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Dalonte Hill joins Southern Miss Basketball Staff

Southern Miss head men’s basketball coach Jay Ladner has announced heralded recruiter Dalonte Hill as the third assistant on his inaugural staff, joining Kyle Roane and Clarence Weatherspoon. “We had a great pool of candidates for this spot,” Ladner said. “Dalonte’s reputation, experience and respect from everyone I talked to proves we are getting one of the

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Slessinger inks contract extension at New Orleans

Following a third consecutive postseason appearance, University of New Orleans head men’s basketball coach Mark Slessinger signed a contract extension through the 2025-2026 season Thursday. The extension was approved by the Louisiana System Board of Regents.  “I can’t begin to express my gratitude to Dr. John Nicklow, our Director of Athletics Tim Duncan, and our administration for this contract

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OFFICIAL: Curle resigns at Plattsburgh State

Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported yesterday (DIII DIRT). Plattsburgh State has issued the following press release on the retirement (resignation) of head basketball coach Tom Curle: Plattsburgh State head men’s basketball coach and associate athletic director Tom Curle, the winningest coach in program history at 292-152 overall, has announced his retirement

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Brown University Basketball Staff Update

 Brown men’s basketball coach Mike Martin has named Cooper Handelsman and Sam Hershberger to his 2019-20 coaching staff, with Handelsman being named Assistant Coach and Hershberger the Director of Basketball Operations. “Our program is very fortunate to be adding Cooper and Sam to our coaching staff,” said Martin.  “They both have all of the requisite qualities to have outstanding

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Laird Named Head Basketball Coach at OPSU

Oklahoma Panhandle State University Athletics has announced that veteran collegiate coach Mark Laird will be the Aggies’ next Head Men’s Basketball Coach.  Laird brings a total of 14 years of college coaching expertise to Panhandle State, the most recent of which has been the past two seasons at fellow Sooner Athletic Conference-member Southwestern Christian University.

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Brown joins CSI Basketball Staff

One of the many new faces joining the College of Southern Idaho Men’s Basketball program this fall will be new assistant coach Fred Brown, Jr. who was born and raised in Seattle, Wash. “Fred Brown is someone I’ve known for a long time,” said CSI Head Coach Jeff Reinert. “He’s an exceptional coach with a

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DIII DIRT: Plattsburgh State opens

I tweeted about this one on Friday – I now have confirmation… Plattsburgh State (NY) head coach Tom Curle has resigned an will become the director of athletics at William Peace University (NC). Curle had been the head coach at Plattsburgh State for the past 16 seasons where went 292-152. He has also been the

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NAIA DIRT: Change made at Texas A&M Texarkana

The 2019-20 season will be the inaugural campaign the Texas A&M Texarkana men’s basketball program, and a coaching change has already been made… Charles Goar, who was hired as the first-ever men’s basketball coach in program history back in March has resigned. It sounds like he has entered the private sector. He had previously served

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