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HOT: Kraus named head coach at Stonehill

Stonehill College has named Chris Kraus, ’06, as its 14th head men’s basketball coach in program history. The announcement was made today by Brendan Sullivan, director of intercollegiate athletics at the College and confirmed by president Rev. John Denning, CSC, and Pauline Dobrowski, interim vice president for student affairs. "I am thrilled to announce Chris

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Taylor added to UTC staff

Chattanooga Mocs Head Basketball Coach Will Wade announces former UTC great Johnny Taylor’s (1996-97) addition to his staff as a student assistant in 2013-14. Taylor is returning to Chattanooga to complete his degree after a 15-year professional basketball career. “The chance to enhance our program by adding Johnny to our staff as a daily reminder

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Penn State hires assistant

Penn State coach Patrick Chambers announced today the appointment of Dwayne Anderson, a standout leader of Villanova’s 2009 NCAA Final Four team, as an assistant coach on the Nittany Lion basketball staff. Anderson will take on his first collegiate coaching position after four highly successful seasons playing professionally in Europe. A 2009 graduate of Villanova

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Jones named assistant at FGCU

FGCU men’s basketball first-year head coach Joe Dooley completed his coaching staff on Monday, announcing the hiring of Jamill Jones as an assistant coach. Jones joins Dooley’s staff of associate head coach Marty Richter and assistant coach Michael Fly. “I’m happy to welcome Jamill to our staff and our basketball family,” said Dooley, who was

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BREAKING: Holtmann resigns at Gardner-Webb

Gardner-Webb University men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann stepped down Monday morning to accept an assistant coaching position at Butler University. Holtmann, 41, was successful in a major rebuilding effort in his three seasons at the helm of Gardner-Webb, leading the Runnin’ Bulldogs to a Division I era-record 21 wins and a berth in the CollegeInsiders.com

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Daily Dirt – 7/15/13

Some “dirt” to start off the week… • I have heard that Former Charlotte GA Bryce Crawford has been hired as the player development and video operations coordinator at the University of Texas. Before joining the Charlotte staff, he was a manager at Ohio State. • Word on the street is that Nevada DBO Chad

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Lehigh names DBO

Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced the hiring of former Mountain Hawk Joe Knight to the coaching staff. Knight will serve as the Director of Basketball Operations. He currently stands 13th in school history with 1,350 career points in competitive results. “I’m really pleased to have Joe Knight join our coaching staff,” said

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Former ODU interim HC takes women’s job

Old Dominion University women’s basketball coach Karen Barefoot didn’t have to look very far when filling a vacancy on her coaching staff. In fact, she only looked down the hallway. Barefoot announced today that former men’s basketball assistant Jim Corrigan, a 19-year veteran of the ODU men’s basketball staff, has been named an assistant women’s

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Gordon promoted to assistant at Loyola (IL)

After spending the last two seasons as the director of men’s basketball operations at Loyola University Chicago, Matt Gordon has been promoted to assistant coach, Ramblers head coach Porter Moser announced today. "Matt has been with me for nine years in different capacities and no one I know works harder," Moser said. "He has a

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Central Missouri adds assistant

Central Missouri head basketball coach Kim Anderson has announced the hiring of Nate Johnson as the new assistant coach for Mules Basketball. Johnson comes to Central Missouri after serving last year as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. “We are excited to add Nate to our coaching staff,” Anderson said. “He is

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Mississippi Valley State suspends Potts

Mississippi Valley State head coach Chico Potts has been suspended indefinitely by the university. According to ESPN, Potts had been arrested and charged with domestic violence earlier this month. University spokeswoman Jennifer Freeman issued a statement on Potts. "Effective immediately, Coach Potts has been suspended with pay," Freeman said. "This suspension will remain in effect

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Eastern Assistant Craig Ehlo Steps Down

After two seasons as an assistant coach for the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball program, Craig Ehlo has stepped down, EWU head coach Jim Hayford said Thursday (July 11). Ehlo, who spent 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association player with Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta and Seattle, joined the Eastern coaching staff shortly after Hayford was

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