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LIU Basketball Staff Update

LIU men’s basketball head coach Rod Strickland has announced the hiring of three new assistants: Chris Thomas, Maurice Hicks and Shasha Brown. “I’m pleased about the assistants that have joined our staff,” Strickland said. “These coaches have been around players at the highest level, and I’m confident in their abilities to help our guys reach their goals this season

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Hugley named as new Assistant Basketball Coach at ETSU

Joe Hugley is back home!  On Monday, ETSU men’s basketball head coach Desmond Oliver announced the hiring of Hugley as the Buccaneers’ new assistant coach.  “I’m really excited to add Joe to my staff,” said Oliver. “Joe is going to bring a high level of teaching, player development and mentoring from a former player’s perspective. He’s going to

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Delaware extends Inglesby through 2028-29

Delaware men’s basketball head coach Martin Ingelsby has signed a contract extension through the 2028-29 season, Director of Athletics, Community, and Campus Recreation Chrissi Rawak announced on Monday. Ingelsby, who begins his seventh season at the helm of the program, has two years remaining on his contract and will receive an additional five years after that. “Martin has done

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Mo Acker joins Grayson College Basketball Staff

Maurice Acker has been hired as the Grayson College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. “I’m very excited to add Mo to our staff,” says Head Coach Scott Monarch. “I respected his work ethic and approach to the game as a player and am confident that same work ethic will carry over into his coaching career.” Acker

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D3 DIRT: Anderson U (IN) set to open

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Anderson University (IN) head coach Owen Handy will resign, and will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Carter Collins. It sounds like Handy will be stepping away from basketball to enter the corporate world. Handy had been at Anderson for the past ten seasons,

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Mississippi State Basketball Staff Update

The Mississippi State’s men’s basketball program announced the hiring of three new staff members: Jovan Austin (Director of Basketball Operations), Dillon Elder (Director of Scouting and Analytics), and Joe Rogers (Coordinator of Basketball Operations). Jovan Austin Austin has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Texas A&M-Commerce in 2019-20, Panola College in 2020-21 and Texas-Rio

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Youngstown State extends Calhoun through 2026-27

After leading the Youngstown State men’s basketball program to three straight winning campaigns for the first time in nearly 40 years and reaching the postseason for the second time in three seasons, Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun has received a contract extension, YSU Executive Director of Athletics Ron Strollo announced. The new agreement is a five-year deal that extends Calhoun

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