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Daily Dirt: Weekend Update – 10/1/17

Here’s a quick re-cap of a few things that I heard this weekend: Cal State Bakersfield will hire Mike Scott as an assistant coach and Dee Wallace as the director of player development. More HERE. I have confirmed that Dickinson State (ND) has hired UMary assistant Josh Vaughan as their new head basketball coach. More

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Cal State Bakersfield Dirt…

Cal State Bakersfield head coach Rod Barnes will add Mike Scott to his staff as an assistant coach, and Dee Wallace as the director of player development. Scott has most recently been an assistant coach at Paris JC (TX). He has also worked at Texas A&M International, Wayland Baptist, Midland College, and his alma mater

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WATCH LIVE: Bruce Pearl Press Conference

Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl will talk for the first time since the arrest Tigers associate head coach Chuck Person for his involvement in the recent college basketball corruption scandal. You can watch live at 3:15pm ET – HERE  

Louisville Dirt…

It sounds like Louisville will name an interim head coach to replace recently fired Rick Pitino as early as today. Three names have surfaced over the past 24-hours… Yesterday, Rival.com’s Corey Evans reported that current assistant coach David Padgett will be the choice. The 32-year old former Cardinal player reportedly has the backing of the

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Arizona Initiates Dismissal Process Against Assistant Basketball Coach Book Richardson

Arizona President Robert C. Robbins released the following statement concerning the future of assistant basketball coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson, and a the initiation of an independent investigation: I have directed the University of Arizona to initiate an independent investigation into the alleged actions of Emanuel Richardson and to retain an external law firm to conduct

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Greg Polkowski Named Interim Head Basketball Coach at Wisconsin-Superior

The University of Wisconsin-Superior and Yellowjacket Athletics have announced that Greg Polkowski has been named the interim head coach of the Yellowjacket men’s basketball program. Polkowski replaces Paul Eberhardt, who resigned the position last week. “We are extremely excited to welcome Coach Polkowski back to UW-Superior to lead our men’s basketball program. Greg has a

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