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Quinnipiac Basketball Staff Update

The Quinnipiac Men’s Basketball program has announced its staff updates ahead of the upcoming 2022-23 season, as revealed by Head Coach Baker Dunleavy and the Bobcats. Tahar Sutton will join the Quinnipiac staff as an Assistant Coach, Bradley Jacks has been promoted to Assistant Coach, Jeff Robinson has been named Director of Operations and Nolan Meehan will serve as Graduate Assistant. “Our program is

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Izzo inks new 5-yr / 6.2M deal at Michigan State

Michigan State men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has agreed to terms on a new contract, MSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller announced Thursday. The contract will require formal approval by the MSU Board of Trustees at their next meeting (Sept. 9, 2022). “We greatly appreciate Coach Izzo’s commitment to our outstanding university and his competitive

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McDowell named Assistant Basketball Coach at D2 Newberry

The Newberry College Athletic Department and head coach Jason Taylor announced the hiring of Tyrell McDowell as assistant men’s basketball coach for the upcoming 2022-23 season. “I’d like to thank Jason Taylor and Sean Johnson for this incredible opportunity. Looking forward to building relationships in the community and using my experience to help Coach Taylor and the basketball program. I’m excited to

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OFFICIAL: Rodgers named DBO at Utah Valley

I first mentioned this one in the DAILY DIRT back on 8/4. It’s now been made official – Stephen Rodgers has been named as the Director of Basketball Operations at Utah Valley. Here’s the OFFICIAL RELEASE from UVU: Utah Valley head coach Mark Madsen has announced the hiring of Stephen Rodgers as the director of basketball operations

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Rice names Pennell Assistant Basketball Coach

Rice head basketball coach Scott Pera announced the addition of Russ Pennell as Assistant Coach, Thursday afternoon. “I have known Russ Pennell for about fifteen years,” said Pera. “I got to know him in our days in Arizona when I was an assistant at ASU.  I always respected his knowledge and passion for the game of basketball.  All

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Roberts hired as Assistant Coach at D3 Waynesburg

Waynesburg University head men’s basketball coach Tim Fusina is excited to announce the hiring of Ben Roberts as his new assistant coach. He brings a rich coaching background that includes multiple stops at the collegiate and camp levels with him to the Yellow Jackets. “I am extremely excited to be joining the Waynesburg community and become a part of the

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Loyola New Orleans Basketball Staff Update

Two members of the Loyola Wolf Pack 2021-22 National Championship men’s basketball team are back with the program under first-year coach Donald Reyes. Javan Felix is set to start his second season on the bench with the Wolf Pack while Andrew Fava will make the transition from player to coach, Reyes announced Thursday.  Felix originally came to Loyola to coach

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Small College Dirt: Maine Fort Kent opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Tom Bird has stepped down as the head men’s basketball coach at Maine Fort Kent (USCAA). Bird has been the head coach and assistant AD at UMFK since 2014. His best stretch came in 2016-17 and 2017-18, where he led his team to back-to-back 23-9 seasons, and

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Veteran head coach Alexander joins Alcorn State Basketball Staff

Veteran coach Cyrus “Cy” Alexander will be joining the men’s basketball staff at Alcorn State University under the direction of Head Coach Landon Bussie. Alexander becomes the second assistant coach to join Bussie’s staff in the last 10 days, officially completing the staff for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Enjoying summer workouts as the defending 2021-22 Southwestern Athletic

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Branden McDonald added to Bucknell Basketball Staff

Branden McDonald, formerly an assistant coach at Northern Illinois, Towson, Manhattan, and Pittsburgh, is the newest member of the Bucknell men’s basketball coaching staff, head coach Nathan Davis announced. “I am excited to welcome Branden to the program and the Bison basketball family,” said Davis. “Branden brings tremendous experience from quality programs in all aspects of basketball coaching,

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