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Daily Dirt – 5/26/20

A few things to kick off the week following the long weekend.. The Greg Heiar to ETSU rumors seem to be gaining some momentum. It sounds like the LSU assistant could be jumping ship and joining Jason Shay’s staff, with an announcement coming as early as this week. Heiar has been at LSU since 2017

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Eddie Sutton passes away

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is confirming that Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has passed away tonight. According to the report, the 84-year old Sutton had been in hospice care in Tulsa at the time of his death. Sutton won over 800 games in his career at the D1 level, where he served as the

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Donley named DBO at ETSU

ETSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay added a familiar face to his coaching staff. Shay announced on Friday that Chad Donley has been named Director of Basketball Operations.  “I am ecstatic to be a part of Coach Shay’s staff,” said Donley, who was selected as one of the 50 Impactful JUCO coaches in the

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Conarroe tabbed as Head Basketball Coach at Colorado College

Jeff Conarroe, associate head coach for the men’s basketball program at Division I California State University, Bakersfield, has accepted the position of head men’s basketball coach at Colorado College, Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine announced today. Conarroe, a 1999 graduate and three-year letter winner in basketball at Colorado College, spent the last nine

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DAILY DIRT: JUCO Edition

A couple of JUCO head coaches on the move…. I first alluded to this one back on 5/15 (DAILY DIRT) – it’s now a done deal. Chipola College (FL) head coach Brendan Foley is headed to Buffalo as an assistant. In his 2 seasons at Chipola, he went 45-15 (18-10 this past season). He spent

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Battle joins ETSU Basketball Staff

East Tennessee State University men’s basketball head coach Jason Shay announced the hiring of Turner Battle as an assistant coach on Thursday. Battle comes to Johnson City with 13 years of coaching experience, which includes stints at Buffalo (2007-13), Chattanooga (2013-14) most-recently at UAB (2014-20), where he spent the last four years as an associate

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Florida College Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Florida College Head Coach Chase Teichmann announced Thursday that he added Jesse Repay, Bryan Doze, and Robert Rayle as assistant coaches to the Falcon’s coaching staff for the upcoming season. “I’m really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Teichmann. “All three guys are from different parts of the country and are coming

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D3 DIRT: Shay out at Pitt Bradford

I can confirm that Ryan Shay has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 Pitt Bradford. Shay had been the Panthers head coach for the past two years where he compiled a 5-45 record, including a 1-24 (0-20 AMCC) mark this past season. Before being hired at UPB, he served as a D3

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