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BREAKING: Wake Forest fires Danny Manning

Wake Forest has fired head basketball coach Danny Manning. This was first reported by Jeff Goodman of stadium.com, earlier this morning. The firing comes just weeks after Manning told the Winston-Salem Journal that he expected to return next season. In his six seasons as the Deamon Deacons head coach, Manning has gone 78-111 (30-80 ACC,

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Coaching Change made at NAIA Judson U

The Judson University Men’s Basketball Program has a new head coach as Judson University Athletic Director Joel Popenfoose announced the hiring of Bruce Field as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach on Friday. Fields succeeds Brian Thrift, who resigned to become the athletic director and Head Boys Basketball Coach at Brazos Christian High School in Bryan,

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Veteran head coach Steve Shields joins Gillispie’s staff at Tarleton

30-year college basketball veteran and NCAA Tournament head coach Steve Shields has joined Billy Gillispie‘s staff as an assistant coach for Tarleton Men’s Basketball. Shields comes to Tarleton with over three decades of collegiate coaching experience, including 12 years as the head coach at University of Arkansas-Little Rock where he is the Trojans’ all-time winningest coach.

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OFFICIAL: Evans named Head Basketball Coach at USU Eastern

Following up on HoopDirt.com’s report from yesterday (JUCO DIRT). Bill Evans has officially been named as the head basketball coach at Utah State University Eastern. The school released the following statement today: Bill Evans will be formally introduced as head coach of the USU Eastern basketball program during a live press conference on Monday, April 27

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Corsaro named Head Basketball Coach at UIndy

The University of Indianapolis is proud to welcome back Paul Corsaro as its next men’s basketball head coach. A UIndy alumnus, Corsaro previously served as an assistant coach for the Greyhounds for six seasons prior to spending the last two years in the same capacity at Purdue Fort Wayne. “I am excited to bring a

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D3 DIRT: Illinois Tech opens

I can confirm that Todd Kelly has resigned as the head basketball coach at D3 Illinois Institute of Technology. Kelly had been the head coach at IIT for the past six seasons where he compiled a 75-84 record, including a 12-14 (10-10) mark this past season. He inherited a zero win team back in 2014,

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Daily Dirt – 4/22/20

A few things that I’ve heard… The search at D2 Arkansas Tech is down to two with final interviews taking place this week. Both guys are current D2 head coaches with big-time ties to the state of Arkansas. Eastern New Mexico has narrowed their list to eight (although at least one has dropped out), with

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