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Adam Williams Named Assistant at Longwood

Adam Williams, former guard at the University of Kentucky and Marshall University, joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, Longwood head coach Jayson Gee announced. The son of collegiate hall of fame player and coach Tex Williams, Adam Williams comes to Longwood after a three-year stint as assistant director of basketball operations

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OFFICIAL: Lafayette Staff Finalized

HoopDirt.com has mentioned these moves over the past month.  They have now been finalized by Lafayette head coach Fran O’Hanlon. O’Hanlon announced the return of Matt Blue and the addition of Jimmy Fenerty, as well as the promotion of Pat Doherty as he finalized the program’s staff on Monday. Doherty, entering his seventh season on

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Taylor Resigns at Paris JC (TX)

Paris Junior College will soon be missing a basketball coach, but not for long, according to Paris Junior College president Dr. Pam Anglin. “Coach Chuck Taylor is leaving us for a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team in North Carolina,” said Dr. Anglin. “We will miss him but we’re thankful for the time he’s

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Western Kentucky Dirt…

I have heard from a great source that William Monts has been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at Western Kentucky.  Monts has spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Warren Wilson College (NC).  Before becoming the head coach at WWC, Monts was an assistant at Georgia Southwestern State, and before that spent

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Panola College (TX) Staff Update

New Panola College (TX) head coach Grant McMillan has finalized his staff for the upcoming season.  McMillan has officially hired Adam Blaylock and Ricardo Johnson as assistant coaches. Adam Blaylock: Prior to Panola College, Blaylock was the top assistant at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska for head coach Dan Anderson. He began coaching at Northeast

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USC Dirt…

I have now heard from two great sources that USC head coach Andy Enfield will add Martin Bahar to his staff as the Director of Scouting and Video Operations.  Bahar was most recently an assistant at Fairfield, where he had been on Sydney Johnson’s staff since 2011. He also worked for Johnson at Princeton and

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Chase Richardson Named Assistant Coach at Troy

Troy men’s basketball head coach Phil Cunningham announced on Thursday the hiring of Chase Richardson as an assistant coach. Richardson worked with Cunningham at Western Kentucky and replaces current East Mississippi Community College head coach Billy Begley. “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Coach Cunningham for entrusting me with this great opportunity

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Chattanooga Staff Update

Chattanooga Mocs Head Men’s Basketball Coach Matt McCall had an eventful few months since arriving on April 13 in the Scenic City as the 19th hoops leader in program history. Part of that has been assembling a staff to keep the Mocs fortunes rising. “We’re very excited about our staff,” McCall stated. “We believe we

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Daily Dirt – 7/2/15

Some things that I’ve heard as we cruise in the the 4th of July Weekend…. “Hot” name for the opening at Winona State is Wisconsin Green Bay assistant Randall Herbst.  The Winona State alum joined Linc Darner’s staff this past spring.  He also worked with Darner at Florida Southern, and has been a head coach

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Hollender Joins UMKC Men’s Basketball Staff

UMKC men’s basketball announced Wednesday that Chris Hollender has joined the staff as an assistant coach. He comes to UMKC after three seasons on the staff at Mississippi State. Hollender coached a three-year stint in the same capacity at Evansville, his alma mater, prior to his time at MSU. He was a college teammate of

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Williams Named Head Coach at Harris-Stowe State

Harris-Stowe State University has hired Alfred Williams as its head coach of the Hornet’s men’s basketball program, the school announced today. Williams, 31, has served on head coach Dannton Jackson’s staff at his alma mater Xavier University of Louisiana for the past six seasons (2009-15). During Williams’ tenure as an assistant coach, the Gold Rush

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