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Coastal Carolina hires Brown as Director of Men’s Basketball Player Development

Mike Brown has been named director of player development for Coastal Carolina men’s basketball, announced head coach Justin Gray on Thursday.  A four-year letterman and all-conference player at Western Carolina University, Brown played one season professionally overseas before embarking on his coaching career, which included high school and collegiate stints.  “We are thrilled to have Mike Brown

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D’Alessio named Head Basketball Coach at Bluefield State

Bluefield State University athletics has announced the appointment of Luke D’Alessio as its new head men’s basketball coach. A seasoned leader with more than 30 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and II levels, D’Alessio brings a distinguished resume of competitive success, player development, and program building to Big Blue. D’Alessio’s coaching

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Burton named Assistant Basketball Coach at D2 Arkansas Tech

Arkansas Tech head men’s basketball coach Mark Downey has announced the hiring of Harrison Burton as the program’s assistant coach. “Coach Burton is a welcome addition to our staff,” said Downey. “He has high character, comes from a great family and has been around a lot of winning in his career thus far. Harrison brings different recruiting ties, different

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Clark named Assistant Basketball Coach at UTRGV

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) head men’s basketball coach Kahil Fennell announced on Thursday the hiring of Cam Clark, who spent last season as an assistant coach at Houston Christian University (HCU), as an assistant coach. Last season, Clark helped HCU double their win total from the previous season while recording their most conference wins in

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D2 McKendree assistant Mathews resigns; Takes HS job in Illinois

Story: Max Bennett, Sports Information Director The McKendree men’s basketball program announced the resignation of assistant coach Hank Mathews. The Peoria, Ill. native has accepted the head coaching position at Collinsville (Ill.) High School. Filled in rich tradition, the Collinsville Kahoks have collected more than 2,220 wins in their history, good for second most all-time in

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