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New England Coaches vs Cancer Basketball Clinic – Brown University – 9/18+9/19

The 2021 New England Coaches vs Cancer Basketball Clinic provides basketball coaches throughout the Northeast an in-person opportunity to learn from the game’s top coaches and is a reinforcement of our shared vision of educating the next generation of coaches. Your participation supports the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs Cancer program. For over 25 years, the Coaches

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MacMartin joins Dubuque Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

The University of Dubuque men’s basketball program has announced the hiring of Chris MacMartin as an assistant coach to fill out Robbie Sieverding‘s coaching staff. Chris MacMartin joins the UD Men’s basketball program after seven years on staff at Northern Illinois University. MacMartin served as an assistant coach at NIU in 2020-21, following one season as

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Kansas adds Morningstar as Video Coordinator

Former Kansas guard and national champion Brady Morningstar has joined the Jayhawks staff as video coordinator, KU head coach Bill Self announced. “We’re all excited to bring Brady back to KU to be a part of our coaching staff,” Self said. “Brady was a very good player here and was a great teammate. I can’t

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Bonzi Wells named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Lemoyne-Owen College

LeMoyne-Owen College has selected Gawen DeAngelo “Bonzi” Wells, former NBA standout, as their head coach for the Magicians men’s basketball team. Wells has 10+ experience playing professional basketball in the NBA and overseas. Nationally he played for the Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies. Bonzi is from Muncie

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Lenahan named Head Basketball Coach at Bard

The Bard College Department of Athletics and Recreation has hired Michael Lenahan as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. A longtime NCAA Div. I and Div. III assistant coach, and a member of the 2019 National Association of Basketball Coaches Under Armour 30-Under-30 Team, Lenahan is leaving the West Coast for the East Coast for his first

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Clemson Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Former Clemson University men’s basketball staffer, Lucas McKay, returns to Head Coach Brad Brownell’s staff as the program’s director of recruiting. Brownell also hired 40-year coaching veteran Jeff Reynolds as special assistant to the head coach. McKay, who left the program following the 2018-19 season to become an assistant coach at UMKC, returns to a

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Boston University Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Boston University has added two administrative staffers to their men’s basketball staff, as they have hired Herschel Jenkins as the Director of Basketball Operations, and Griffin Lyon as the Video Coordinator. Herschel Jenkins After spending five seasons at Fordham, Herschel Jenkins was named Boston University director of basketball operations by men’s basketball head coach Joe

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Kansas City Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Kansas City Men’s Basketball and Head Coach Billy Donlon have announced the hiring of two new assistant coaches, Matt Vest and Justin Brown. Vest, who played for Donlon at Wright State from 2010-14, joins the Roos after spending the past seven years playing professional ball overseas. Brown spent the past three seasons as an assistant

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