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Florida State Dirt II…

On Thursday, I said that former SEMO head coach Dickey Nutt was in the mix to join the staff at Florida State.  I can now confirm that he will in fact join Leonard Hamilton’s staff – his title will be Video Coordinator.  Nutt’s first job as an assistant was under Hamilton back in 1987 at

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Ganot Adds Acker to Hawaii Staff

University of Hawai’i men’s basketball coach Eran Ganot finalized his assistant coaching staff on Friday, announcing the addition of Chris Acker as assistant coach for the Rainbow Warriors. Acker is the third and final assistant coaching hire for Ganot, joining the ‘Bows after tremendous coaching success at West Los Angeles College and Citrus College before

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Penn State Dirt…

Multiple sources, including CBSSports.com’s Jon Rothstein have reported that Penn State DBO Ross Condon will be elevated to assistant coach.  He will replace Brian Daly who departed Pat Chambers staff earlier this spring.  Condon has been on Chambers’ staff at PSU for the past four seasons, and was a walk-on at Villanova when Chambers was

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Shay Berry Resigns as Head Coach at Hunter

Following up on a rumor that we posted last week…It has now been made official,  Shay Berry stepped down in his role as Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities & Operations and Men’s Basketball coach, after four years at both positions. “Coach Berry will be missed,” said Director of Athletics, Recreation & Intramurals, Terry Wansart. “He

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Caputo Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Miami

University of Miami men’s basketball assistant Chris Caputo has been promoted to associate head coach, Hurricanes head coach Jim Larrañaga announced Friday. “Chris Caputo is an outstanding young coach,” said Larrañaga. “He is skilled in every facet of the game: He’s been an outstanding recruiter, on the court coach and mentor to our players. Coach

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Fox Extended Through 2019-20 at Georgia

The Georgia men’s basketball program is healthy and building momentum, UGA J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Greg McGarity said following Thursday’s meeting of the Athletic Association Board of Directors. And credit for that goes to coach Mark Fox, said McGarity. Fox was awarded a contract extension during Thursday’s meeting which will extend him through

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Barbee Elevated to Assistant at Kentucky

Head coach John Calipari announced on Friday the elevation of Tony Barbee to assistant coach after spending the 2014-15 season as the special assistant to the head coach at Kentucky. Barbee, a former head coach at UTEP and Auburn, will rejoin the bench as an assistant coach, a role in which he has served for

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Lagroone Named DBO at SEMO

Nick Lagroone was named director of operations for Southeast Missouri’s men’s basketball program, head coach Rick Ray announced Friday. Lagroone will be in charge of the day-to-day operations, assisting with scheduling practice and skill workouts, on-campus recruiting, team travel, academics, camps, video and all other duties as assigned by Ray and his assistant coaches. He

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Denver Dirt…

There has been a staff shake-up at the University of Denver.  Associate head coach Mike McKee and assistant coach A.J. Kuhle are no longer with the program.  McKee had been on the UD staff for the past eight seasons.  He also worked for Pioneers head coach at Air Force for three seasons.  Kuhle, who has

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HOT: Drew Diener Named Head Coach at Rockhurst

Rockhurst University Director of Athletics Gary Burns has announced that Drew Diener has been named head coach of the RU men’s basketball program.  Diener was listed as a finalist by HoopDirt.com on Monday (Rockhurst Finalists). “I’d like to thank Father Curran, Gary Burns, and the committee for giving me this opportunity,” Diener said. “The mission

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Florida State Dirt…

I have now heard from multiple sources who have told me that former Southeast Missouri head coach Dickey Nutt is in the mix to join Leonard Hamilton’s staff at Florida State. Nutt’s first job as an assistant was under Hamilton back in 1987 at Oklahoma State.  Before becoming the head coach at SEMO in 2009,

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