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Appalachian State Basketball Staff Update

App State men’s basketball assistant coach Frank Young has been promoted to Associate Head coach, while Bradley Fey and Raheem Martin were both promoted to assistant coaches, head coach Dustin Kerns announced Thursday.   Young, who has been an assistant for the past five years, enters into the role of Associate Head Coach for the first time in his career. Young has been on

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Xavier extends Sean Miller through 2028-29

Xavier University announced a contract extension for Sedler Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach Sean Miller, adding two years to the previous deal. The new contract runs through the 2028-29 season. “I appreciate the support of (Xavier University President) Dr. (Colleen) Hanycz, Greg Christopher, and the Xavier community for our program and our coaching staff,” said Miller.

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Tarleton State adds Pulley to Basketball Coaching staff

Randy Pulley has joined the Tarleton State men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Pulley had been an assistant at Virginia State University since 2021-22 where he helped craft a pair of VSU student-athletes (Francis Fitzgerald and Terrence Hunter-Whitfield) to consecutive All-CIAA honors in 2021-22 and 2022-23. In 2022-23, the Trojans finished 17-11 overall and a

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D3 NEWS: Schauer named AD at Wheaton (IL); will remain as Head Basketball Coach

Wheaton College (Ill.) Vice President for Student Development, Dr. Paul Chelsen ’91 has announced that he has appointed Mike Schauer ’93 as Wheaton’s next Athletics Director effective immediately. Schauer has been serving as the Acting Athletics Director since May 2022, while also serving as Wheaton’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach, a role he has fulfilled since 2009, and a role in

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Northern Kentucky Basketball Staff Update

I mentioned both of these moves at Northern Kentucky in the Daily Dirt back on 8/4. They are now official as Isaac Wodajo and TJ Kaufmann’s bio’s have been posted on the Northern Kentucky website. Here they are: ISAAC WODAJO Wodajo joined the Norse staff after a year’s stint as the Head Coach at Division I

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Scheyer agrees to new six-year contract at Duke

 Duke University Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King announced Saturday that head men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer has agreed to a new six-year contract through the 2028-29 season. The 2010 Duke graduate, who signed an initial five-year contract when he was named head coach, enters his second year as the head coach of his alma mater in

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Elmhurst University Basketball Staff Update

Elmhurst University head men’s basketball coach John Baines announced his coaching staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Peyton Wyatt has been elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach. A four-year member of the Bluejays’ basketball team from 2012-2016, Wyatt spent the 2016-17 season as a graduate assistant coach at Anderson University before joining the Bluejays’ staff in

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