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Towns named Assistant Basketball Coach at Harvard

Seth Towns ’20 – a former standout for the Crimson and the 2017-18 Ivy League Player of the Year – is set to return to Harvard University Men’s Basketball as an assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season, Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, announced on Friday. “We are

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Howard Men’s Basketball announces first of its kind Voter Engagement Collaboration

2-time defending MEAC Champion Howard Men’s Basketball program announced the “Howard Bison Vote” campaign in partnership with its NIL collective, The Mecca Society. This is a first of its kind partnership, between a college basketball program and an NIL collective, designed to increase voter turnout and engagement ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, while raising money

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Hundt joins King University Basketball Staff

King University men’s basketball head coach Jason Gillespie has hired Scot Hundt to join his staff as an Assistant Basketball Coach. Hundt, a native of Punta Gorda, Fla., most recently was an assistant coach and Director of Operations for the Loras College (Iowa) men’s basketball team. Among his responsibilities at Loras was managing travel arrangements, breaking down

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Marietta College announces hiring of Pete Smith as Assistant Basketball Coach

Marietta College head men’s basketball coach Jon VanderWal has announced the hiring of Pete Smith as the Pioneer’s assistant coach. “We are extremely excited to have Pete join our staff,” said VanderWal. “Pete was a great D3 player for a really good program and has gained valuable coaching experience the past four years at Adrian College. He exudes all the qualities we

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Rhode Island College adds Eggleston as Assistant Basketball Coach

Rhode Island College has named Irving Eggleston as an assistant men’s basketball coach. Eggleston spent the previous two seasons coaching at Brandeis. “I feel like the stars have aligned for Irv to join our staff here at Rhode Island College,” Head Men’s Basketball Coach Sam Ferry said. “He comes highly-regarded for his ability to connect with players, to coach on the

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Laing, N’Diaye promoted to Associate Head Coaches at Central Florida

UCF men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins has announced Wednesday that Robbie Laing and Mamadou N’Diaye have been promoted to associate head coaches. “We’re excited to promote Robbie and Mamadou to associate head coaches. Both have been key contributors to our staff and have really showed their ability to work with our student-athletes to raise their level on and

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