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Kansas adds Morningstar as Video Coordinator

Former Kansas guard and national champion Brady Morningstar has joined the Jayhawks staff as video coordinator, KU head coach Bill Self announced. “We’re all excited to bring Brady back to KU to be a part of our coaching staff,” Self said. “Brady was a very good player here and was a great teammate. I can’t

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Bonzi Wells named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Lemoyne-Owen College

LeMoyne-Owen College has selected Gawen DeAngelo “Bonzi” Wells, former NBA standout, as their head coach for the Magicians men’s basketball team. Wells has 10+ experience playing professional basketball in the NBA and overseas. Nationally he played for the Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies. Bonzi is from Muncie

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Lenahan named Head Basketball Coach at Bard

The Bard College Department of Athletics and Recreation has hired Michael Lenahan as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. A longtime NCAA Div. I and Div. III assistant coach, and a member of the 2019 National Association of Basketball Coaches Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, Lenahan is leaving the West Coast for the East Coast for his first

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Clemson Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Former Clemson University men’s basketball staffer, Lucas McKay, returns to Head Coach Brad Brownell’s staff as the program’s director of recruiting. Brownell also hired 40-year coaching veteran Jeff Reynolds as special assistant to the head coach. McKay, who left the program following the 2018-19 season to become an assistant coach at UMKC, returns to a

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Boston University Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Boston University has added two administrative staffers to their men’s basketball staff, as they have hired Herschel Jenkins as the Director of Basketball Operations, and Griffin Lyon as the Video Coordinator. Herschel Jenkins After spending five seasons at Fordham, Herschel Jenkins was named Boston University director of basketball operations by men’s basketball head coach Joe

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Kansas City Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Kansas City Men’s Basketball and Head Coach Billy Donlon have announced the hiring of two new assistant coaches, Matt Vest and Justin Brown. Vest, who played for Donlon at Wright State from 2010-14, joins the Roos after spending the past seven years playing professional ball overseas. Brown spent the past three seasons as an assistant

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D3 DIRT: Dean’s Cabral set to retire

After 40 seasons as a head coach, Dean College’s Rico Cabral has announced that he will retire from coaching. Over his career Cabral owns an overall record of 576-403. During his seven seasons at the helm at Dean, Cabral amassed a 105-54 record. In his first season, the Bulldogs captured the Region 21 Championship. Prior

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Carson-Newman Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Carson-Newman head men’s basketball coach Chuck Benson has announced the addition of Joe Laravie and Clenzo Ross to the coaching staff at C-N as graduate assistant coaches. Laravie comes to Carson-Newman after spending the summer as an assistant coach with Mets de Guayando in Puerto Rice. He was an All-American at Christian Brothers and Southern

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West Alabama Men’s Basketball Staff Update

University of West Alabama Head Coach Nick Woodruff announced the promotion of Jake Jobling, and the addition Trey Moore to his men’s basketball staff. Jake Jobling The West Alabama men’s basketball team has named the former graduate assistant and UWA basketball player Jake Jobling as the next assistant coach. The new position comes to Jobling

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