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Tarleton State Head Coach Lonn Reisman wins #600

Tarleton State University men’s basketball head coach Lonn Reisman won his 600th career game with the No. 12-ranked Texans’ 71-61 victory over Cameron in the Lone Star Conference opener. Reisman becomes the sixth active Division II head coach and 16th all time to win 600 career games.  Reisman is in his 28th season as head

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Mic’d Up For Game Day: UCF Head Coach Donnie Jones

During the Central Florida’s home game against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, UCFKnights.com had a chance to follow Head Coach Donnie Jones from the time he arrived at the CFE Arena to his post game press conference. Checkout his entire day in the video below. Story and Video by Chip Fontanazza

Happy New Year from HoopDirt.com!

Wishing all of our readers a happy and healthy 2016! Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.  ~Helen Keller    

Cross Becomes All-time Wins Leader at UT Arlington

Scott Cross now sits alone as UT Arlington’s all-time winningest coach after the Mavericks stormed back to beat Georgia State 85-70 Wednesday night in the Sun Belt opener at College Park Center. Cross improved to 163-130 in his 10th season as head coach, surpassing Eddie McCarter (162-199) who coached from 1992-2006. Cross played for and

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HOT: Steve Wojciechowski Receives Extension at Marquette

Marquette University head men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski’s contract has been extended through the conclusion of the 2021-22 campaign, Vice President & Director of Athletics Bill Scholl announced Tuesday afternoon. “We are thrilled with the direction the program is heading under Steve’s leadership,” Scholl said. “This extension not only illustrates our commitment to what Steve

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Western New Mexico Assistant Matt Enriquez Named Mustangs Women’s Interim Head Coach

Having turned around the Western New Mexico University women’s basketball program in just three-plus seasons, Rusty Kennedy will be moving on after resigning as the head coach of the WNMU women’s basketball program effective immediately to pursue an athletic director position at Midway University in Kentucky. WNMU Hall of Famer and current men’s basketball assistant

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Week 6: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week

Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for week 6 of the college basketball season. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season. The

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OFFICIAL: Pasiak out at Onondaga CC

One month after being suspended over allegations of misconduct, Dave Pasiak is officially out as the head basketball coach at Onondaga CC.  There has been no official statement by OCC, but Pasiak’s name has been removed from the athletics website.  Pasiak did release the following statement: Onondaga Lazers basketball has been my life for over

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Merry Christmas from HoopDirt.com!

From the HoopDirt.com family to yours…we wish you a Merry Christmas!  Hopefully you can take some time this holiday season to appreciate all that is good (and take a few hours to watch Elf!). Merry Christmas! ~HoopDirt.com

Win #400 for Augustana’s Grey Giovanine

Augustana head coach Grey Giovanine won the 400th game of his career last night with a 76-58 victory over George Fox University.  Giovanine, who was named HoopDirt.com’s DIII Coach of the Week last week, won 80 games at Division I Lamar before his school-record 320 wins at Augustana.  Tabbed as the 2015 Basketball Times National Coach of the Year after

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