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Former Local Women’s Basketball Standout Sydney Hines Joins Goucher College Men’s Basketball Staff

Head coach Tom Rose has named Sydney Hines a men’s basketball assistant coach at Goucher College. Hines joins the growing trend of female assistant coaches in the men’s basketball coaching ranks. Hines, an Owings Mills, Maryland, native, comes to Goucher after a four-year career on the women’s basketball team at Central Connecticut State University in

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Kelly Adds Klingman as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Catholic University

Catholic University head men’s basketball coach Aaron Kelly announced the hiring of Justin Klingman as an assistant coach on Friday. A 2015 graduate of the University of Scranton, Klingman comes to the District after four years as an assistant coach at Ursinus. Klingman’s primary responsibilities at Ursinus included recruiting, opponent scouting, player skill development and development of

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Simmons Elevated to Assistant Coach at Northwestern State

Basketball coach Dave Simmons rejoined Mike McConathy and the Northwestern State staff for the 2018-19 season, and now Simmons has been elevated to an assistant coach position, McConathy announced Friday. Simmons coached under McConathy as an assistant for seven seasons from 1999-2006 before taking over Southland Conference rival McNeese for 12 seasons as a head

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Nate Tomlinson Joins Colorado Basketball Staff As Director Of Player Development

Former University of Colorado point guard and Pac-12 Conference champion Nate Tomlinson has been named the Buffaloes’ Director of Player Development, head coach Tad Boyle announced Thursday. Tomlinson replaces Sean Kearney who became an associate commissioner with the Atlantic 10 Conference earlier this summer. “This was a win-win situation,” Boyle said. “Sean had a great

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Chinedu Nwachukwu Named YSU Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

Chinedu Nwachukwu (pronounced “chin-a-do” “wan-chu-koo”) has been hired as an assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff, YSU Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun announced. Nwachukwu replaces Brady Trenkle, who departed to pursue other opportunities closer to his family. “I’m ecstatic about bring Chinedu on to our staff,” Calhoun said. “He comes from a tremendous coaching pedigree,

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Beard Adds Donewald to Texas Tech Coaching Staff

Texas Tech head men’s basketball coach Chris Beard has announced the hiring of Bob Donewald Jr. as the Director of Player of Development. Donewald brings a wealth of basketball experience to the Red Raider program after coaching at the professional, international and collegiate levels. Among his experiences, he was the head coach of the Chinese

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