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OFFICIAL: Morris to South Alabama

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish HoopDirt.com first reported this hiring back on August 19th (South Alabama Dirt).  It is now official, the University of South Alabama men’s basketball head coach Matthew Graves announced Wednesday the hiring of Brock Morris as an assistant coach. He replaces Dan Matic, who joined the staff at St. John’s earlier this month. “I am extremely

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Central Florida Adds Veteran NBA Assistant to Staff

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish UCF men’s basketball head coach Donnie Jones added to his staff this week, announcing the hiring of long-time NBA assistant coach Tom Sterner as the Knights’ Director of Program Development on Wednesday. “Tom brings great coaching experience,” Jones said. “He’s been at the highest level, coaching in the NBA for 25

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Canisius Dirt…

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Canisius head coach Jim Baron will hire Cory Macchioni as his new director of basketball operations.  Macchioni served as a student manager under Baron for four seasons at the University of Rhode Island, and followed him to Canisius where he was a graduate assistant.  For the past year, Macchioni served as the vice

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Steve Viterbo Named Assistant at YHC

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Young Harris College men’s basketball coach Pete Herrmann has announced the addition of Steve Viterbo to the Mountain Lion coaching staff as an assistant coach. “It will be a great homecoming for Steve,” said Herrmann. “I’m very happy to have him back as an assistant. His loyalty to Young

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Minnesota Extends Richard Pitino

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Gopher Athletics today announced that the University of Minnesota has agreed to new contract terms for three of the athletic department’s head coaches – men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings and softball coach Jessica Allister. We’re excited to announce new contract agreements for Richard, Marlene

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Tony Newsom Named Assistant at Quinnipiac

HoopDirt.com news Sponsored by Dr. Dish Quinnipiac men’s basketball head coach Tom Moore has announced the hiring of Tony Newsom as an assistant coach heading into the 2015-16 season. Newsom comes to Quinnipiac after four seasons as the associate head coach at Fairfield University. “I am thrilled to add Tony Newsom to our coaching staff

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Steckel Named Graduate Assistant at Duquesne

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Duquesne University head men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry announced that David Steckel has been added to the staff as a graduate assistant. Steckel, who served as a student manager for the past four seasons, will assist in all aspects of the program including film and scouting breakdown, analytics, player

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DIII DIRT – 8/25/15

Some DIII assistants on the move… I can confirm that Babson College (MA) full-time assistant Sean Burton is headed to Ithaca College (NY) in a similar role.  Burton spent the past two years on Stephen Brennan’s staff at Babson, and was part of this past seasons NCAA DIII Final Four team.  The Ithaca grad was a two-time All-American

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Rock Valley College Staff Update

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Rock Valley College head men’s basketball coach Craig Doty announced today the addition of Alex Edwards to the men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Additionally, Evan Lavery has been promoted to associate head coach.     ALEX EDWARDS Edwards comes to Rock Valley after being the full-time assistant

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Mike Jones Promoted to Assistant Coach at Seattle

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Seattle University head men’s basketball coach Cameron Dollar has announced that Mike Jones, the director of men’s basketball operations at Seattle University since Dollar took over the program, has been promoted to assistant coach, effective immediately. For the past six seasons, Jones has been a key part of the

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