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HOT: Herenda to FDU

UMass-Lowell head coach Greg Herenda is the choice at Fairleigh Dickinson. We have been mentioning his name here for the last few weeks. The hiring was confirmed earlier today by CBSSports.com’s Jeff Goodman. My sources tell me that late last week Herenda was offered an extension by UML – he took a few days to

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Montana Tech adds assistant

Montana Tech new head men’s basketball coach Patrick O’Herron named his assistant head coach. Anaconda native Chris Stetzner is the assistant coach for the men’s basketball program. “Chris brings a wealth of knowledge about Montana Tech’s academic programs and he has an extensive basketball coaching background,” said head coach O’Herron. Stetzner, who was an assistant

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Elmhurst names head coach

John Baines, the head men’s basketball coach at the University of St. Francis, has reached a verbal agreement to become the head men’s basketball coach at Elmhurst College. Baines will become the 15th men’s basketball head coach in Elmhurst history. He takes over for Mark Scherer, who announced his retirement from coaching after 17 seasons

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OFFICIAL: Driscoll to Holy Cross

Reported as a rumor Sunday night – now official. Here’s the release from Holy Cross… The College of the Holy Cross has named Kevin Driscoll an assistant men’s basketball coach, as announced by head coach Milan Brown. Driscoll will be heavily involved in all areas of the Crusader program, including on-court coaching, player development, recruiting,

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Linfield College hires head coach

Shanan Rosenberg has been named men’s basketball coach at Linfield College, director of athletics Scott Carnahan announced Friday. Rosenberg becomes the 17th coach in program history, replacing retired coach Larry Doty. “I’ve always considered teaching and coaching at Linfield to be my dream job,” said Rosenberg, 41. “Linfield offers tremendous balance between pursuing excellence in

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UNC Asheville rumors

The search at UNC Asheville has been narrowed to three. It sounds like interviews will wrap-up this week, and a decision will be made shortly after that. The three candidates are: • Nick McDevitt – associate head coach UNC Asheville. I first mentioned him on 4/8 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/8b7b7ccf/daily-dirt-4-8-13/…) – it seems like he continues to have

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Daily Dirt – 4/23/13

A few quick hitters to start the day… • Simpson (CA) head coach Matt Thacker has been released. I mentioned that I had heard a Cal Pac job was going to open last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/54214ba5/small-college-quotdirtquot…), but could not go with it at the time. Thacker was actually fired on 4/15, and then appealed the decision

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Rusthoven named HC @ ST. Mary’s (MN)

Saint Mary’s University athletic director Nikki Fennern knew exactly the fit she was looking for in the school’s search for a new head men’s basketball coach. Jamison Rusthoven, meanwhile, knew exactly what he was looking for in his search for a head men’s basketball coaching position. Consider the search over — for both of them.

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UConn staff changes

University of Connecticut men’s basketball head coach Kevin Ollie has announced changes on his coaching staff. Ricky Moore, who joined the UConn staff in October, 2012, and served as the assistant director of basketball administration through the 2012-13 season, has become a fulltime assistant coach and assumed all appropriate duties, including player coaching during practice

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Hipsher joins father at UTPA

The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Tuesday that Andy Hipsher, the son of head coach Dan Hipsher, who had been on the staff at the University of South Florida (USF) for the last four seasons, is the new Broncs men’s basketball associate head coach. Andy Hipsher spent the last

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UPDATE: 2013 DI coaching changes

Here’s the up-to-date list of 2013 DI coaching changes: School: (old coach) new coach American: (Jeff Jones) Ball State: (Billy Taylor) James Whitford Buffalo: (Reggie Witherspoon) Bobby Hurley Cal State Fullerton: (Andy Newman) Dedrique Taylor Cal State Northridge: (Bobby Braswell) Reggie Theus Campbell: (Robbie Laing) Kevin McGeehan Chattanooga: (John Shulman) Drake: (Mark Phelps) Ray Giacoletti.

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Seminole St. names Tuley head coach

Seminole State College announced today that Don Tuley current men’s basketball coach at Capitol Hill High School in Oklahoma City, has agreed to become the new coach for the SSC Trojans for the coming year. Seminole State College President, Dr. Jim Utterback, said, "We are excited about the addition of Coach Tuley to our staff.

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