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Daily Dirt – 7/11/16

I hope everyone had a safe and successful time on the road last week. Here are a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like North Dakota assistant coach Shawn Dirden is the leader at DII Northwestern Oklahoma State. Dirden has spent the past two seasons on the UND staff, and has also

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BREAKING: SMU’s Larry Brown to Resign

ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that SMU head coach Larry Brown is resigning as the head basketball coach at SMU. Associate head coach Tim Jankovich is rumored to be Brown’s successor. More on this breaking story as it develops.    

Canisius Dirt…

I have slowly been compiling the members of Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Back on 6/9, HoopDirt.com mentioned that Radford assistant Chris Hawkins would be named as an assistant coach (Daily Dirt – 6/9/16), and then reported on 6/28 that Daemen College assistant Jake Kroll would become the DBO (Canisius Dirt). I have now

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Robert Morris Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has learned former Canisius assistant Mike Iuzzolino will join Andy Toole’s staff at Robert Morris. Iuzzolino was not retained at Canisius when Reggie Witherspoon took over this past spring. He had been an assistant with the Golden Griffins for the past two seasons, and had also worked as the DBO at New Mexico. Iuzzolino

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Daily Dirt – 6/29/16

Here are some things that I’ve heard… I have heard from a great source that Robert Morris Director of Basketball Operations Dave Richards will become an assistant coach at Merrimack College. He will reunite with former RMU assistant Joe Gallo who became the head coach at Merrimack earlier this spring. Richards spent six seasons at

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DIII DIRT: Case Western Finalists

HoopDirt.com has learned that there are three finalists in the mix to replace Sean McDonnell as the head coach at Case Western Reserve University (OH). I have heard that on campus interviews will take place July 11-14. The final group is: Bill Courtney – Former Head Coach Cornell University Dane Fischer – Assistant Coach George

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Canisius Dirt…

I have heard from a great source that Daemen College assistant coach Jake Kroll will be named as the Director of Basketball Operations at Canisius. Kroll had served as the assistant video coordinator at Alabama before joining the Daemen staff prior to last season. He had previously served as a manager at Buffalo under new

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ULM Dirt…

I have heard from great sources that Miami Dade College head coach Stephen Cowherd will become an assistant at ULM.  Cowherd has spent the past five seasons as the head coach at MDC. He has also spent time on the staff at South Alabama, and served as a graduate assistant under Leonard Hamilton at Florida

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Weber State Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has learned that David Marek has been named as an assistant coach at Weber State. Marek had been at Utah State for the past two seasons where he served as the Director of Player Development. Before joining the USU staff, Marek was the video coordinator at Idaho State. After wrapping up his playing career

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