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New Mexico Men’s Basketball Staff Update

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball program has made a pair of staff changes, the program announced on Wednesday. Current director of operations, Ralph Davis, has been promoted to assistant coach and Robert Edwards has been added as video coordinator. Davis moves into the assistant coach position after serving the last season as the

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BREAKING: Danny Kaspar resigns at Texas State

Danny Kaspar has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at Texas State. The University released the following statement: Kaspar had been on leave from TSU since early June following allegations of insensitive racial remarks by a former player. The veteran head coach had spent the past seven seasons at Texas State, where he went

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Oregon State Dirt…

I can confirm that Gregg Gottlieb is no longer on the men’s basketball staff at Oregon State. It sounds like he was part of a cost cutting purge that has slashed a reported 23 positions within the Beavers athletics department. Gottlieb had been on Wayne Tinkle’s staff for the past six seasons, serving the first

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Ayers departs Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Staff

Notre Dame has released the following statement regarding the men’s basketball staff: Ayers had been on Mike Brey’s staff for the past four seasons, and was an assistant at Bucknell for two seasons before that. During his playing career for the Irish, Ayers saw action in 117 games, including 51 starts. He averaged 6.5 ppg,

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KTS Basketball Presents: A Basketball Conversation

Event: KTS Basketball Presents: A Basketball Conversation                                                   (Session 1) Date: 9.30.20 Time: 7pm – 8pm EST Cost: Free *To join event on zoom, email [email protected] or DM your email address to @ktsbasketball on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook Panelists: Mark Bialkoski – University of Maryland, Director of Operations  Larry Blunt – Drake University, Assistant Coach  Andre Grey –

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Daily Dirt – 9/21/20

Catching up on a bunch of things… Scott McCloud, Jr. has been hired as a graduate assistant at Fordham. He spent last season working as an assistant at Covenat College Prep (NJ). Donnie Tyndall has added Jordan VerHulst to his staff at Chipola. VerHulst had previously worked as the the video coordinator / special assistant

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Drake Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Drake University head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has announced the promotion of current coaching staff members Matt Gatens and Brady Ellingson to new staff roles. Gatens, who has served as the Bulldogs’ director of operations the last two seasons, moves into an assistant coaching role while Ellingson takes over the director of operations duties after

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