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Daily Dirt – 5/16/12

Mid-week “dirt”… • I can confirm that Nikita Johnson will not return as an assistant at Louisiana Lafayette. He had been on Bob Marlins staff at UL since 2010 and has had previous stops at LSU, Louisiana Tech, and New Orleans. No word yet as to where he will end up. • I have heard

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Grand Valley State Hires Assistant

Grand Valley State head men’s basketball coach Ric Wesley has announced the hiring of Nate Babcock as a full-time assistant coach to the Laker program. Babcock, most recently a special assistant coach at Michigan State. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Siverling the choice at UW-Eau Claire

Matt Siverling has been selected as head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men’s basketball team, Director of Athletics Scott Kilgallon announced today. Siverling becomes just the 10th coach in Blugold men’s basketball history. The position came open following the departure of Kyle Green after he served one year as head coach. During the

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Korn named DBO at K-State

K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced the hiring of former Southern Illinois player and assistant coach Brad Korn as the program’s director of operations on Tuesday. Korn is the third member of the Weber’s initial coaching staff at K-State, which includes assistant coaches Chris Lowery and Alvin Brooks III. Much like Lowery, Korn has

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TVCC hires Baumann

Trinity Valley Community College has turned to The Sunflower State to find its third head men’s basketball coach in a half-century. Kris Baumann, who spent the last six seasons as head men’s basketball coach at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, was Monday named to the position at TVCC. Baumann replaces Pat Smith,

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Daily Dirt – 5/15/12

Today’s “Daily Dirt”… • According to multiple sources, Parkland College head coach Nate Mast has resigned and will accept the DBO spot on Barry Hinson’s new staff at Southern Illinois. Mast had spent the previous three seasons at Parkland. He has also worked in operations at Kansas, and as an assistant at Arkansas-Ft. Smith. When

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Beard hired at McMurry

I blogged about this yesterday – mentioned it as a rumor. It is now a done deal….Chris Beard has been hired as the head coach at McMurry just days after resigning at Lamar State-Port Arthur. Here’s the official statement from McMurry: http://www.mcmurrysports.com/news/2012/5/14/MBB_0514120157.a… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Richardson III passes away

AP – Police in Tulsa say Nolan Richardson III — the son of former Arkansas and Tulsa basketball coach Nolan Richardson — has been found dead in his home. Officer Jason Willingham said Monday that Richardson III’s wife found her husband dead in a chair in their south Tulsa home about 3 p.m. Sunday. A

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Daily Dirt – 5/14/12

I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day! Here is some “dirt” for the beginning of the week… • It wasn’t a very long stay for Chris Beard at Lamar State – Port Arthur. Just days after accepting the job at there, he has resigned. He has said publically that he wants to stay closer

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Orton hired at Wyoming Western

Alaska Anchorage men’s basketball assistant coach Ryan Orton has been named the next head coach at Western Wyoming Community College. UAA’s top assistant since 2009, Orton helped UAA to a 64-27 record during his tenure, including consecutive NCAA Tournament Second Round berths in 2010-11 and 2011-12. He was also largely responsible for the recruitment of

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Morehead State official release

Just wanted to pass along the statement from Morehead State on the hiring of Sean Woods. Follow the for the official release, video, and photo’s from the press conference: http://www.msueagles.com/news/2012/5/14/MBB_0514120727.aspx… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

OFFICIAL: Norris to EMU WBB

Had this in the blog as a rumor this morning. Just wanted to follow up now that former Canisius men’s assistant Rob Norris has been officially hired at Eastern Michigan: http://emueagles.com/news/2012/5/14/WBB_0514120952.aspx… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.