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WJC names Dimitroff Assistant Basketball Coach

William Jewell head men’s basketball coach Chris McCabe has added an additional piece to the Cardinals staff for the 2019-2020 season with the addition of assistant coach Collin Dimitroff.  Dimitroff comes to Jewell after spending last season as an assistant coach at Wallace State Community College (AL) where he helped lead the Lions to a nine-win improvement

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Steve Smith joins Florida State Basketball Staff

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Steve Smith, who helped coach Clemson to the Sweet 16 of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, has been named an assistant coach at Florida State as announced by Seminole Head Coach Leonard Hamilton.   “I have known Coach Smith for a decade or more, and he is well respected in our profession,” said

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Martinelli added to Chatham University Basketball Men’s Basketball Staff

Head Men’s Basketball Coach David Richards has added Pat Martinelli to his coaching staff as an assistant. Before Chatham, Martinelli served as an assistant coach at Allegheny College for two years after an impressive four-year undergraduate student coaching position with the same team. A native of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, Martinelli majored in managerial economics and minored

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O’Grady Joins Embry-Riddle Basketball Coaching Staff

Embry-Riddle men’s basketball Head Coach Steve Ridder has announced that 18-year coaching veteran Patrick O’Grady is set to join the Eagles as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season. O’Grady joins Ridder and Chad Keller on the bench as the Eagles embark on their third season in the NCAA II and Sunshine State Conference. “Patrick O’Grady

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Boateng Named CCNY Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

The City College of New York men’s basketball head coach Sean Clores has announced the addition of Spencer Boateng as an assistant coach. Boateng comes to CCNY after spending this past season as an assistant coach at Manhattanville College. “I am thrilled to have Spencer join our staff. His strong New York City background and experience at the high

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Daily Dirt – 8/6/19

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Following up on something that I TWEETED earlier this morning…former Portland assistant Bob Cantu has landed at Kansas. He will serve in a non-coaching role as an advisor on Bill Self’s staff. He was at Portland from 2016 until this past spring, spent three seasons assistant at UTEP,

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