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Dixon promoted to Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Caldwell CC

Heading into the 2023-2024 season, Carlos Dixon has been promoted to Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Caldwell Community College (Hudson, NC).  Coach Dixon has been at Caldwell since 2019.  During his time, the Cobras have won two Region 10 regular season championships, played for three Region 10 conference tournament championships and won the tournament championship in

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UMBC adds Bryan as MBB Graduate Assistant

Sean Bryan has been named men’s basketball graduate assistant coach it was announced by UMBC head coach Jim Ferry. “We are extremely excited to have Sean join our staff,” stated coach Ferry. “Sean was a phenomenal college basketball player and brings great energy and passion. His experience will play a big role with our player development.”

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Jones ’05 named Assistant Coach – Player Development at St. Joe’s

Saint Joseph’s Head Coach Billy Lange has announced that former Hawk standout Dwyane Jones ’05 has been named assistant coach – player development for the men’s basketball program. As assistant coach – player development, Jones will be responsible for in-game coaching and implementing and teaching drills focused on player and team development. Additionally, he will assist in opponent scouting,

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Henderson State Basketball Staff Update

Maurice Heade and Jayce Cravens have been added to the men’s basketball staff at D2 Henderson State University. Maurice Heade A native of Detroit, Michigan, Heade comes to HSU from Jarvis Christian University, where he served as an assistant for the 2022-23 campaign. In his one year, JCU reached its conference tournament for the first time since

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JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Victoria College opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that Donte’ Davis is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA D1 Victoria College (TX). Davis had spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Victoria, where he went 6-50. Before his time in Texas, he served as the head coach at Owens CC (OH),

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Queens University of Charlotte Basketball Staff Update

We’ve mentioned a bunch of these moves throughout the summer, but here is the official release from Queens University of Charlotte finalizing their 2023-24 men’s basketball staff: The Queens University of Charlotte men’s basketball team made their 2023 coaching staff official on Tuesday afternoon which included four new hires and two promotions. “This staff comes

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Stetson assistant headed to NBA G League

Stetson assistant coach Jonathan Mitchell announced today on Twitter that he is leaving the Hatters program and will become an assistant with the NBA G League’s Birmingham Squadron (New Orleans Pelicans). Mitchell, who played at both Florida and Rutgers, had spent the past three seasons on Donnie Jones’ staff at Stetson. He spent time as

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Smith named Assistant Basketball Coach at Tuskegee

 Tuskegee men’s basketball head coach Benjy Taylor announced Monday the hiring of Mike Smith as assistant coach for the 2023-24 season. Smith brings nearly 20 years of coaching experience to the Golden Tiger program after spending the past five seasons as an assistant at NAIA member Dalton State. He has also previously made stops at Southeastern Louisiana, Centenary, Mississippi

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