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Daily Dirt – 6/1/15

Here are a some things that I’ve heard… The first name that has emerged surrounding the search to replace Steve Evans at LeMoyne is Patrick Beilein.  The former West Virginia Wesleyan head coach spent this past season in a player development / video coordinator role with the Utah Jazz.  Beilein was a 1,000 point scorer

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UPDATE: VMI Dirt…

Just a quick update on the VMI Dirt that I posted last week… Chris Kreider and Steve Lepore will in fact be named to Dan Earl’s staff.  The third assistant will not however be Ben Thompson –  I can confirm that it will be former East Tennessee State assistant Jason Slay.  Before joining the ETSU

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OFFICIAL: Phelps Joins Arizona Staff

Arizona head men’s basketball coach Sean Miller announced Monday that Mark Phelps is set to join the Wildcats as an assistant coach. The Virginia Beach, Va., native will bring 19 years of experience at the Division I level, including five as head coach at Drake University, to the UA bench. He has made 13 postseason

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Mihalich Receives Extension at Hofstra

Hofstra University Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway announced today that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich has signed a contract extension. In just two seasons at Hofstra, Mihalich has engineered a masterful revitalization of the Pride Basketball program as he took over a program coming off a seven-win campaign and in

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DIII DIRT: Curry College (MA) Finalists

I have heard from great sources that there are three finalists for the vacant head coach position at DIII Curry College.  The final three are: Matt Blue – Former assistant coach Hartford.  Spent 2010 through 2015 on the staff at Hartford.  Has also been an assistant at Lafayette and DIII Susquehanna (PA).  Played collegiately at

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Weekly Round-up: DIRT

Here are our hotest rumors from this past week:  DI DIRT: VMI Assistants to be Named DII DIRT: St. Leo (FL) Finalists DIII DIRT: UMass-Boston set to Name New Head Coach JC DIRT: Butler CC (KS) Finalists Rumors that were made official this past week: DI DIRT: Louisiana Tech to Hire Assistant – OFFICIAL: Matt McMahon Added to Louisiana Tech Staff DIII

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DIII DIRT: UMass-Boston set to Name New Head Coach

I have heard that UMass-Boston has found their replacement for long-time head coach Charlie Titus.  According to great sources, the choice will be current LIU Brooklyn assistant coach Jay Harris.  He has spent the past seven seasons on the Blackbirds staff, serving two as the DBO, and the last seven as an assistant.  Harris is

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JC DIRT: Butler CC (KS) Finalists

I have now heard from two separate sources on the search to replace Mike Bargen at Butler CC (KS).  It sounds like BCC is down to three candidates to take over for Bargen who became an assistant at Bradley earlier this spring.  The finalists are: Brian Barone – Former Associate Head Coach UW-Green Bay.  

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