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Carey Rich named Special Assistant at South Carolina

New head men’s basketball coach Lamont Paris announced the addition of former Gamecock great Carey Rich. Rich will serve as special assistant to the head coach. In his role, he will provide assistance on a variety of special projects, with heavy involvement in alumni relations, community outreach and recruiting efforts. “I’m very excited to have Carey joining

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South Carolina Basketball Staff Update

Head coach Lamont Paris has hired Tanner Bronson and Eddie Shannon as assistant coaches on his new staff at South Carolina. Both join Paris after working previously for him at Chattanooga. Bronson was an assistant for the Mocs the past five seasons (2017-22) and Shannon for the last three (2019-22). “I am extremely excited to announce these additions

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Griffin resigns as Head Coach at NAIA Roosevelt U

Joe Griffin has resigned from his position as head men’s basketball coach after 12 years at Roosevelt University. “We would like to thank Coach Griffin for his contributions to our athletic department,” said John Jaramillo, Director of Athletics. “We wish him and his family the best in their future endeavors.” “After a rewarding 12 years,

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Chuck Martin added to Oregon MBB staff

 Oregon has hired Chuck Martin as a men’s basketball assistant coach, head coach Dana Altman announced Friday. Martin will replace Chris Crutchfield, who was named head coach at Omaha in March. Martin spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at South Carolina and brings more than 20 years of experience to the coaching staff. “We are really excited to have Coach

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Brown promoted to Head Coach at D3 Covenant

Covenant director of athletics Dr. Tim Sceggel announced Josh Brown as the next head men’s basketball coach for the Scots. Brown, the lead assistant for the Scots the last three seasons, becomes the 17th head coach in program history. He replaces Neal Young, who announced his departure earlier this week to become the head coach at Ohio Northern University. “I am

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Daily Dirt – 4/8/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I will be traveling most of the day today. This will be the only update until possibly later tonight on the website, but I will do my best to get some stuff up on Twitter (until the DirtQueen shuts that down). Here’s my early morning dirt… With Chartlon Young headed to

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D3 DIRT: Houghton College opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Lance Westberg is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Houghton College (NY). Westberg was hired at Houghton back in 2019 after a five-year stint as an assistant at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. During his three seasons at HC, Westerg put together a 10-48 (.172)

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REPORT: Florida State’s Young headed to Mizzou

HoopDirt.com can confirm multiple reports that Florida State assistant Charlton Young is headed to Missouri where he will become Dennis Gates’ associate head coach. Young and Gates had previously served together on Leonard Hamilton’s staff (2013-19). Young was hired at FSU after spending four seasons as an assistant at his alma mater Georgia Southern. Young

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McMahon officially announces LSU Basketball staff

 LSU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt McMahon announced on Thursday the members of his staff that will help him lead the LSU Tigers into the 2022-23 season. McMahon announced that Casey Long, Ronnie Hamilton and Cody Toppert will serve as assistant coaches. Long joins Coach McMahon after five seasons at Murray State while Hamilton comes to LSU after a

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Daily Dirt II – 4/7/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Busy day. Here’s DDII…. Great sources confirm to me that Jeff Rutter will join DJ Stephens new staff at Western Michigan. Rutter had been an assistant at Miami (OH) for the past five seasons, and has also been at Drake, Iowa State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Stetson. Kyan Brown

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