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Stigall named Video Coordinator at Troy

Troy University has hired former Butler standout Chase Stigall as video coordinator for the men’s basketball team, head coach Phil Cunningham announced Monday. "We are really excited about adding Chase to our coaching staff as the new video coordinator," Cunningham said. " I believe that it is important to keep a young, hungry coach on

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OFFICIAL: Linton to Army

Had this as a rumor on 10/8. It’s now official… Army Head men’s basketball coach Zach Spiker has finalized his coaching staff for the 2014-15 season by announcing the hiring of Brandon Linton, who comes to West Point from Bowdoin College. "We are very excited with the addition of Coach Linton," Spiker said. "As a

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ENC hires assistant

Eastern Nazarene College men’s basketball head coach Jim Aller has announced the addition of volunteer assistant coach Isaiah Boxell. Boxell comes to Eastern Nazarene following a one-year stint as a volunteer assistant coach at Hawaii Pacific University. Boxell graduated from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science

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HOT: Extension on tap for Kellogg at UMass

The Daily Hampshire Gazette is the first to report that UMass head coach Derek Kellogg will sign a contract extension that will keep him with the Minutemen through the 2018-19 season. It sounds like the deal will be made official next week. Kellogg is 109-86 in his his 6-seasons at the helm. More on this

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Mansfield names Hamlin assistant

Mansfield University head men’s basketball coach Rich Miller has announced the appointment of former Bloomsburg University assistant coach Michael Hamlin to a full-time assistant position with the Mountaineers. "We are very pleased to have Coach Hamlin join our staff," said Miller. "He’s familiar with the league and with our players after spending so much time

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Arseneault Jr. named D-League head coach

The Reno Bighorns, NBA D-League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings, announced today that David Arseneault Jr. will serve as the team’s head coach. Arseneault, 28, joins the Bighorns after spending the last four seasons as an associate head coach for Grinnell College, where he served under his father. Prior to starting a career in the

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OFFICIAL: Elmore named assistant at Union (KY)

Back on 9/29, I mentioned that I had heard Rusty Elmore would be named as an assistant at Union (KY) [http://hoopdirt.com/blog/753d0118/daily-dirt-9-29-14/…]. It’s now been made official… Rusty Elmore enters his first season as the head assistant coach in the Union men’s basketball program in 2014-15, joining the athletic department in September. Elmore comes to Barbourville

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Wallace named assistant at LeTourneau

LeTourneau University has named James Wallace as its new head men’s cross country and assistant men’s basketball coach, announced athletic director Terri Deike. “We are excited to add James to the YellowJacket Athletic staff and consider him a great addition to our program. With his passion for coaching young men in cross country and basketball

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Butler staff update

Butler Interim Head Coach Chris Holtmann took another step toward the start of the 2014-15 season by filling two open positions on his staff. Holtmann announced that former Butler players Emerson Kampen and Brandon Crone will be taking on new roles with the Bulldogs this season. Kampen, already on staff as a graduate assistant, will

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Sam Houston State Dirt…

I have heard from two separate sources that former San Jose State assistant Omar Lowery is the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Sam Houston State. Both sources told me that the official word could come as early as today. Lowery spent one season at SJSU before resigning this past spring. He has also

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Southern Maine adds assistant

Sam Leal, a 2014 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington, will join the University of Southern Maine Huskies’ men’s basketball coaching staff for the 2014-2015 season. The Huskies’, led by veteran head coach and USM Alumnus Karl Henrikson ’79, open their season on November 1 when they host Division I University of Maine

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Tennessee Tech’s Payne receives extension

The Tennessee Tech basketball programs are on solid ground, with women’s head coach Jim Davis and men’s head coach Steve Payne receiving contract extensions that will keep each directing his program through the 2019 season. The contract extensions were announced by Director of Athletics Mark Wilson. “If you look at our basketball programs, you see

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