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Former UTSA Head Coach Brooks Thompson Passes Away

Former UTSA men’s basketball coach Brooks Thompson passed away Thursday night, the university announced in a press release.  Thompson, 45, was diagnosed with double organ failure in April and had been hospitalized for much of the past two months. “The UTSA family is very saddened to learn that Brooks Thompson passed away on Thursday,” UTSA

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Ali Ton Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Fordham

Ali Ton, former associate head coach at UC Irvine, was named assistant men’s basketball coach at Fordham University announced head coach Jeff Neubauer. “Ali and I have known and continually developed a respect for each other since his playing days at Davidson,” said Neubauer. “As a player, he was a competitor and a winner.  My

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Daily Dirt – 6/9/16

A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… It sounds like Radford assistant coach Chris Hawkins will be joining Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Hawkins has been at Radford (his alma mater) since 2011, and was also an assistant there from 1997-2000. He has previously worked for Witherspoon at Buffalo

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Pawel Mrozik Joins Cal Poly Staff as Associate Head Coach

Head coach Joe Callero and the Cal Poly Athletics Department completed the Mustang men’s basketball team’s coaching staff with the announcement that Pawel Mrozik has joined the program as associate head coach. Mrozik (below) arrives at Cal Poly after building Mountain Mission School (Grundy, Va.) into a national powerhouse. Ranked continuously among MaxPreps.com’s top 100

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Columbia Staff Update

Columbia University men’s basketball coach Jim Engles has rounded out his staff with the hiring of Jean Bain and Jared Czech as assistant coaches and the appointment of Jonathan Safir as director of basketball operations. “I’m very excited to have these guys on my staff,” Engles said. “They bring great experience, energy and passion to

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REPORT: Slice out at St. John’s

According to a report by SNY.tv, St. John’s will part ways with assistant coach Barry “Slice” Rohrssen. The New York native, and former Manhattan College head coach joined Chris Mullin’s staff last spring after working for John Calipari at Kentucky. The New York Post is has said that this situation could take up to another

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Wayne Tinkle Inks Two-year Extension at Oregon State

Oregon State men’s basketball head coach Wayne Tinkle received a two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2021-22 season, Vice President/Director of Athletics Todd Stansbury announced Tuesday. In his first two seasons, Tinkle won 36 games, including upsets over two Top 25 teams, and led the Beavers to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990. He

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