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Southwest Mississippi CC Basketball Staff Update

After spending 2019-20 as a volunteer assistant coach for the Southwest Mississippi CC Bears basketball team, Vince Thibodeau has been promoted to the full-time position for 2020-21. Thibodeau takes over the full-time post following the departure of Jeff Diepenbrock. Also departing the Bears’ staff is volunteer assistant Reggie Chambers. Thibodeau expressed his thanks to Bears head “Coach Bryan

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Spanellis joins Wesleyan University Men’s Basketball Staff

Derek Spanellis joins the men’s basketball program at Wesleyan for his first season as assistant coach in 2020-21. Spanellis comes to Middletown, Conn. after spending two years with the men’s basketball program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Pratt, Spanellis served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under former Cardinals’ assistant Max Sass. Spanellis’

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Central Oklahoma Basketball Staff Update

The University of Central Oklahoma men’s basketball team announced Tuesday Daniel Wheeler has been promoted to a full-time assistant coaching position on the staff. Wheeler has been serving various roles for the Bronchos since 2015. He came to Central as a graduate assistant coach and was in that position for three seasons before moving to a

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Brown joins Governors State Men’s Basketball Staff

Mike Brown has been named as an assistant coach with the Governors State men’s basketball team. A Chicago native, Brown served as an assistant coach at Purdue Northwest from 2018-20, helping the Pride to its most successful season since becoming an NCAA Division II member. Brown was also a Division II assistant at Maryville (2017-18)

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New Mexico Assistant Suspended

The University of New Mexico has suspended assistant men’s basketball coach Brandon Mason. The UNM athletic department released the following statement: “Early this morning, The University of New Mexico Athletic Department became aware that assistant men’s basketball coach Brandon Mason was arrested for aggravated DWI. At this time, Coach Mason is suspended from all coaching

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Weir added to VMI Basketball Staff as Assistant DBO

Andrew Weir has been named as the assistant director of operations for the VMI men’s basketball team. Weir competed for four seasons on the Erskine College (S.C.) men’s basketball team as a guard. He was active in other areas of Erskine athletics, serving as a videographer for the football team and a student-assistant recruiter for

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