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Saint Mary’s Basketball Staff Update

Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball has announced title changes for two current coaches, in addition to the hiring of a new staff member. Head Coach Randy Bennett is pleased to announce the promotion of both Justin Joyner and Mickey McConnell to Associate Head Coach, while bringing on Trey Touchet as the Recruiting Coordinator. “Justin and Mickey have been invaluable to our program during

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Southeastern Louisiana names Randle as new Assistant Basketball Coach

Experienced junior college coach Mike Randle has joined the Southeastern Louisiana University men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, Lion head coach David Kiefer announced Monday. Randle’s hire is pending approval of the University of Louisiana System’s Board of Supervisors. “Coach Randle is a home run addition for our program,” Kiefer commented. “Mike had a ton of success as an

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Brooks named Director of Recruiting at Old Dominion

Old Dominion men’s basketball head coach Jeff Jones announced the hiring of Jordan Brooks as Director of Recruiting on Monday.  He joins the Monarchs after a year as the Director of Recruiting at Xavier. “We are very fortunate to have Jordan join our coaching staff.  He is a young, energetic coach with a very bright future.  His

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JUCO DIRT: USC Salkehatchie opens AGAIN

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) NJCAA D1 USC Salkehatchie is now searching for their 5th head men’s basketball coach since early January. Here’s the timeline… January 6th, 2022: Glen Mayo resigns; Matthew Bennett named Interim Head Coach. April 29th, 2022: Kyle Lawson takes over as new Head Coach. Early July 2022 (not sure on exact date,

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Daily Dirt – 8/22/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Just got back from a week away – catching up on a few things… According to multiple reports, Joe Dooley will re-join Bill Self at Kansas. Dooley spent 2003-13 as an assistant to Self at KU before becoming the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast (2013-18) and then East Carolina (2018-22).

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Iseman hired as Associate Head Coach at D3 Rockford U

The Rockford University men’s basketball program is pleased to announce the hiring of Michael Iseman as an associate head coach. Iseman joins the Regents after serving as an assistant coach for multiple NCAA and NAIA men’s basketball programs over the past seven years.  “We are thrilled to add Coach Iseman to our staff,” Head Coach Jeremy Reigle stated. “He is

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Drew University Basketball Staff Update

Heading into his first season at Drew, Ranger Men’s Basketball Head Coach Michael McSloy has added a pair of assistant coaches to his staff. Dylan Musial C’22 and Oliver Ortman will join McSloy on the bench this season along with returning Assistant Coach Scott Gibbs. Musial returns to his alma mater after helping the Rangers to a tremendous five-year run from 2017-22.

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Paul added to Francis Marion Men’s Basketball Staff

Patrick Paul has been added as an assistant coach to the Francis Marion University men’s basketball staff. A native of Florence, S.C., Paul is a health and physical education teacher in Florence School District One.  He arrives at FMU after one season as an assistant coach for the varsity girls’ basketball team at Trinity Collegiate School

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Arizona State Basketball Staff Update

Sun Devil Men’s Basketball completed their 2022-23 coaching and support staff as Head Coach Bobby Hurley announced several personnel moves.  Current Assistant Coach Jermaine Kimbrough was promoted to Associate Head Coach. Director of Scouting and Player Development Brandon Rosenthal has been elevated to Assistant Coach, joining Kimbrough and Assistant Coach George Aramide on Hurley’s coaching staff.  Former Western Illinois Assistant Coach and Chicago native Nick

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Farmer joins Harvard Basketball staff

 Larry Farmer – formerly an assistant coach at MIT and a graduate assistant at Boston College – is set to join the Harvard University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach ahead of the 2022-23 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Friday. “We are more than thrilled

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