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Kelley Hired as Men’s Basketball Director of Operations and Recruiting Coordinator at George Washington

Austin Kelley has been hired as GW men’s basketball’s Director of Operations and Recruiting Coordinator, head coach Maurice Joseph announced Monday. Kelley comes to GW after spending the past two years as the Elite Director with Hoop Group, a basketball company in New Jersey that runs camps, clinics, leagues and tournaments. In that role, Kelley

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Daily Dirt – 8/27/18

A few things that I’ve heard as school gets underway… New Southern New Hampshire head coach Jack Perri will add Tim Lee to his staff. Lee is a 2002 SNHU alum who scored 1,291 career points for the Penmen. He most recently served as the head coach at Bishop Brady (NH) HS. Lee will join

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URI Men’s Basketball Staff Update

The Rhode Island men’s basketball staff is complete, with Head Coach David Cox announcing promotions for T.J. Buchanan and Jerrell Coleman, as well as the retention of assistant coach Tyron Boswell. Boswell will enter his second season as an assistant coach for the Rams. He was part of the staff that won the first regular-season

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Waldo to join SIUE Men’s Basketball Staff

Hall of Fame Coach Mike Waldo will join the SIUE men’s basketball staff beginning September 1, according to Head Coach Jon Harris. “We are thrilled to have Mike Waldo join our staff,” Harris said. “It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to hire a Hall of Fame coach with more than 700 career

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University Arkansas assistant basketball coaches receive pay increases

According to WholeHogSports.com, University of Arkansas assistant basketball coaches Melvin Watkins, T.J. Cleveland, and Scotty Thurman have all received pay increases for the 2018-19 season. The report, which was obtained from a freedom of information act request, lists the increases (and salaries) as following: Melvin Watkins: increase of $8,000 to $391,635 T.J. Cleveland: increase of

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Matt Bowen added to Valpo Men’s Basketball Staff

The Valparaiso University men’s basketball program welcomes back a familiar face to the bench this season, as head coach Matt Lottich announced today that Matt Bowen has returned to Valpo as special assistant to the head coach/director of basketball operations. “We’re lucky to bring on board to our program somebody like Matt, who owns a

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