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Morehead State Hires Assistant

Preston Spradlin, who has spent the past five seasons on the men’s basketball staff at Kentucky, has been named an assistant coach at Morehead State. His time will be spent in a variety of areas, including recruiting, scouting, practice/game preparation and academics monitoring. Spradlin spent two seasons (2009-11) as a graduate assistant with the Wildcats

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Gilfillan named DBO at Illinois State

Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller announced the hiring of Mitch Gilfillan as ISU’s Director of Basketball Operations Monday. Gilfillan’s resume includes four years as an NCAA Division I assistant coach, one year as a director of operations, and four years as an exemplary student-athlete. "I could not be more excited to welcome

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OFFICIAL: Florida A&M hires Samuels

Thanks to a great source for getting us out in front of this a few days ago… Collegiate coaching veteran Byron Samuels will embark on a new chapter in his career with his appointment as head men’s basketball coach at Florida A&M University (FAMU). Samuels comes to FAMU from the University of Georgia, where he

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Owens named DBO at Nebraska

Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles announced Friday that Teddy Owens has been named Director of Operations for the Husker basketball program. “Teddy will be terrific as our Director of Operations. It is a challenging job, but one he will handle well,” Miles said. “In this role, we rely on him to be a liaison

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HOT: Extension for Hayford at EWU

With 40 victories overall in three seasons, Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford has been rewarded with a new five-year agreement, EWU athletic director Bill Chaves officially announced Friday (June 13). The deal scraps the remaining two years of Hayford’s current five-year contract, thus keeping him in Cheney at least through the 2018-19

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University of Jamestown Hires Coach

University of Jamestown President Robert S. Badal and Athletic Director Lawrie Paulson announce that Alan Magnani has been named head men’s basketball coach. Magnani comes to Jamestown from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where from 1996 to 2011 he was head men’s basketball coach at Iowa Wesleyan College. "I am really excited about the opportunity to build

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Wichita State Hires Assistant

Wichita State has hired Isaac Brown as an assistant men’s basketball coach, Head Coach Gregg Marshall announced today. “I have known Isaac 15 years and have always enjoyed my dealings with him,” Marshall said. “He is very personable and a quality individual. He has a great reputation as a coach and recruiter and is excellent

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UNCW Adds Assistant

UNCW Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin Keatts reached back into his Hargrave Military Academy roots to complete his coaching staff on Thursday, hiring former Tiger aide Thomas Carr as an assistant coach. Carr recently completed his first season as an assistant at East Tennessee State following stops at basketball powers Chipola College and Hargrave Military

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BREAKING RUMOR: Samuels the choice at FAMU

I have confirmation from a great source that Bryon Samuels has been named head coach at Florida A&M. He replaces Clemon Johnson who was released earlier this spring. Samuels has been the head coach at Hampton (1995-97) and Radford (2003-2007). He was most recently and administrative staffer on Mark Fox’s staff at Georgia. He has

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Diener Joins Marquette Staff

– Travis Diener, one of the top players in the storied history of the Marquette University men’s basketball program, has joined the staff as Director of Player Personnel, first-year head coach Steve Wojciechowski announced Wednesday morning. Diener, who recently completed his professional career in Italy with a playoff appearance in the country’s top division, is

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UAM names Tolin head coach

Kyle Tolin has been selected as the new head men’s basketball head coach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello following a decade-long assistant coaching career at Oklahoma Baptist University. Tolin, the 15th head coach in UAM men’s basketball history, comes to Monticello after helping Oklahoma Baptist reach 14 straight NAIA national tournaments during his

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Lamarr named head coach at Clark Atlanta

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) shredded the interim tag and named Tony LaMarr head coach of the men’s basketball team as he enters his second season at the helm of the program and fifth overall. "I am excited for this opportunity to continue to lead the CAU men’s basketball program on the path to regain its

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