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BREAKING: Marshall to hire Dan D’Antoni

Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick announced early Thursday that his school’s search for a new men’s basketball coach is complete, and a source confirmed to CBSSports.com that Dan D’Antoni will fill the position. D’Antoni is the brother of Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni. The development was first reported by WSAZ-TV’s Keith Morehouse. D’Antoni, 66, has been

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Fox Completes Staff

Appalachian State University men’s basketball staff is complete with the hiring of three assistant coaches, head coach Jim Fox announced on Thursday. Jason Allison, Bryan Lentz and Mantoris Robinson join Fox on the Appalachian State bench. The trio boasts a combined 27 years of collegiate coaching experience. “I’m extremely excited about the coaching staff we’ve

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Walker Announced as UIS Head coach

The University of Illinois Springfield Director of Athletics Kim Pate announces Bill Walker as the next head coach of the Prairie Star men’s basketball program on Thursday "I am very excited to announce the appointment of Bill Walker as the next head men’s basketball coach," Pate said. "Coach Walker brings a winning mentality, tremendous experience,

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Utah’s Krystkowiak Agrees to Five-Year Contract

University of Utah men’s basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak has agreed to a five-year contract through the 2018-19 academic year, Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill announced today. Krystkowiak’s compensation package will total $1.4 million a year. In addition, there are two retention clauses in the agreement: Krystkowiak will receive a $375,000 bonus if he stays

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VCU rumor…

Word on the street is that Shaka Smart is close to filling the vacancy on his staff created when Mike Rhoades departed for Rice. I have heard from a great source that Vanderbilt assistant David Cason is the leader here. He has been an assistant at Vandy since 2011 – prior to that he worked

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Illinois Springfield rumors…

I have heard from a few good sources on this one..sounds like Illinois Springfield is set to name their next head coach – the announcement could come as early as tomorrow. It sounds like the finalists are Mitch Gilfillan (assistant coach SIU Edwardsville), Al Biancalana (former assistant UIC), and Bill Walker (assistant coach Drake). According

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Finlandia names head coach

Three-time U.P. Coach of the Year Mike O’Donnell has been named the head coach of the Finlandia University men’s basketball program. "We’re extremely excited to have Mike come back and be a part of the Finlandia Lions family once again," Athletic Director Chris Salani said. "The successes he’s had as a basketball coach and as

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Daily Dirt – 4/23/14

Another “vacation” edition of the Daily Dirt. Gotta go quickly before the DirtQueen discovers me… • I have heard that Stony Brook assistant Dan Rickard is the leader at Adelphi, and could be named as the head coach there as early as tomorrow. Other names that I have heard surrounding this one are Fordham associate

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Sugarman named head coach at TMC

The search is over for the men’s basketball head coaching position at The Master’s College, as Ken Sugarman has been hired to take the reins of the Mustangs. “What an honor!” commented Sugarman. “I’m really humbled and honored to come back to my alma mater. TMC is a place where I had rich experiences as

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Johnson Joins Louisville Staff as Assistant Coach

Kenny Johnson, assistant men’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Indiana University for the past two years, has joined the University of Louisville men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach under head coach Rick Pitino. "We’re very excited to have Kenny in our program," said Pitino. "The first thing I did when Kevin Keatts left

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Tulsa Staff Update

The University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced today the addition of assistant coaches Dave Leitao, Tom Abatemarco and Dennis Felton, and strength and conditioning coach Todor Pandov to his Golden Hurricane coaching staff. Leitao, Abatemarco and Felton are all former collegiate head coaches and carry an abundance of NCAA postseason experience on

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Helton Steps Down at Eastern New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico University Athletic Director Dr. Jeff Geiser has announced the resignation of Men’s Basketball Coach Andrew Helton, due to personal reasons. Helton returned the Greyhounds to the Lone Star Conference tournament in his second year as coach, which started a run of four consecutive appearances after ENMU had missed the championships for six

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