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JUCO DIRT: New Mexico JC set to name Head Coach

Last week I reported that the search at New Mexico Junior College was down to three candidates: Seward College (KS) assistant coach Luke Adams, North Lake College (TX) head coach Tim McGraw, and Indian River State College (FL) head coach Charlie Wilson. I have now heard that the choice will be Seward assistant Luke Adams.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL SEARCH UPDATE: Wisconsin-Stout Finalists

UW-Stout has named four finalists to be interviewed for the head men’s basketball coach position. The four finalists are Jim Lake, assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University (MI); Zach Malvik, assistant men’s basketball coach at Winona State University (MN); Mark Darnell, assistant men’s basketball coach at California State University, Chico; and Mike DeGeorge,

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Louisville Basketball Staff Update

Three experienced assistant men’s basketball coaches have joined head coach Chris Mack’s staff at the University of Louisville, including Dino Gaudio, Luke Murray and Mike Pegues. Pegues has worked as an assistant coach with Mack for the past six seasons at Xavier, Murray has been an assistant with Mack for the past three seasons at

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Memphis Basketball Staff Update

University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added two more members to his initial staff. Hardaway announced that former Tiger basketball player Dwight Boyd and former Tennessee State assistant basketball coach Rodney Hamilton, both Memphis natives, will join the staff. Boyd will become Director of Player Personnel, and Hamilton will serve as Director of Operations.

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Missouri State Staff Update

Missouri State men’s basketball head coach Dana Ford has finalized his inaugural coaching staff, he announced Friday (April 5). Ford will retain associate head coach Corey Gipson and bring in new assistants Jake Headrick from Samford and Jase Herl from Colorado State. He has also hired Sheldon Everett, most recently from Miami (Ohio) as his

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Daily Dirt – 4/6/18

On the move today…here are a few quick things to start the day. More later… Jack Murphy will shake up his staff a bit at Northern Arizona. He will hire local high school coach Shane Burcar as an assistant. It is unclear at this point who he will replace, or what other moves will be

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