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Jarvis Hayes joins Georgia State Basketball Staff

Georgia State head coach Rob Lanier announced the final assistant coach to his staff on Thursday with the addition of Jarvis Hayes. Hayes spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach at Morehouse College guiding the squad to a 20-5 overall record and SIAC regular season title. With deep ties to Atlanta basketball, Hayes was

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Coker adds Kisonas as Assistant Basketball Coach

Coker College has named Elvis Kisonas as its assistant men’s basketball coach, Dr. Lynn Griffin, vice president of athletics and athletic facilities, announced today. Elvis joins the Cobras after spending the past three seasons at Mercer University, where he held the title of Director of Basketball Operations. In his role at Mercer, Kisonas was responsible

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OFFICIAL: Ford joins Longwood Basketball Staff

Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned back on 4/26 (DAILY DIRT). Luke ford has officially joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff. The school released the following release earlier today. Former University of Virginia men’s basketball manager and William & Mary director of basketball operations Luke Ford has joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff as

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Jones inks Extension at Yale

James Jones, the winningest men’s basketball coach in Yale history, has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the helm of the program through 2026, Director of Athletics Vicky Chun announced. “I am thrilled that James will remain a Yale Bulldog!  James and his family have not only been model citizens at Yale

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College of Charleston Dirt…

Yesterday, I mentioned that Eric Wilson was the leader to replace Quinton Ferrell as an assistant at the College of Charleston. I can now confirm that he is in fact the choice, and will be hired as an assistant on Earl Grant’s staff. Before becoming and assistant at Western Carolina, Wilson spent six years as

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Hampton added to Aurora Men’s Basketball Staff

Aurora University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt Airy announced the addition of Rickey Hampton as an assistant coach to the Spartan program. Hampton arrives at AU after four seasons as an assistant coach and head JV coach at Concordia University Chicago, a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference foe of the Spartans. “We couldn’t be more excited to

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