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UIC staff update

UIC Head Basketball Coach Howard Moore announced the hiring of Deon Thomas and the promotion of Jeremy Buttell to the positions of assistant coaches on Tuesday afternoon, pending Board of Trustees approval. Thomas comes to UIC after spending five years as the athletic director and head basketball coach for Lewis and Clark Community College in

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HOT: Duke named head coach at Adelphi

Adelphi University Director of Athletics and Recreation, Danny McCabe announced today that David Duke is the new head coach of the men’s basketball program. Duke, who helped rebuild programs at Hofstra University and Fordham University, will lead the Panthers in the highly competitive Northeast-10 Conference. "We are thrilled to welcome David Duke as the new

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HOT: Yeshiva names head coach

Yeshiva University has announced Elliot Steinmetz as its head men’s basketball coach. Steinmetz, a 2002 graduate of YU’s Sy Syms School of Business who lettered on YU’s basketball team for three seasons from 1999-02, will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the men’s basketball program while ensuring the academic success of its student-athletes. He

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Daily Dirt – 4/28/14

A few things to start the week… • The search at Southern Mississippi is really heating up. I have heard that target #1 Brad Underwood met with Southern Mississippi officials this weekend in Texas. Another name starting to get some play (a plan B), is Murray State head coach Steve Prohm. It sounds like he

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OFFICIAL: Wells named assistant at Toledo

Has this as a rumor last week – it’s no official, here’s the press release… Toledo Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk as an assistant coach for the Rocket men’s basketball program. Wells brings a wealth of experience to Toledo after coaching 17 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as the last three seasons

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Gardner-Webb names Beasley assistant

Gardner-Webb announced Monday that the men’s basketball program had hired DeAntoine Beasley as an assistant coach. Beasley spent the 2013-2014 season as an assistant at Pensacola State (Fla.) College, where he helped the Pirates to a 21-11 overall record in the junior college ranks and the program’s 15th Panhandle Conference title. Beasley has a wealth

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University of Mary Washington Hires Coach

Highly successful head coach Marcus Kahn has been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at the University of Mary Washington, pending final Board approval, according to Director of Athletics Ken Tyler. “We are extremely pleased to announce the hiring of Marcus Kahn as our new head men’s basketball coach and look forward to

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Gainey named DBO at Marquette

Justin Gainey has joined the Marquette University men’s basketball program as its director of basketball operations, head coach Steve Wojciechowski announced Monday afternoon. The former standout player at North Carolina State arrives in Milwaukee after serving for four seasons at Appalachian State as an assistant coach. While with the Mountaineers, he helped develop the point

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HOT: Anderson named head coach at Mizzou

The University of Missouri announced on Monday that former University of Central Missouri head coach Kim Anderson, 58, a two-time graduate of Mizzou (’79 and ’81) and the 2014 NABC National Coach of the Year, has agreed to become the 18th men’s basketball coach in school history. Anderson will be officially introduced at a press

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Hester joins Houston staff

Veteran coach Talvin Hester has joined the University of Houston Men’s Basketball program, head coach Kelvin Sampson announced Monday. "We are excited to bring Talvin into our program. He is a high-character leader and has great relationships with basketball people at all levels in Houston and around the state of Texas. I love his enthusiasm

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OFFICIAL: Murphy named assistant at BC

We reported this a few weeks ago – just wanted to follow up now that it is official… Boston College has hired Preston Murphy as assistant coach for the men’s basketball team, announced today by head coach Jim Christian. "We are thrilled to bring Preston back to Boston College," Christian said. "His ability to recruit

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Henderson named assistant at NDSU

North Dakota State University head men’s basketball coach David Richman has announced that Eric Henderson will join the NDSU staff as an assistant coach. Henderson gained several years of coaching experience at Wayne State (Neb.) and Iowa State University before taking over boys’ basketball head coaching duties at Burlington Catholic Central HS in Wisconsin. "My

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