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Porter named Assistant Basketball Coach at Denver

The University of Denver men’s basketball program has tabbed Azusa Pacific’s B.J. Porter an assistant coach to round out its staff, head coach Jeff Wulbrun announced on Tuesday. “I am so excited to welcome BJ Porter to our coaching staff,” Wulbrun said. “In assistant coaches I look for excellent teachers of the game and men who take pride in

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JUCO DIRT: NJCAA D1 Frank Phillips College opens

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Following-up on something that I teased on Twitter (X) yesterday… I can now confirm that Frank Phillips College (TX) head men’s basketball coach and AD Jason Sautter has resigned. This past season was Sautter’s first and only campaign at FPC, where he led the Plainsmen to a 14-15 (6-10) record. Prior

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Wofford promotes Murphy to Associate Head Basketball Coach

Wofford head men’s basketball coach Dwight Perry announced the promotion of Will Murphy to associate head coach. Murphy enters his seventh year with the Terriers in the 2023-24 season. “We are excited to announce the promotion of Will to associate head coach,” said Perry. “Will has been an integral part of the success at Wofford since he first arrived. He

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Charlotte Basketball Staff Update

Charlotte’s Interim Head Men’s Basketball Aaron Fearne has announced his staff for the 2023-24 season. Vic Sfera and Kevin Smith return to the 49ers as assistant men’s basketball coaches, joined by the new arrival of Conner Henry, who was previously announced by Coach Fearne on August 3 as an assistant coach for the program. Byron Dinkins will continue as Director of Player Development and John Marshall will

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UTRGV Basketball Staff Update

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt Figger announced the promotion of Nikita Johnson to associate head coach, the promotion of Tyler Guidry to assistant coach, the addition of Brandon Espinosa as assistant coach, the addition of Curtis Kelly as a special assistant to the head coach, and the addition of Ben Schoen as athletics assistant. Nikita Johnson Johnson has served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for UTRGV since

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