basketball Staff

Russell Payne joined the Cal State East Bay men’s basketball coaching staff in July 2024. He brings many years of basketball coaching experience, both at the high school and club level.  Before joining East Bay, Payne served as the varsity assistant basketball coach at Harvard-Westlake School and was the founder and president for Los Angeles

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Zach Angelini named Director of Player Development/Assistant Coach at Pacific

The Pacific men’s basketball program announced the hiring of Zach Angelini as Director of Player Development/Assistant Coach. Angelini spent the last two years as Assistant Coach at Carleton University. He worked under Taffe Charles who was Head Coach at Carleton. Angelini was part of Carleton’s national championship winning squad in 2022-2023. “I am extremely excited to get

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Texas Tech Basketball Staff Update

Texas Tech head basketball coach Grant McCasland has announced the promotion of Chris Nottingham and the addition of Brian Pete to his coaching staff. Nottingham will serve as the Director of Player Development in his second season with the program, while Pete joins the staff as the Video Coordinator after previously working in the same role at Vanderbilt the

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Vermont adds Estes as Director of Basketball Operations

Cioffi Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Becker announced that Braeden Estes has joined his staff as director of basketball operations. “I’m really excited to add Braeden to our staff,” Becker said. “He has experience in this league as a manager for Bill Herrion at New Hampshire, and a lot of overall experience for this position, so he’s going to be a

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