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Stephen Draper Named Assistant at Marietta

  HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Marietta College head men’s basketball coach Jon VanderWal announced the hiring of Stephen Draper as the Pioneers’ new second assistant coach. Draper replaces Michael Kenney, who recently accepted the top assistant coaching position at Allegheny College. “We are very excited to have Coach Draper join our program.,” VanderWal

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DIII DIRT: Hunter College Finalists

It sounds like the search to replace Shay Berry as the head coach at Hunter College (NY) is close to wrapping up.  As I’ve mentioned here before, this has been a fairly long search.  Berry resigned back in May, and then there was a long period of debate at the college as the tried to

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DII DIRT: Banks Resigns at Kentucky State

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Kentucky State head coach Antwain Banks has resigned – there was no reason give for his departure.  He had spent the past four seasons as the head coach at KSU where he compiled a 51-59 record.  Assistant coach Darnell Williams will assume the role of interim head coach while a search

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Mike Babul Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Wagner

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Wagner College head men’s basketball coach Bashir Mason has announced that Mike Babul has been elevated from Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach. Babul, who’s entering his fourth season staff and works primarily with the Seahawk forwards and centers, also serves as the program’s co-recruiting and scheduling coordinator. In

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OFFICIAL: High Point Adds Nate Bollinger to Staff

  HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Following up on a rumor that I posted in the Daily Dirt last week (Daily Dirt – 9/10/15)… High Point University men’s basketball head Scott Cherry has announced the hiring of Nate Bollinger as the program’s director of player development. Bollinger comes to HPU from York College in

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Maryland Dirt…

I can confirm that Maryland will hire Mark Bialkoski as their new video coordinator.  He had spent the previous three seasons working for Alan Major as the Director of Basketball Operations at Charlotte.  He also worked at Charlotte as a graduate manager and program assistant before that.  Expect the official announcement shortly. Also, a quick note on

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Donald Copeland Added to Wagner Staff

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Donald Copeland, a former All-Big East guard at Seton Hall and professional player, who starred at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, NJ, has been named graduate manager for the Wagner men’s basketball team, fourth-year Seahawk head coach Bashir Mason has announced. In addition to his duties with the men’s

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Southeastern Louisiana Adds David Kiefer to Staff

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish David Kiefer has joined the Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball staff for the 2015-16 season after spending the past year on staff at South Carolina serving as the team’s director of video services. At South Carolina he handled all aspects of the Gamecocks’ video services, serving also as coordinator for

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Youngstown State Dirt…

A bunch of movement on the staff at Youngstown State… I have heard that assistant coach Steve Hall has departed to become an administrator and head boys basketball coach at Detroit’s Cass Tech (Hall is the all-time leading scorer there).  Hall had been at YSU for the past three seasons, and was also an assistant

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OFFICIAL: Mastroianni to Marywood

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com posted yesterday…Enrico Mastroianni will become the fifth head coach in Marywood University men’s basketball history, Director of Athletics Dr. Mary Jo Gunning announced. Mastroianni spent the past three years as head coach of Division II Georgian Court University. Prior to that, he

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Dave Springer Named Assistant at Penn State Mont Alto

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Penn State University Mont Alto basketball head coach Jack Schenzel added to his staff this week. Schenzel announced the hiring of long-time college coach Dave Springer as a Lion’s assistant coach on Monday.  Springer will assist Coach Schenzel in practices, scouting, and recruiting. “Dave brings great coaching experience,” Schenzel

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