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Lanier Named Head Basketball Coach at Georgia State

Following a nationwide search, Georgia State has named Tennessee Associate Head Coach Rob Lanier as the Panthers next men’s basketball head coach. The announcement was made by President Mark Becker and Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb on Friday. Lanier (pronounced: luh-NEER) has spent the last four seasons as associate head coach at Tennessee. The Volunteers

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Daily Dirt – 4/5/19

Some things to wrap up a busy week… An early name to keep an eye on at Presbyterian is College of Charleston assistant Quinton Ferrell. The South Carolina native has been at C of C for the past five seasons, and also worked as an assistant at The Citadel. He is a Presbyterian alum who

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Arkansas Dirt…

Things are heating up in the search at Arkansas… After kicking the tires on Eric Musselman earlier this week, it sounds like the Razorbacks focus has now shifted to Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall. Marshall, the 2014 National Coach of the Year has spent the past 12 seasons as the Shockers head coach. He led his

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Houston’s Kelvin Sampson Signs Contract Extension

Following a record-setting year, University of Houston Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Sampson signed a contract extension through the 2024-25 season Thursday and will remain with the Cougars. The extension is pending University of Houston System Board of Regents approval. “I am excited to be at the University of Houston. We built this program to

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Davis Named Head Basketball Coach at Knox College

Knox College Director of Athletics Daniella Irle announced the hiring of Ben Davis as the Prairie Fire head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. Davis was selected from a search that included over 230 candidates. “We are thrilled to welcome Ben to our staff,” said Irle. “He has a great coaching background as a head coach

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Daily Dirt – 4/4/19

A few things as Minneapolis prepares for SausageFest 2019 to get under way today… A bunch of things out of the MEAC: Interviews for the opening at Howard will take place over the next few days at the Final Four. Will have some names here shortly. The hot name at Morgan State is Maryland assistant

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Tennessee Tech Dirt…

Interviews are wrapping up at Tennessee Tech in the hunt to replace Steve Payne. The names that I’ve heard involved in this one are:   Rick Cabrera – Assistant Coach Austin Peay. Just wrapped up his second season at APSU. A Tennessee Tech alum who had spent five seasons on Steve Payne’s staff (2012-17). Ronnie

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George Washington Basketball Staff Update

First-year GW men’s basketball head coach Jamion Christian has announced the hiring of assistant coaches Graham Bousley, Ryan Devlin and Nima Omidvar to his inaugural staff. Bousley and Devlin come to GW after spending last season on Christian’s staff at Siena, while Omidvar was at South Alabama in 2018-19 after four years at the University

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