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Taylor rejoins McCaffery; Named assistant at Iowa

University of Iowa Head Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff, replacing the position previously occupied by Andrew Francis. Taylor joins the Hawkeye staff as an assistant coach after 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including head coaching stints at Ball State, Lehigh, and Belmont Abbey. McCaffery

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OFFICIAL: Reinert named Head Basketball Coach at CSI

The College of Southern Idaho welcomed its new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Reinert Tuesday at a press conference. Reinert is no stranger to Golden Eagle Basketball, having coached against CSI from 1994-2002 while he was the head men’s coach at Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University). “I’m really excited to be here,”

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DII DIRT: Wheeling Jesuit opens

After just one season, John Peckinpaugh is out as the head coach at Wheeling Jesuit, and will return to his home state of Indiana where he will take over at Noblesville HS. Peckinpaugh went 9-21 (7-15 Mountain East) in his only season at WJU. He took over prior to last season after spending time as

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Stackhouse adds Phillips to Vandy Basketball Staff

Vanderbilt head men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has announced the hiring of Faragi Phillips as an assistant coach for the Commodores. Phillips comes to Vanderbilt after serving as the head coach at Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee, for the last four seasons. Phillips went 75-30 in his four seasons as Whitehaven’s head coach. Before

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Daily Dirt – 5/21/19

A few things… I can confirm that Marco Morcos has joined Lindsey Hunter’s new staff at Mississippi Valley State. He is a former assistant at Rice and Florida International who has worked in the private sector for the past few years. Interviews at DIII Greensboro College have wrapped-up, and an announcement is expected shortly. I’ve

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The Coaching Box by 720 Sports Group

The Coaching Box The Coaching Box is a weekend camp for rising men’s and women’s college coaches who are managers, DOBOs, video coordinators, GAs or any young coaches. Networking is vital to help you get a job but networking doesn’t help you on the court teaching the game. We will have 10 experienced college coaches

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