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Perron elevated to Associate HC at Newberry

Newberry College head men’s basketball coach Dave Davis has announced to promotion of Rob Perron to the team’s associate head coach. Perron in his second season at Newberry after serving as assistant coach in 2012-13, helping lead the Wolves to a South Atlantic Conference-record 88.1 points per game. "We are extremely excited to announce the

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East Central U. hires two

First-year East Central University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ja Havens has filled out the remaining coaching positions for his 2013-14 staff. Havens has added Tomas Brock as his assistant coach and Joel Lincoln as his graduate assistant coach. Brock will be the lead recruiter for the Tigers and will assist in all aspects of running

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Daily Dirt – 9/3/13

September is here! Kids are on campus…a few quickies before I run around to make sure that these knuclkeheads are actually going to class… • We posted the hiring of Al Skinner as an assistant at Bryant last week – we neglected to mention who he replaced…Mike Kelly resigned at Bryant to take a position

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Prosser Promoted to Associate Head Coach

Winthrop’s Mark Prosser has been promoted to men’s basketball associate head coach,, it was announced on Monday by head coach Pat Kelsey. Prosser’s promotion is effective September 1. Prosser is in his second year on Kelsey’s staff after serving as an assistant coach during the 2012-13 season. The son of the late Skip Prosser who

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Colby College Hires Assistant

Greg Rosnick, who worked for Haverford College last year, was named an assistant coach for the Colby College men’s basketball team Friday. Rosnick will join the staff of head coach Damien Strahorn and assistant coach Damian Farley. Rosnick, a 2009 graduate of Haverford, ranks third all-time at the school in career assists and steals. He

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Newman Named UTPB Head Coach

Long-time Cal State-Fullerton coach Andy Newman has been named men’s basketball coach at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, athletics director Steve Aicinena announced Wednesday. Newman spent the last 10 seasons at Cal State-Fullerton, serving as the team’s interim head coach this past season after nine years as an assistant, five of them

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University of the Ozarks Hires Assistant

Dillon Buchanan is the new assistant men’s basketball coach. Buchanan, a native of West Fork, Ark., was a volunteer assistant coach last year at West Fork High School where he helped the Tigers to a 27-8 record. He was a head coach at the Arkansas Athletes Outreach top-25 camp and has worked numerous summer camps

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Sheals named head coach at St. Augustine’s

The Saint Augustine’s University athletics department announced the hiring of Tony Sheals as head men’s basketball coach. Sheals brings a wealth of experience to the St. Aug basketball program. He has coached on the high school, collegiate and professional levels for more than 20 years, including Florida State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Towson University and Delaware

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Queens (NC) adds assistant

Queens University of Charlotte head men’s basketball coach Bart Lundy is pleased to announce the addition of Grant Leonard to his staff. Leonard will serve as an assistant coach after most recently serving in the roll at Paine College. "I am excited to announce that Grant Leonard will be joining our coaching staff here at

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Albany extends Brown

University at Albany Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy announced Thursday that men’s basketball head coach Will Brown has signed a contract extension through the 2017-18 season. Brown, the longest-tenured head coach in the America East Conference, led the Great Danes to a league title and NCAA appearance in 2012-13. He has won three America

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HOT: Skinner joins Bryant staff

Bryant University Athletics and head coach Tim O’Shea are pleased to announce the addition of former Boston College and University of Rhode Island head coach Al Skinner to the men’s basketball coaching staff. Skinner brings more than 20 years of head coaching experience to the Bryant sideline and will share the title of Associate Head

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Daily Dirt – 8/27/13

A few things that I’ve heard… • I can confirm that Long Island University-Brooklyn will hire Yusuf Abdul-Ali as their new DBO. Abdul-Ali was most recently the head coach at East Longmeadow (MA) HS. He is a 2008 graduate of Bentley University – which is also the alma mater of LIU head coach Jack Perri.

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