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Sunshine State Dirt…

Some things that I heard from the great state of Florida… It sounds like new Florida head coach Michael White will bring assistants Darris Nichols and Jordan Mincy with him from Louisiana Tech.  I have also heard that Associate head coach Dusty May will have a spot on the Gators staff if he does not

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Buffalo Hires DBO

First-year head coach Nate Oats has announced the addition of Adam Bauman as Director of Basketball Operations, finalizing his staff for the upcoming season.  Bauman comes to UB after spending the last three years as Video Coordinator at Mississippi State. The Pontiac, Ill., native oversaw all video coordination for men’s basketball at Mississippi State, while

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Cooley Adds Battle to Friars Staff

Head Coach Ed Cooley named Jeff Battle assistant coach for men’s basketball. “I am excited to have Jeff joining our staff,” Cooley said. “With his experience, ability to develop players and knowledge of the game, Jeff will be a tremendous asset to our program.” Prior to coming to Providence, Battle had served as the Associate

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Weekly Dirt Round-up

Here are the top four rumors from the past week (5/4 – 5/10): May 4th: JUCO DIRT: Johnston to be Named Head Coach at Northwest Kansas Tech May 5th: Eastern Washington Dirt May 8th: Austin Peay Dirt May 8th: DII DIRT: Jimmy Link the Choice at Clayton State Also, more rumors can be found in

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Carmody Announces Holy Cross Staff

Holy Cross head coach Bill Carmody has announced his complete men’s basketball staff for the 2015-2016 season. Joe Kennedy and Freddie Owens have both been named assistant coaches, while assistant coach Kevin Driscoll and coordinator of operations Matt Fava have been retained. “I am happy that we have been able to put together a well-rounded,

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Brannen Completes Staff at Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky men’s basketball head coach John Brannen has completed his staff, adding David Ragland, Ronald Nored and Sean Dwyer as assistant coaches and former NKU standout Tony Rack as director of operations. “I am very excited about the staff we have assembled, and I belive these hires speak to the excitement level surrounding our

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HOT: Fleming Named Head Coach at Northwest Nazarene

After an intensive and focused three-week search, Director of Athletics Kelli Lindley has announced that Scott Flemming is the new head men’s basketball coach at Northwest Nazarene University. A two-time National Coach of the Year who led Mount Vernon Nazarene to a National Championship, Flemming brings not only a history of success at the college

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DII DIRT: Jimmy Link the Choice at Clayton State

I can confirm that Paine College (GA) head coach Jimmy Link has been offered the job at Clayton State (GA).  In his five seasons at Paine, Link has compiled an 80-62 record, including winning the SIAC regular season championship in 2014-15 with a 23-7 (17-2) record.  He will replace Paul Harrison who departed earlier this

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Poll Results: Florida Search

Yesterday, HoopDirt.com asked our readers who they thought would replace Billy Donovan as the next head coach at Florida.  A few hours after we posted the poll, Louisiana Tech head coach Michael White was hired, and we shut the voting.  Here are the results – looks like our readers had a pretty good handle on

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Austin Peay Dirt…

With the departure of Bubba Wells from the Austin Peay staff earlier this week, rumors are swirling about his possible replacement.  The “hot” name right now is Martin Methodist head coach Scott Combs.  This past season, his team went 30-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NAIA DI National Tournament.  McCombs is a former

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