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Daily Dirt – 9/13/19

A few things to close out the week… Kirk Earlywine is no longer on the staff at Idaho. He had been with the program since 2012, first as the DBO and later as an assistant. Earlywine was the head coach at Eastern Washington before joining the Vandals staff. He also spent seven seasons working for

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Keatts receives contract extension at NC State

The NC State Board of Trustees approved Friday an extension for third-year men’s basketball head coach Kevin Keatts. The extension puts Keatts under contract for seven seasons through the 2025-26 campaign. He originally signed a six-year agreement to become head coach of the Wolfpack in March 2017, and was awarded with a new contract in November

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Cage Joins Canisius Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

Canisius head men’s basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon announced Wednesday that former University at Buffalo guard Calvin Cage has joined the Golden Griffins’ coaching staff. Cage joins the Griffs’ staff after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Team Takeover 17-U program, part of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL). There, he helped

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Daily Dirt – 9/11/19

Crazy, but there are still some D3 jobs open. Here’s a quick update on a few of those plus other things that I’ve heard… Plattsburgh State (NY): This job was initially offered to a candidate in August. The search was then re-opened a few days after the offer, with a new focus on someone with

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McMurray Joins SIUE Men’s Basketball Staff

Detae McMurray has joined Head Coach Brian Barone on the SIUE men’s basketball staff as a Graduate Assistant for Player Development. McMurray played two seasons at Drake, appearing in 65 games, while making 56 starts. As a senior in 2017-18, he was third on the team at 10.0 points per game while adding 4.1 rebounds

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Boardley Named Shepherd Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

Shepherd University head men’s basketball coach Justin Namolik announced today that Jason Boardley has been named assistant men’s basketball coach. Boardley comes to Shepherd from Mount St. Mary’s University where he was the graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team for the 2018-19 season.  At Mount St. Mary’s he assisted coaches in practice, as well

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George Mason Dirt…

Following up on a TWEET from Saturday… I can confirm that Zack Curran has become the new Director of Basketball Operations at George Mason. Curran had worked at the Hoop Group since 2016, serving most recently as the director of the Hoop Group Elite. He also spent time as an assistant at Marymount University before

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