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OFFICIAL: McKie returns to Temple

We first mentioned this back on 8/6. It’s now been made official… One of the all-time greatest players to ever don the Cherry and White, Aaron McKie, is returning to his alma mater as he has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Temple University. McKie will join current assistants Dwayne Killings and Shawn

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OFFICIAL: Gilbride to RPI

I posted this as a rumor on Monday – it’s now official… Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton has announced the appointment of Mark Gilbride to the position of head men’s basketball coach. Gilbride joins the Rensselaer staff from Clarkson University, where he has served as the head men’s basketball coach for

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Daily Dirt – 8/21/14

A bunch of things that I’ve heard today… • Word on the street is that Carnegie Mellon assistant Drew Garcia will be the new head coach at Chatham University (PA). Garcia had been the full-time assistant at Carnegie Mellon since 2011, and has also been an assistant at Flagler and a GA at Marshall. •

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Black Hills State names Rayfield assistant

Black Hills State University head men’s basketball coach Jeff Trumbauer has announced the addition of Rion Rayfield as assistant coach. "I couldn’t be more excited about adding Rion to our staff," Trumbauer said. "He comes with an impressive background and great deal of passion for coaching and recruiting. He is well connected and respected throughout

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Doino named head coach at Averett

Averett University’s Director of Athletics Meg Stevens is pleased to announce that David Doino is their new men’s basketball head coach. Doino has served as an assistant coach at North Carolina Wesleyan College since 2007. Doino becomes the ninth coach of the men’s basketball program since it began NCAA play in 1976. He takes over

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Late Night Dirt – 8/20/14

Another late night for the DirtKing. Here are some things that have heard while waiting for our guys to return to campus… • Bucknell assistant Charles Lee has departed and accepted a spot on the Atlanta Hawks staff. Lee is a Bucknell alum who played professionally overseas from 2006-2010. He was also the Patriot League

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Gainous promoted to head coach at Georgia College

Georgia College Director of Athletics Wendell Staton announced the hiring of long-time assistant Mark Gainous as the new Bobcat Men’s Basketball head coach. Gainous fills the vacancy left by the retirement of 21-year vet Terry Sellers announced last week. I am very excited to be named the head men’s basketball coach here at Georgia College,"

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Loyola (NO) adds alum to staff

Loyola University New Orleans head men’s basketball coach Stacy Hollowell announced the addition of Ryan Brock as assistant men’s basketball coach. Brock joins the Loyola coaching staff after an illustrious playing career with the Wolf Pack. Brock averaged 21.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game in three seasons with Loyola from

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Cowley College hires assistant

Having recruited Eric Nitsche to play for him while he was a coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, Cowley College head men’s basketball coach Tommy DeSalme has long admired Nitsche’s work ethic. He will get to see that work ethic up close as he recently hired Nitsche to serve as an assistant on the Tiger coaching

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Blair added to UW-Platteville staff

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville head men’s basketball coach Jeff Gard has announced the hiring of Kelly Blair as assistant coach for the Pioneers. "Kelly has come highly recommended to me by people I respect in the business," said Gard. "He is a tremendous young man with a lot of passion and energy and is a

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Delta State hires graduate assistant

Robert Szorc begins his first season with the Delta State University Men’s Basketball program as a graduate assistant. He comes to the Statesmen after serving as a high school math teacher and basketball coach for the past seven years, five of those as a head coach. For the past three years, Szorc served as the

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Hairston named assistant at SEMO

Southeast Missouri Head Coach Dickey Nutt hired Stetson Hairston as an assistant coach Tuesday. Hairston completes the Redhawks men’s basketball coaching staff for the upcoming 2014-15 season. A native of Fairview Heights, Ill., Hairston comes to Southeast after spending the last two seasons under Rodney Watson at the University of Southern Indiana. The Screaming Eagles

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