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D3 DIRT: Eastern Nazarene (MA) set to open

I can confirm that Scott Polsgrove has stepped down as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Eastern Nazarene College (MA), and will join Steve Drabyn’s staff at NAIA Bethel University (IN). Polsgrove had spent the past five seasons at ENC, where he put together a 55-57 (.491) record. He has also served as the

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Small College Dirt: Central Penn Opens

Central Penn College (USCAA) head Men’s Basketball David Archer has resigned and has become the new head coach at Susquehanna Township HS (PA). Archer has spent the past five seasons at CPC, and was the head coach at Harrisburg Area CC prior to that. A former player at Central Penn, Archer had also worked at

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Austin Cox named DBO at SFA

SFA men’s basketball head coach Kyle Keller announced on Tuesday the hiring of Austin Cox to his staff to serve as the Director of Basketball Operations for the 2021-22 season and beyond. Cox joins SFA after serving as an Elite Enterprise Account executive at Hudl, a leading player in the recruiting landscape for college athletics.

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Gossett named Head Basketball Coach at Southwestern CC (IA)

Brandon Gossett is the new men’s basketball coach at Southwestern Community College, Athletic Director Doug North announced today. Gossett will take over after Devin Kastrup announced his resignation at the conclusion of a successful season. The Spartans are coming off an above .500 season which included five wins over top-25 nationally-ranked teams. Gossett comes to

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Michigan State Basketball Staff Update

Michigan State’s men’s basketball Head Coach Tom Izzo announced several staffing changes, with Doug Wojcik moving to assistant coach and three former Spartan standouts returning to the program. Wojcik, who was an assistant coach under Izzo from 2003-05, returned to East Lansing in 2018 and has spent the last three years as recruiting coordinator.  He

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Shingler heads from South Carolina to Maryland

Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon has announced the hiring of Prince George’s County native Bruce Shingler as assistant coach. Shingler most recently spent five seasons as an assistant coach at South Carolina, where he helped lead the Gamecocks to their first ever NCAA Final Four appearance. He grew up just miles from College Park

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D3 DIRT: Southern Maine set to open

Following-up on my TWEET from last night…I have heard from multiple sources that University of Southern Maine head men’s basketball coach Karl Henrikson has told his team that he is retiring. Henrickson has spent the past eighteen seasons at his alma mater USM, where he went 152-294 (.341). The state of Maine coaching veteran also

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Petty named MBB Video Coordinator at Maryland

Maryland men’s basketball head coach Mark Turgeon has announced Brenton Petty as the program’s video coordinator.  A native of Washington, D.C., Petty served as a graduate manager for Maryland from 2018-20 and was most recently a basketball operations assistant for the Detroit Pistons. “We are extremely excited to welcome Brenton back to our coaching staff,”

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Hampden-Sydney Names Livingston Basketball Assistant Coach

Hampden-Sydney College third-year head basketball coach Caleb Kimbrough has announced the appointment of Trey Livingston as an Assistant Coach. Livingston served as the head assistant coach for the post grad team at Advance Prep Academy in Auburndale, Florida during 2020-21. “We are thrilled that Trey will be joining the Tiger basketball family!” said Kimbrough. “Trey

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Villanova Men’s Basketball Staff Update

A series of staff moves were announced today by Villanova head coach Jay Wright to fill the void created in April when Kyle Neptune accepted the head coaching position at Fordham University. George Halcovage, a member of the basketball staff since 2008 and an assistant coach since 2017, was elevated to Associate Head Coach. Dwayne

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