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Fois named Assistant Basketball Coach at Arizona

Arizona men’s basketball head coach Tommy Lloyd announced the addition of Riccardo Fois as an assistant coach for the Wildcats. Fois has served as a player development coach for the Phoenix Suns the last two seasons and has experience on the coaching staff with the Italian national team. “Ricky is a rising star in the coaching

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NAIA DIRT: Florida National Opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) JJ Thatcher is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NAIA Florida National University. Thatcher had been the Conquistadors head coach for the past eight seasons. His teams had made appearances in the USCAA national tournament from 2015 through 2020. Before coming to FNU, Thatcher had worked as an assistant

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Timmons added to WJU MBB coaching staff

William Jessup University Head Coach Lance Von Vogt is adding to his coaching staff as the 2021-22 season rapidly approaches. On the heels of six consecutive seasons in the NAIA Top-25, Von Vogt has announced the hiring of Travis Timmons as the latest addition to the Jessup sideline. “Travis is a young but seasoned basketball coach,”

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Pastner signs 3-yr extension at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner has signed a three-year contract extension, Tech athletics announced. Combined with the two years remaining on his current agreement, Pastner’s contract to serve as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach now runs through the 2025-26 season. “Coach Pastner has done a masterful job of building our men’s basketball program

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D2 DIRT: Allen U (SC) set to open

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that D2 Allen University (SC) head men’s basketball coach Michael Grant will step down in order to become the associate director of athletics at D2 Morehouse College. Grant, the former head coach at Coppin State and Southern University took over at Allen this past spring. Grant has spent

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Short named MBB DBO at SIUE

SIUE men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Barone has added Adam Short as Director of Basketball Operations. Short comes to SIUE after spending the previous year at Central Missouri as an assistant basketball coach. He also spent five seasons as an assistant with State Fair Community College. “I am excited about Adam joining our staff here

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Waniewski joins Hinds CC Men’s Basketball Staff

Sam Waniewski has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Hinds Community College. Waniewski has recently served as an assistant at Dyersburg State (Tenn.) Community College and Seward County (Kan.) Community College.  Known as a relentless recruiter, he has also spent time as an assistant coach at University of Louisiana-Monroe, Tallahassee (Fla.) Community

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Northern Illinois Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Rashon Burno has finalized his first staff as Steve Christiansen, Drew Gladstone and Branden McDonald will serve as assistant coaches and Matt Fleming will work as NIU’s Director of Basketball Operations. In addition, Devyn Baranauskas has joined the program as a graduate manager.  “I believe we have put

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Greenman promoted to Associate Head Coach at American

American University head men’s basketball coach Mike Brennan announced on Wednesday the elevation of Scott Greenman to the associate head coach role. Greenman is entering his ninth season as the top assistant on Brennan’s staff after previously spending three seasons with him at Georgetown. “Having a great staff is critical to being successful and having someone like

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