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REPORT: Chris Beard headed to Ole Miss

According to a Jeff Goodman report, Ole Miss is expected to hire Chris Beard as their new head men’s basketball coach. Beard would replace Kermit Davis who was released back on February 24th. Beard spent 1+ years at Texas before being fired on January 5th following his arrest on a felony domestic family violence charge

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Daily Dirt – 3/13/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) This will definitely be a busy week. Here are just a couple of items to kick it off… I mentioned some names at New Mexico State in Saturday’s Dirt. Since then, a pretty interesting one has started to surface, as I have heard former Indiana State head coach Greg Lansing’s name

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OFFICIAL: Austin Peay names Gipson Head Basketball Coach

Following up on the earlier report of Northwestern State’s Corey Gipson heading to Austin Peay. Here’s the official press release from APSU: Corey Gipson is coming home. Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison announced Sunday that Gipson has been named the 14th head men’s basketball coach in Austin Peay State University history. Austin

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D3 DIRT: Linfield U opens amidst turmoil

Shanan Rosenberg is no longer the head men’s D3 Linfield University, following weeks of turmoil. Rosenberg was suspended following an incident at a game on February 18th, where he allegedly got into a verbal altercation with a parent behind Linfield’s bench. The Oregonian is reporting that “In a letter sent to the university’s board of

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Western Kentucky’s Stansbury resigns

 Rick Stansbury will not be returning as WKU’s head men’s basketball coach.  “After giving this much thought, I have made the decision that I need to step away as head coach at Western Kentucky,” said Stansbury. “This past season has been a challenging one, and I need some time to step away from things and focus

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DAILY DIRT: Saturday Edition – 3/11/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) It’s obviously been crazy over the past few days. Just going through my notes to catch-up on a bunch of things… A couple of names making the rounds at Manhattan include Kentucky associate to the head coach Bruiser Flint and Rutgers associate head coach Karl Hobbs. Flint has also been the

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