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Former Tarheel Calabria join Barry U. Basketball Staff

Dante Calabria joins the Barry University men’s basketball coaching staff this fall, director of athletics Michael L. Covone announced. Calabria most recently served as the assistant to Larry Brown for the Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino basketball club in Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A. He was responsible for scouting, recruiting players, game preparations, and practice preparations. Prior

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Binghamton Basketball Staff Update

Binghamton head men’s basketball coach Tommy Dempsey has locked in his staff for the 2019-20 season. Set to join the Bearcats are former Seton Hall standout and international coach Levell Sanders and former Southern Vermont College head coach and familiar UMBC assistant Brian Johnson. Additionally, local product Patrick Norris has been promoted to coordinator of

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Johnson named DBO at MTSU

Middle Tennessee Men’s Basketball’s has added a new face to its coaching staff as Head Coach Nick McDevitt announced Wednesday the hiring of Logan Johnson to fill the Director of Operations role. Johnson spent the 2018-19 season as the Director of Player Development at Campbell University, helping the Camels to a share of the Big South regular

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Jones added to Cloud County CC Basketball Staff

The Cloud County Community College men’s basketball program officially welcomed Taylor Jones to the program this week as he was hired as the new Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. Jones, 29, is a native of Rochester, Illinois and comes to Concordia after spending the 2018-19 season as an assistant at the University of Jamestown, where he

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Gray join Winthrop Basketball Staff

Winthrop head men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey announced former Wake Forest standout Justin Gray will be joining his staff as an assistant coach.  Gray comes to the Eagles after spending last season as the director for basketball development at Wake Forest. Prior to that Gray spent the previous 12 years playing professional basketball overseas, most

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HOT: Carmody retires at Holy Cross

After more than 40 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Holy Cross head men’s basketball coach Bill Carmody has announced his retirement. Carmody has served as the Crusaders’ head coach for the last four years and has posted a career record of 342-308. In 2016, he led Holy Cross to the Patriot League Tournament title and

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JUCO DIRT: Northwest Florida Finalists

NJCAA DI Northwest Florida State College is nearing the end of their search for a new head basketball coach. They are down to four finalists to replace Steve DeMeo who became an assistant coach at St. John’s earlier this spring. I’ve heard from multiple sources here, who have told me the final four are: Mike

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