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Elmira men’s assistant named interim WBB coach

Elmira College Associate Vice President of Athletics Renee Carlineo announced the appointment of Phil Pellegrino as interim head women’s basketball coach. After spending the past three seasons on Randie Torgalski’s staff with the men’s basketball program, Pellegrino steps in to replace former head women’s basketball coach Devin Shea. Shea resigned from the position after two

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Daily Dirt – 4/9/20

Two quick things… Word on the street is that Austin Peay assistant Sergio Rouco is headed to Samford. Rouco is the former head coach at Florida International, who has also been an assistant at Ole Miss, South Florida, and UTEP. He has been at Austin Peay since 2017. A lot of chatter that he may

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Loyola Marymount Basketball Staff Update

First-year LMU men’s basketball Head Coach Stan Johnson has completed his inaugural coaching staff with the additions of David Carter, Allen Edwards, and Greg Youncofski. Both Edwards and Carter have Division I head coaching experience and have combined for 158 wins leading their respective programs. Ricky Muench rounds out the LMU bench as LMU’s new

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McCook CC Head Coach resigns; Becomes DBO at UIC

After one season as McCook Community College men’s basketball coach, Kyle Drennan is leaving to take over as Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Illinois-Chicago. “This wasn’t my plan and it was a very difficult decision,” Drennan said. “My plan was to coach here for three or four years, establish myself and prove

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OFFICIAL: Sanders named assistant at UNCW

Following-up on something that I mentioned in today’s DAILY DIRT. Here’s the official release from UNCW: Monty Sanders, a former standout at Elon and experienced recruiter and assistant coach, has joined head men’s basketball coach Takayo Siddle‘s new staff at UNCW. The addition of Sanders completes the on-the-floor coaching staff for the newly-hired Siddle. He joins

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King U tabs Gillespie as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach

King University Director of Athletics, David Hicks announced the hire of Jason Gillespie as head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday morning. Gillespie was an assistant coach for the Tornado in the early 2000s before stints at Cincinnati Christian University, Bluefield College and most recently Reinhardt University. “From my first interactions with Jason, it was apparent

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Daily Dirt – 4/8/20

Some mid-week dirt… Following up on my tweet from yesterday…I can confirm that Western Carolina associate head coach Monty Sanders is headed to UNCW. He had been at WCU for the last two seasons, but had spent eight years before that in the CAA at his alma mater Elon. The official announcement is expected by

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