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Radford adds DBO

Radford University head men’s basketball coach Mike Jones announced Friday that Garrett Kelly has been named Director of Operations. In 2011-12, Kelly served as the Highlanders’ video coordinator. Prior to joining the Highlander staff, Kelly served as a volunteer assistant coach at Catholic University of America. In addition to his coaching stint at the Washington,

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Daily Dirt – 7/26/12

Crazy week for the DirtKing – Sorry for the lack of updates. This is my week of camp, and I’ve had to buy the DirtQueen an new Minivan (ugh….). It has been a long week, but a good one! The kids are working hard, but more importantly, all of their checks have cleared. Here are

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Farmer joins NC State staff

Veteran collegiate coach Larry Farmer has joined the NC State staff as Director of Player Development, Pack head coach Mark Gottfried announced. Farmer played for legendary coach John Wooden at UCLA from 1970-73, where he helped the Bruins capture three NCAA titles during a stretch in which UCLA won seven straight national championships. During his

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Cal Poly Pomona promotes assistant

Ever since he stepped onto campus as a Cal Poly Pomona student-athlete in 1998, Damion Hill has delivered immeasurable contributions to the university community. His leadership as assistant coach helped the Broncos’ men’s basketball team capture the program’s first-ever national title in 2010. His abilities as a mentor have helped CPP student-athletes graduate and move

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HOT: Murken named Head Coach at Minot State

Minot State University Athletic Director Rick Hedberg introduced Matt Murken as Minot State’s head men’s basketball coach Wednesday during a press conference at the Beaver Dam in the MSU Student Center. Murken, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an 11-year veteran of the collegiate coaching ranks and has been the head coach at Jamestown

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Mountain State terminates coach + program

Mountain State University (WVa.) has terminated head coach Bob Bolen and discontinued it’s men’s basketball program. Mountain State has reduced its work force by 50%, and Bolen was one of those chosen to be released. More from the Register-Herald: http://www.register-herald.com/todayssportsfront/x825333936/… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Rutter named HC @ ACU

Arizona Christian University has selected Jeff Rutter as its men’s basketball coach. Rutter served as an assistant on the Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) coaching staff for 10 seasons and as lead assistant coach at California Baptist University for two seasons. Rutter replaces Rick Roth, who coached at ACU for eight seasons. Roth continues as associate

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Princeton adds DBO

Mitch Henderson, the head coach of Princeton men’s basketball, has announced Brett MacConnell as the Director of Basketball Operations. MacConnell succeeds Kendrick Saunders, who became an assistant coach at the U.S. Naval Academy. MacConnell joins Princeton after serving in a similar role last season at Saint Peter’s College, handling video breakdowns of practices, games and

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OFFICIAL: Reinhardt hires Gillespie

Jason Gillespie and Matt Stearsman have joined the Reinhardt University athletic department as the head coach and as an assistant coach, respectively, for the men’s basketball team. Gillespie, who has been a head coach at the collegiate level for nine years, is in charge of handling all aspects associated with Reinhardt’s intercollegiate men’s basketball program,

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Minot State update

I blogged last week about the three candidates that were scheduled to interview at Minot State: Steve Keller – Head Coach Montana Western (Interviewed on July 17th). Jason Henry – Head Coach South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (Interviewed on July 18th). Matt Murken – Head Coach Jamestown College (ND) (Interviewed on July 19th).

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Smith Agrees to Contract Extension

University of Minnesota director of athletics Norwood Teague announced today that head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith has agreed to terms on a contract extension through the 2016-17 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Mizzou AC headed to Auburn

KOMU 8 Sports confirmed that Missouri assistant Ryan Miller has become the associate head coach at Auburn. Miller was hired in May at Missouri after spending the past five seasons at New Mexico. He has previously worked with Auburn head coach Tony Barbee at Memphis under head coach John Calipari. In a statement released to

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