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HoopDirt.com Daily News – 11/10/21

With Buzz Williams serving a two-game suspension, Texas A&M assistant coach Devin Johnson will get his first opportunity to serve as a Division I head coach tonight when the Aggie men’s basketball team opens the regular season against North Florida. More HERE. The St. Louis University Men’s Basketball team paid tribute to former assistant coach

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Towson Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Towson University men’s basketball head coach Pat Skerry has announced the elevation and addition of staff personnel for the 2021-22 campaign. Pat O’Connell has been promoted to associate head coach, Parfait Bitee has been elevated to assistant coach and Chris Conway joins the team as the new director of student-athlete development. Skerry returns for his 11th season

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HoopDirt.com Daily News – 11/8/21

Louisville Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Mack is now officially on a 20-day suspension, which will cause him to miss six games. The suspension is from the University of Louisville, and not from the NCAA. It was issued because of how Coach Mack handled the Dino Gaudio extortion case. More from WLKY HERE. The Eastern Kentucky

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Seattle’s Hayford placed on Administrative Leave

Seattle University head men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford has been placed on administrative leave by the school. Director of Athletics Shaney Fink released the following statement over the weekend: “Men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford was placed on administrative leave Friday, November 5. As this is a personnel matter, the Athletics Department will have no further

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Katz announces retirement at Sacramento State

Sacramento State head men’s basketball coach Brian Katz announced his retirement Friday morning, citing health reasons. The retirement comes one day after the Hornets’ exhibition victory, and four days before the start of the regular season. Current associate head coach Brandon Laird, in his 11th season with the program, will serve as the interim head

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Curran joins Air Force MBB staff

Zack Curran has joined the Air Force Men’s Basketball staff as the Director of Basketball Operations, announced by head coach Joe Scott.   “We are thrilled to have Zack join our staff,” Scott said.  “His overall basketball experiences fills a very important need within our program. He is a good compliment to our other staff

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Holmes named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at RPI

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy has announced the addition of James Holmes as an assistant men’s basketball coach. He will aide eighth-year head coach Mark Gilbride. A native of Latham, New York, Holmes joins the Engineers following three years as an assistant coach at Oswego State, where he

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HoopDirt.com Daily News – 11/4/21

Former Penn State head coach Pat Chambers has joined Ashley Howard’s staff at La Salle as the volunteer Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Chambers spent 2011-20 as the Nittany Lions head coach (148-150), and was also the head coach at Boston U from 2009-11 (42-28). More HERE. The NCAA officially rejected Oklahoma State’s appeal

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Ole Miss, Kermit Davis Agree to Contract Extension

Heading into his fourth season as the head coach of Ole Miss Men’s Basketball, Kermit Davis has agreed to a new four-year contract that runs through 2025, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter announced. “Starting with his first season when he was SEC Coach of the Year, Coach Davis has increased the expectations of Ole

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Jenkins added to Lehigh Men’s Basketball Staff

Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced on Tuesday the addition of Willie Jenkins as assistant coach. Jenkins was a former standout at Tennessee Tech, earning Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year his senior season of 2004-05, while leading his team to the regular season title. He replaces Noel Hightower on the staff,

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