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Kay promoted to DBO at Rider

Rider University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kevin Baggett has announced the promotion of Ben Kay to Director of Basketball Operations. Kay spent the 2018-19 on the Broncs’ staff as Director of Player Development as Rider finished tied for second in the MAAC regular-season standings. In 2017-18, Kay  was Head Coach at Penn State Brandywine, leading

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Virginia Tech Basketball Staff Update

Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Mike Young has announced further news on his first staff at Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Famer Ace Custis joins the staff as coordinator of basketball relations and Chester Frazier has been promoted to associate head coach. “As I continue to build our staff, I am excited

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Evans Named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Fordham

Anthony Evans, former head coach at Florida International and Norfolk State, has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Jeff Neubauer. “Anthony Evans brings a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge to our basketball program,” said Neubauer. “His extensive background and his high basketball IQ

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Rick Pitino, University of Louisville reach settlement

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A fiercely competitive coach on the court, Rick Pitino didn’t want to fight in one anymore. So the University of Louisville Athletic Association and Pitino settled lawsuits stemming from his departure from the school, with the former men’s basketball coach’s personnel file changing his termination to a resignation. Pitino sued the

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Sam Houston State Dirt…

I have heard from multiple sources that Sam Houston State will hire Western Texas College head coach Andre Owens as an assistant. He will replace Kyle Campbell who became an assistant Coffeyville CC (KS) back in the spring. Owens has been the head coach at WTC for the past three seasons (48-38), and was an

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Manhattan Basketball Staff Update

 Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello has announced a pair of staff changes as RaShawn Stores has been promoted to associate head coach while Jon Mangel has been tabbed as the program’s strength & conditioning coach/director of MBB operations. Stores has served as an Assistant Coach over the last two seasons and before that as a

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Palm Beach Atlantic Basketball Staff Update

Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned on 9/11 (DAILY DIRT). The hirings at Palm Beach Atlantic have now been made official… Palm Beach Atlantic head men’s basketball coach David Balza has announced two additions to his coaching staff for the 2019-20 season. JP Hevia will serve as a Graduate Assistant coach for the upcoming season.

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Giard named Head Basketball Coach at Kalamazoo College

Nick Giard was introduced as Kalamazoo College’s head men’s basketball coach today. Giard comes to Kalamazoo College from Williams College where he was an assistant coach the past two seasons. Before Williams, Giard gained experience at two NCAA Division I institutions. He was a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida from 2013-15 and

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Gardner-Webb Dirt…

I have heard that Gardner-Webb will hire Andrew Brown as an assistant coach. He will replace Ronrico White who became the Director of Player Development at Murray State. Brown spent last season as an assistant at North Carolina A&T. Prior to that, he spent three seasons on the staff at Winston-Salem State, and served as

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