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OFFICIAL: Bryce Drew Named Head Coach at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University has hired Bryce Drew as head men’s basketball coach, Athletic Director David Williams announced on Wednesday. Drew becomes the ninth Commodore basketball coach of the modern era and 27th all time. “Our goal was to identify a proven head coach capable of exciting Commodore Nation and perhaps most importantly, able to mirror Vanderbilt’s

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McCasland Announces Hiring of Taylor as Director of Basketball Operations at Arkansas State

Arkansas State head men’s basketball coach Grant McCasland announced the hiring of Hunter Taylor as Director of Basketball Operations. As the Red Wolves’ director of basketball operations, Taylor’s responsibilities include handling the program’s daily operations, coordinating travel itineraries, assisting with scouting videos and overseeing the team’s student managers. He will also oversee the overall operation

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Rowe Completes Basketball Staff at James Madison

Head Coach Louis Rowe, who was announced as James Madison men’s basketball’s 10th head coach on Thursday afternoon, has assembled his coaching staff for the 2016-17 season, as announced on Tuesday. Rowe will add Byron Taylor and David Kontaxis as assistant coaches, while Mike Deane will also return as an assistant coach after acting in that capacity for the previous four seasons. Larry

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PDF: Dave Loos Inks 1-year Deal at Austin Peay

Dave Loos will be returning as the head coach at Austin Peay for the 2016-17 season.  He recently inked a one-year deal with a base salary of $210,865.  Although Loos agreed to a one-year contract extension,  athletics director Ryan Ivey envisions Loos to be APSU’s head basketball coach for the near future. The most successful

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: What Coaches Should Know About Their Representation

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: WHAT COACHES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEIR REPRESENTATION Bryan Blair / @Coaches_Agent /www.SportsConsultingNorthwest.com Conflicts of interest run rampant in the sports agency world.  It’s important for you as a coach to have an understanding of how potential conflicts of interest affect your representation.  Most sports agents have legal training and should be familiar

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DII DIRT: California (PA) Search Update…

I’ve heard from a bunch of really good sources on the search for a new head coach at DII California University (PA).  It sounds like Skype interviews are complete and 3-5 interviews will take place on campus.  I have heard that the Skype round included a Mountain West assistant, and a current small college head

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DII DIRT: Lee University Finalists

Last week, HoopDirt.com published a group of ten candidates for the open position at DII Lee University (Daily Dirt II – 3/28/16). It now sounds like that group has been whittled down to three (or four depending on who you talk to).  I have heard that the final group is on campus this week and

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PDF: Chris Beard’s UNLV Contract Details

Back on March 28th, Chris Beard accepted a contract agreement in principle to become UNLV’s new head coach. The contract is still pending approval by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, which conduct a special meeting on Friday at noon to consider wether to approve the five-year contract deal or not. Here is the

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Jacksonville State Dirt…

The search to replace James Green at Jacksonville State is heating up.  I have heard that former Western Kentucky head coach Ray Harper is the hot name here.  He resigned at WKU back on March 17th. Harper has a 88-64 career record (18-16 this past season).  I have also heard former UAB and East Tennessee

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