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Laing, N’Diaye promoted to Associate Head Coaches at Central Florida

UCF men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins has announced Wednesday that Robbie Laing and Mamadou N’Diaye have been promoted to associate head coaches. “We’re excited to promote Robbie and Mamadou to associate head coaches. Both have been key contributors to our staff and have really showed their ability to work with our student-athletes to raise their level on and

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Cobian joins Loyola University Chicago Basketball Staff

Loyola University Chicago Head coach Drew Valentine announced the addition of Andrew Cobian to the men’s basketball staff. Cobian will oversee the program’s scouting efforts. Cobian has been on the Long Island Nets staff for the last three years and had a five-year stint with Hofstra’s men’s basketball program prior to the Nets. “As this process unfolded,

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SEMO Basketball Staff Update

Southeast Missouri Head Coach Brad Korn announced the hiring of Assistant Coach DJ Byrd along with two title changes on his men’s basketball staff Monday. Along with Byrd joining the staff, JR Reynolds was elevated to Associate Head Coach and Ryan Strohm was named Assistant Coach/Director of Operations. Byrd was briefly at Barry University last summer before

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Artis named Director of Basketball Operations at Duquesne

Duquesne University head men’s basketball coach Dru Joyce III announced Monday that Darik Artis has joined the staff as director of basketball operations. Artis joins the Dukes after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Orangeville Prep Academy in Mono, Ontario. While with the Bears, Artis conducted practices and individual workouts, edited film and built scouting reports

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Samford Director of Player Development TJ Perry passes away

Samford men’s basketball director of player development T.J. Perry has passed away. Perry, a long-time high school coach in Alabama had joined the Samford staff back on July 1st. Multiple social media tributes have been posted regarding the tragedy: No further information has been released about his death.