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Towson Dirt…

I can confirm that Kevin Clark will be elevated to associate head coach at Towson University. Clark has been an assistant on Pat Skerry’s staff since 2011. The pair also worked together as assistants at URI in the mid-2000’s. The coaching veteran has previously served as the associate head coach at St John’s and as

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Graceland University Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Graceland University head men’s basketball coach Cory Hoff has finalized the Yellowjacket coaching staff for the 2018-19 season. The coaching staff will feature four returning assistant coaches with the addition of two new members for this season. Hoff’s seven-person coaching staff will feature two assistant coaches and four student assistant coaches. “I am really excited

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Appalachian State Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Appalachian State men’s basketball head coach Jim Fox has announced changes to his coaching staff for the upcoming season. Jason Allison has been elevated from assistant coach to associate head coach and I.J. Poole has been promoted from director of basketball operations to assistant coach. Fox also has hired Wilbur Allen as an assistant coach.

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Delaware State Search Update…

The Delaware State Men’s Basketball program has been in a state of flux since late February when head coach Keith Walker was released. Associate head coach Keith Johnson was named as the interim head coach, and has continued to serve in that role as DSU also searched for a new athletic director. Now that D.

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Daily Dirt – 7/9/18

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Eastern Illinois will add Justin Brown as an assistant coach. He had spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at South Plains College (TX), and also served as an assistant at Utah State Eastern. An official announcement is expected as early as today. According to multiple

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Daily Dirt: JUCO EDITION – 7/6/18

Here are a few things that I’ve heard from the JUCO level… REGION I: Duane Eason has been named as the new head coach at Phoenix College (AZ). He will replace long-time PC coach Matt Gordon who resigned back in early June. Eason has most recently served as the head coach at Mountain Pointe HS

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Ira Bowman Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Auburn

Ira Bowman has been named an assistant coach for the Auburn men’s basketball program, head coach Bruce Pearl announced Friday. Bowman comes to Auburn after spending the past six seasons at the University of Pennsylvania under head coach Steve Donahue. He was instrumental in the recruitment of team’s top players and in the on-court development

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Dickey Nutt Joins Stetson Men’s Basketball Staff

Stetson men’s basketball head coach Corey Williams announced the addition of veteran coach Dickey Nutt to his staff as a full-time assistant coach. Nutt, who spent the last three season as the Video Coordinator at Florida State, has over 30 years of experience coaching at the Division I level, including a combined 19 seasons as

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