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UT Tyler Basketball Staff Update

Head Men’s Basketball coach Louis Wilson announced additions to the coaching staff as he enters his first season at the helm of UT Tyler’s men’s basketball program, adding Anthony Owens and Aaron Patrick as assistant coaches while announcing Kelly Hernandez as the player development coach and Sam Eureste as the director of basketball operations. Owens

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Haggerty joins North Texas Men’s Basketball Staff

North Texas men’s basketball head coach Grant McCasland has announced the addition of Nelson Haggerty as a special assistant to the head coach. Haggerty, who brings with him over 18 years of coaching experience comes to North Texas after eight seasons as Midwestern State’s head coach.  While at MSU, he guided them to five NCAA

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Jans Inks Extension through 2023 at New Mexico State

New Mexico State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced on Wednesday a one-year contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Chris Jans. This announcement keeps the two-time Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year through the 2022-23 season in addition to other provisions included in the extension. Following the signing, head coach Chris Jans said,

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Kaplan added to Duquesne Men’s Basketball Staff

Adam Kaplan has joined the Duquesne University men’s basketball staff as the Director of Student-Athlete Development. He most recently served as a player development coach and scout for the professional team Maccabi Haifa in Haifa Israel. Kaplan, a 2015 honors graduate of Suffolk University, played college basketball for three years, including one year at Curry

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Duckett joins Carroll University Basketball Staff

Luke Duckett has been hired as an assistant coach/graduate assistant for the 2019 -2020 Carroll University men’s basketball season. Duckett is a former UW-Eau Claire graduate, and student athlete. After graduating, he was the Director of Basketball Operations for the Nike EYBL Basketball Club in Denver, Colo. He was in charge of operations for 72

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UIndy Basketball Staff Update

University of Indianapolis men’s basketball head coach Stan Gouard announced the addition of Roy Hairstonas a new assistant coach and Jon Aldridge as a graduate assistant coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Hairston previously served as an assistant coach at IUPUI from 2016-18, while Aldridge spent the past two seasons at Loras College. A former NJCAA Player of

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D3 DIRT: Medaille set to name new Head Coach

Medaille College (NY) will name Keith Hack as their new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Mike Blaine who became the head coach at Plattsburgh State late last month. Hack has been an assistant at Ursinus College (PA) since 2014. He is a Medaille alum (2010) who scored over 1,200 points in his career

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