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Hightower resigns as Head Basketball Coach at DIII Southwestern University (TX)

Southwestern University Pirates men’s basketball coach Janson Hightower announced he is leaving his position for other business opportunities in the Georgetown community. “It is with great regret that we announce the resignation of Coach Janson Hightower,” Associate Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Glada Munt said. “We certainly support him in his decision to go

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Virginia Tech Pays Tribute to Buzz Williams

Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock confirmed on Wednesday that men’s basketball head coach Buzz Williams has accepted the same position at Texas A&M. “Coach Williams made a very positive impact on the culture of our basketball program at Virginia Tech,” Babcock said. “We appreciate all that Buzz and his staff did for our

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Daily Dirt – 4/3/19

Some things that I’ve heard as guys get ready to head to sunny Minneapolis… Don’t let anyone fool you…Buzz to A&M has been done for a while. I tweeted about this one last night…sounds like it’s now done – Rutgers assistant Jay Young to Fairfield. Jay and I were on the same staff a loooong

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Arkansas Dirt…

I can confirm through multiple sources that Nevada head coach Eric Musselman is on campus today at Arkansas. There are also reports of Bud Walton Arena being set up for a presser. While that is in fact true, it doesn’t necessarily mean a hiring is imminent. I have it from a great source that the

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Portland Dirt…

I can confirm that Bob Cantu is out as an assistant at Portland. He had been on Terry Porter’s staff since 2016. Cantu was an assistant at UTEP for three seasons before coming to Portland. He also worked at USC for 12 seasons as an assistant coach, associate head coach and interim head coach. An

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REPORT: Dane Fischer to William & Mary

Earlier this morning in the Daily Dirt, I mentioned George Mason assistant Dane Fischer as the leader at William & Mary. According to a report just posted by Jon Rothstein, it appears to be done, and Fischer will be hired as the new head basketball coach at W&M. Fischer has been at George Mason with

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