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Daily Dirt – 4/6/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Lafayette will hire Mike McGarvey as their associate head coach. McGarvey has spent the past four seasons as the head coach at D3 Lycoming (PA). Prior to his time at Lycoming, McGarvey spent seven seasons as an assistant at Colgate, where he served on the same staff

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East Carolina Basketball Staff Update

East Carolina Head Men’s Basketball Coach Michael Schwartz has begun to build his first staff, hiring Jake Morton and Riley Davis as assistant coaches and Jesse Higdon as director of basketball operations. Morton and Davis have most recently served as assistant coaches at Jacksonville State and UT Arlington, respectively, while Higdon has worked in various capacities at the University of Tennessee. Morton arrives in Greenville

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Wichita State Dirt…

Combining a bunch of reports here… Wichita State associate head coach Lou Gudino is on the move, and will become the associate head coach under new head coach Michael Lewis at Ball State. Gudino had been at WSU for the past four seasons, and spent ten seasons on the staff at Indiana State before that.

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Ruta promoted to assistant coach at Arkansas

After serving three years as the Razorback men’s basketball director of operations, Anthony Ruta has been promoted to assistant coach, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman announced today. “We are excited and fortunate to have Anthony make this progression on our staff,” Musselman said. “His tireless work ethic and overall basketball knowledge led us to hire

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Miller announces URI basketball staff

Rhode Island men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller has completed his first coaching staff, hiring veterans Kenny Johnson and Duane Woodward, while also retaining Austin Carroll. It is a trio of assistant coaches who have combined for nine NCAA tournament appearances, four Sweet 16s, two Elite 8 runs and more than 500 victories at the Division I

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Arkansas assistant Moser resigns

Arkansas assistant men’s basketball coach Clay Moser has announced his resignation. Moser had been on the Razorback’s staff for the past three seasons, and was a long-time NBA assistant before that. Here is the message that he posted on Twitter earlier this morning:

REPORT: Hayes headed to Georgia State

According to a TWEET from Jon Rothstein, Georgia State is finalizing a deal with Jonas Hayes, and intends to name him as their new head basketball coach. Hayes most recently led Xavier to the NIT Championship after serving as the Musketeers interim head coach since Travis Steele was fired back on 3/16. He had been

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Grasso extended through 2026-27 at Bryant

Bryant University Director of Athletics Bill Smith has announced a contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Jared Grasso through the 2026-27 season.  “It’s a great day for Bryant basketball,” said Smith. “Coach Grasso is one of the top young coaches in Division I and has done an incredible job taking our program to the

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McMahon named Head Coach at Missouri Southern

Missouri Southern Director of Athletics Rob Mallory has announced that Sam McMahon will be the next head coach of the Missouri Southern Men’s Basketball Program. McMahon will have an introductory press conference on Wednesday, April 6 at 3 pm in the North Endzone Facility on campus at MSSU. “We set out in this search to find a high-character individual,

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