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Schilling named Assistant MBB Coach at Augustana U (SD)

A familiar, All-American, name is coming back to Augustana. Viking men’s basketball head coach Tom Billeter has announced the hiring of Cody Schilling as an assistant coach. “I am extremely excited to have Cody back on the Augustana campus,” Billeter said. “His growth as a teacher and coach since his graduation from here in 2012 has been

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Whitesell receives contract extension at Buffalo

University at Buffalo Vice President and Director of Athletics Mark Alnutt has announced a contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Jim Whitesell, extending his contract through the 2025 season. “We are excited about the future of our men’s basketball program under Jim Whitesell‘s leadership,” said Alnutt. “I am pleased with the trajectory of the

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Southeast Louisiana adds Woods as Assistant Coach

The Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball team has hired former Lion Roger Woods as assistant coach entering the 2021-22 season, third-year SLU men’s head basketball coach David Kiefer announced. Woods, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, played for the Lions as a freshman in the 2012-13 season under former SLU head coach Jim Yarbrough where he played in

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Ginsburg named Assistant Coach at NYU

Adam Ginsburg has been hired as an Assistant Coach of the New York University men’s basketball team.   Possessing a great deal of collegiate and high school coaching experience, Ginsburg joins the Violets after most recently serving three seasons as Head Coach of the Hopkins Academy (Hadley, MA) High School Boys’ Basketball Team. His teams went

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Southwest Tennessee CC hires Jarrett Stephens as AD & Men’s Basketball Coach

Southwest Tennessee Community College announces the hiring of Jarrett M. Stephens as athletic director and the new head coach of the Saluqi men’s basketball team, effective Aug. 16, 2021. Stephens, a Cleveland, Ohio native with ties to the Memphis community, has more than a decade of intercollegiate basketball coaching experience. “I believe Coach Stephens can advance

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Colorado State extends Medved through 2026-27

Colorado State University has extended the contract of head men’s basketball coach Niko Medved, announced today by director of athletics Joe Parker. The extension will keep Medved as leader of the Rams through the 2026-27 season as well as provide other benefits for the program. “Niko Medved has proven to be an ideal leader for

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Trent Johnson named Interim Head Basketball Coach at CSUN

CSUN has named Trent Johnson Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach, the university announced.  As Johnson leads the Matadors on an interim basis during the 2021-22 season, the men’s basketball coaching staff will remain on paid administrative leave pending the completion of an internal review of potential rules violations. A 1983 graduate of Boise State, Johnson

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