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Southwest Mississippi CC adds Riley to MBB Coaching Staff

Matthew Riley enters his first season as volunteer assistant coach with the Southwest Mississippi CC basketball program. He spent the previous three seasons at East Central Community College.   “What attracted me to the program here at Southwest was the culture and reputation that (SMCC men’s basketball head) coach (Bryan) Bender and the staff has built over the

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Louisiana Tech Extends Konkol through 2025-26

Louisiana Tech VP and Director of Athletics Eric Wood announced today that reigning Conference USA Coach of the Year Eric Konkol has signed a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. The contract extension is pending the approval by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Konkol’s new contract agreement comes on the

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Harris joins Millersville MBB Staff

Dexter Harris has joined the Millersville men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, following four seasons as an assistant at Widener. A 2016 graduate of Chestnut Hill, Harris helped Widener to three postseason appearances in his time on the staff, including an 18-win season and ECAC Division III Championship in 2018. He also helped

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Daily Dirt – 7/16/21

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Catching-up on a bunch of things… I have heard that Bowling Green will name Nick Korta as their new Video Coordinator. He was most recently a graduate assistant at Florida State, and worked as a manager at Cleveland State before that. Jon Iati has joined the basketball staff at UMass-Lowell. The

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DAILY DIRT: Small College Search Updates

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Some updates on a few on-going small college searches… I have heard that D3 Colby-Sawyer College (NH) has narrowed down their list, with interviews happening this week. Names that I’ve heard here include: Will Brown (former Head Coach – Albany), Dan Kaigler (Assistant Coach – Rochester), Connor Merrill (Assistant Coach Middlebury),

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Young elevated to Assistant Coach at Arkansas State

Arkansas State men’s basketball head coach Mike Balado announced that Ian Young has been elevated to assistant coach. Young moves to assistant coach after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant on staff. “Ian has taken the long road to becoming an assistant coach, but he has earned this role with our program,” said

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Former New Mexico Head Coach Weir named AD at ENMU

Eastern New Mexico University announced today that Dr. Paul Weir has been appointed as director of athletics. Weir, who most recently served as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of New Mexico (UNM), will officially start on July 19, 2021. “This great state of New Mexico has given me a personal and professional

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