Author Archives: The DirtKing

McMurray Joins SIUE Men’s Basketball Staff

Detae McMurray has joined Head Coach Brian Barone on the SIUE men’s basketball staff as a Graduate Assistant for Player Development. McMurray played two seasons at Drake, appearing in 65 games, while making 56 starts. As a senior in 2017-18, he was third on the team at 10.0 points per game while adding 4.1 rebounds

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Boardley Named Shepherd Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

Shepherd University head men’s basketball coach Justin Namolik announced today that Jason Boardley has been named assistant men’s basketball coach. Boardley comes to Shepherd from Mount St. Mary’s University where he was the graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team for the 2018-19 season.  At Mount St. Mary’s he assisted coaches in practice, as well

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George Mason Dirt…

Following up on a TWEET from Saturday… I can confirm that Zack Curran has become the new Director of Basketball Operations at George Mason. Curran had worked at the Hoop Group since 2016, serving most recently as the director of the Hoop Group Elite. He also spent time as an assistant at Marymount University before

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Harrington elevated to full-time assistant at DePauw

Dennis Harrington, a part-time assistant coach for the men’s basketball team, has been elevated to the full-time assistant position.  “I’m very happy and excited to expand Dennis’ role in our program,” DePauw head men’s basketball coach Bill Fenlon said.  “He’s a high energy guy who did a great job for us last year.  He cares deeply

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Cluess adds Mailhot to Iona MBB staff

Iona College men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess announced the appointment of Jeff Mailhot as assistant coach for the program. Mailhot comes to New Rochelle after two seasons as an assistant at New Mexico State University. “Coach Mailhot will be a great addition to our program,” said Cluess. “His experience at the Division I and

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Tifft added to Central Michigan Basketball staff

Central Michigan men’s basketball coach Keno Davis announced the hiring today of Chris Tifft to an assistant coaching position. “We are very pleased to announce the hiring of Chris Tifft to our basketball staff,” said Davis, who is entering his eighth year in charge of the Chippewa program. “Coach Tifft is widely recognized as an

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Kardok joins JMU Men’s Basketball Staff

Ryan Kardok has joined the James Madison men’s basketball program as an assistant coach for the 2019-20 season, as announced by Head Coach Louis Rowe. “I am very excited to welcome Ryan to the JMU family,” Rowe said. “He is an extremely talented coach and, what’s more, a tremendous young man. I’ve known Ryan since

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Wright-Hardie tabbed as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Southwestern CC

Dominique Wright-Hardie, former college teammate of Southwestern Head Men’s Basketball Coach Devin Kastrup, will soon be by his side again. Wright-Hardie has been hired as an assistant coach for Southwestern’s men’s basketball program. Wright-Hardie will head to Iowa from Colorado this week and start his position immediately. Kastrup and Wright-Hardie played together at Western Colorado

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