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Dollar added to Indian Hills Basketball staff

The Indian Hills Men’s Basketball team has announced the hiring of Darian Dollar as the program’s newest assistant coach. “Darian is a young coach with a bright future,” stated head coach Hank Plona. “Darian has been a part of high-level programs his whole life, and has a passion for helping young players succeed. We are

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Melton joins Ellsworth CC Basketball staff

Coach Dwayne Melton has joined the Ellsworth Community College Panthers as an assistant coach with the Men’s Basketball Program.  Melton joins the coaching staff after spending the previous three seasons coaching locally within the South Hardin Community School system in a variety of roles. “I am really excited to join the Ellsworth Basketball program this

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Smiley hired as Assistant Basketball Coach at D2 Bloomsburg

Bloomsburg University’s first-year men’s basketball head coach Chris Bess announced the newest addition to the program this week with the hiring of assistant coach Isaiah Smiley.  Smiley will reunite with Bess as the two previously served together on Edinboro University’s women’s basketball coaching staff. Smiley was a student assistant coach from 2018-2021 for the Fighting Scots while Bess

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Coffman receives contract extension at Purdue Fort Wayne

Purdue University Fort Wayne and head men’s basketball coach Jon Coffman have agreed to a contract extension, Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton announced. Coffman, who was named Horizon League Coach of the Year in 2022 after guiding the Mastodons to a regular-season title, received an additional three years on his contract, extending it through the 2029-30 season. “Jon Coffman is an

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D3 Northland College names Hickey as new Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Northland College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Scott Sorenson announced the addition of Kevin Hickey to the LumberJack coaching staff on Thursday. “We are extremely fortunate to have Kevin join our staff,” said Sorenson. “He has a tremendous amount of experience in just about every aspect of a college basketball program. His basketball IQ is fantastic. I could tell

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Wyoming Basketball Staff Update

As the Cowboys get ready for the season, University of Wyoming head coach Jeff Linder announces announced changes to the Cowboy basketball staff on Thursday. The changes, which came in affect earlier this offseason include Marc Rodgers being elevated to assistant coach with Shaun Vandiver moving into a new role as Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Coleman Sparling will be

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OFFICIAL: Marks named Chief Program Strategist at Howard

Following-up on something that I mentioned back on 8/22 (DAILY DIRT). The hiring of Daniel Marks at Howard is now official. Here’s the release from Howard:  Howard University men’s basketball head coach Kenneth Blakeney named Daniel G. Marks as the program’s first-ever Chief Program Strategist. In his new role at Howard, Marks will focus on growth in all areas of

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Jones added to Henderson State Basketball Staff

Jeff Jones has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach for Henderson State University for the 2022-23 season. Jones, a native of Baton Rouge, Lousiana, comes to HSU after coaching in the AAU circuit. In addition to his time in AAU, Jones was an assistant coach at his high school Madison Preparatory Academy and

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Daily Dirt – 9/1/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Crazy that it’s September already. Here are a few things that I’ve heard… It sounds like Boston College will hire Adam Walsh as their new DBO. Walsh had resigned earlier this spring as the head coach at D3 Shenandoah. He has also been the head coach at Centenary (LA) where he

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Sewanee MBB assistant takes over Women’s program

Director of Athletics John Shackelford has announced on Monday that Brody Curry C’17 will serve as the next head women’s basketball coach at the University of the South. In addition, he was appointed as the Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee (ADID) for the department. Curry becomes the 13th head coach in the history of the women’s basketball at Sewanee. The

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