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Cinco Boone named head coach at Angelo State

An instrumental leader in the resurgence of the Angelo State men’s basketball program, Cinco Boone has been promoted to head coach following the resignation of Chris Beard who accepted the same position at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Boone, who helped guide the Rams to a 47-15 record over the past two seasons as the associate head

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Evansville Dirt…

Evansville head coach Marty Simmons is on the hunt to fill two assistant spots on his staff.  I’ve heard from a great source that there are two leaders for these spots are former Nevada associate head coach Doug Novsek and former SIU-Edwardsville head coach Lennox Forrester.  Novsek had been at Nevada since 2006, and has

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OFFICIAL: Wade introduced at VCU

The VCU Men’s Basketball program welcomed back a familiar face Wednesday when it introduced Will Wade as its new head coach in a press conference at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Wade, who served as an assistant for the Rams from 2009-13, returns to the Black & Gold after spending two seasons as head coach

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WATCH LIVE: Avery Johnson Press Conference at Alabama

University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle will formally introduce Avery Johnson as the Crimson Tide’s new head men’s basketball coach at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning on the UA campus. Johnson was announced as the 20th head coach in the program’s 102-year history on Monday night. Here is the link to

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Daily Dirt – 4/8/15

Fired up to be posting the “dirt” on our new site!  Here are some things that I’ve heard… From a good source… former Mississippi State graduate assistant Tanner Smith will become the Director of Operations at Charlotte under new head coach Mark Price.  Smith played at Clemson when former MSU head coach Rick Ray was

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Otterbein names Oilar head coach

Otterbein University named Brian Oilar its new head coach for men’s basketball, Dawn Stewart, director of athletics, released today. A six-member selection committee narrowed the field down from a pool of more than 250 applicants to four finalists. Oilar, 29, comes to Otterbein from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., where he has served as men’s basketball

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New and Improved HoopDirt.com!

Welcome to the new look HoopDirt.com!  We are very excited to finally be able to launch an updated version as we continue to improve how we deliver the hottest college basketball coaching rumors, news, jobs, and more to our readers. We have been very fortunate to partner with the team at Surge4 to roll out

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