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Russell joins Montana State Basketball staff

The Montana State men’s basketball final assistant coaching position was filled on Thursday, May 2, as head coach Danny Sprinkle announced Dan Russell will be joining the Bobcats’ staff.  Russell has been the head coach of the Casper College program for the previous six seasons. The Casper, Wyoming, native led the Thunderbirds to one of

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OFFICIAL: Dennis Hopson Named Head Basketball Coach at Lourdes

Following up on something that I mentioned in yesterday’s Daily Dirt… Lourdes University Athletics Director Janet Eaton has named Dennis Hopson as the third head men’s basketball coach in the program’s history. A native of Toledo, Hopson arrives at Lourdes with more than 30 years of basketball coaching, recruiting, and playing experience. “I am thrilled to announce

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Towson Dirt…

I can confirm that Towson head coach Pat Skerry has added Cooper Calzonetti to his staff as the Director of Basketball Operations. Calzonetti has most recently been an assistant at DIII Hartwick College. Before that, he spent two seasons in an administrative role at Iona. He is the son of long time DI assistant Mark

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Conti Named Head Basketball Coach at NYIT

Evan Conti, who finished last season as the interim head coach, has been selected as the permanent leader for the program, director of athletics Dan Vélez announced Thursday. Conti, a former standout guard at Quinnipiac, who has professional playing experience in Israel, had joined the NYIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach before the

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OFFICIAL: Jones resigns at North Dakota

University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Bill Chaves announced on Wednesday that Brian Jones has stepped down from his position as head coach after 13 seasons leading the UND men’s basketball program to accept the associate head coach position at Illinois State. A national search for his successor begins immediately. “Anytime someone invests over

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Interim Designation Removed; Lewis Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at UW-Oshkosh

Following the completion of a national search, Assistant Chancellor and Director of Athletics Darryl Sims announced Wednesday (May 1) that the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has removed the interim designation on men’s basketball head coach Matt Lewis, who guided the Titans to their first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III title in March. Lewis had

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Fazio to Join Seattle Pacific Basketball Staff

Keffrey Fazio, who was the head coach at West Seattle High School the past six seasons, was hired as an assistant coach at Seattle Pacific University, men’s basketball head coach Gr ant Leep announced Tuesday. Fazio, 35, transformed West Seattle into a contender in Seattle’s competitive Metro League after taking over in 2013. He twice

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