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Bennett added to SUNY Canton MBB staff

Former SUNY Canton men’s basketball standout Kahdean Bennett has been added to the men’s basketball staff as a volunteer assistant coach, as announced by Head Men’s Basketball Coach Shiva Senthil on Friday.   Bennett begins his coaching career after playing for the Roos for four seasons from 2016-2020. He was the starting point guard for

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Cooper named Assistant Basketball Coach at SMU

 John Cooper has been named an assistant coach by Head Coach Tim Jankovich. Cooper has served as head coach at Miami (Ohio) and Tennessee State as well as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Oregon and Auburn. Cooper has recorded more than 100 wins as a Division I head coach, and joins the Mustangs after three

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Daily Dirt – 10/2/20

A few quick things to wrap-up the week… I have heard that North Texas Director of Basketball Operations Andy Schmitt will be departing the staff, and will join basketball analytics company HD Intelligence. Schmittt had been at UNT since 2018, and was at New Mexico before that. Former Rutgers and Rhode Island assistant Jim Carr

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Daily Dirt – 9/29/20

A bunch of things as September winds down… I can confirm through multiple sources that Southern Illinois DBO Ken Moses will be added as an assistant to Danny Sprinkle’s staff at Montana State. Last season was Moses’ first at SIU after spending two seasons as an assistant at NJCAA D1 Missouri State West Plains. He

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Vincent added as Video Coordinator at Southern Miss

Chris Vincent has been added to Jay Ladner’s staff at Southern Mississippi as the men’s basketball Video Coordinator. “What we were looking for was someone who could plug and play, not just technologically, but do multiple things,” Ladner said. “Chris is that guy. He’s been at Delaware and Yale which gives us an extra hand

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Texas Men’s Basketball Support Staff Update

The University of Texas Men’s Basketball coaching staff is complete for the upcoming 2020-21 season, following the announcement of a pair of hires by head coach Shaka Smart on Monday. Nevada Smith has been named Director of Program Development, while Cody San Miguel will serve as Coordinator of Video & Operations. “We’re very excited about

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