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DIII DIRT: Bridgewater (Va.) Hires Randolph-Macon Assistant

I can confirm that the new head coach at DIII Bridgewater College (Va.) will be Randolph-Macon assistant coach Shawn Postiglione.  He will officially be introduced at a 3:00pm press conference tomorrow.  Postiglione just completed his frist season at R-MC, and was part of a Yellow Jackets squad that went 28-3 and advanced to the NCAA DIII

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BREAKING: Al Skinner to Kennesaw State

HoopDirt.com has just learned that Al Skinner will be named as the next head coach at Kennesaw State.  The former Boston College and URI head coach holds a 385-291 record in his 22 seasons as a head coach.  Skinner has most recently served as the associate head coach for his former assistant Tim O’Shea at

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Sunday Dirt – 4/26/15

A bunch of things that I’ve heard today… I can confirm that Bill Morosco will become the DBO at The Citadel.  He was most recently an administrative staffer for Jim Les at UC Davis. I can also confirm that Columbia has hired Jonathan Safir as a Graduate Assistant.  He played at DIII Vassar College (NY)

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JC DIRT: Mast to Retire at Dawson (MT) CC

I can confirm that Dawson Community College (MT) head coach Don Mast has retired.  The official statement should be relesed shortly.  In his 25 years as the head coach at DCC, he compiled a 439 – 330 record.  He was the longest currently tenured head coach in Montana.  In 35 total seasons as a head coach, Mast

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Junior College Dirt…

A bunch of things that I’ve heard at the JUCO level… I have heard that Kansas State graduate assistant Dennan Morrow will become an assistant at Kilgore (TX).  Morrow has been a GA for the past two years, and was a student manager in the program before that.  He also played at Barton County Community

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Daily Dirt – 4/24/15

Finally back from vacation – a bunch of things to catch-up on… It sounds like new George Mason head coach Dave Paulsen will add Duane Simpkins and Dane Fischer to his staff.  Simpkins, who played at Maryland, was at UNCG for the past three seasons.  Fischer had been with Paulsen at both Bucknell and Williams.

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DIII DIRT: TCNJ to Hire Amherst Assistant

I can confirm that The College of New Jersey will hire Amherst assistant Matt Goldsmith as their new head basketball coach.  The New Jersey native is a 2008 Amherst graduate who has been on the staff for three seasons.  During his seven years at the college, he won two National Championships (one as a player,

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Daily Dirt – 4/22/15

Still on vacation – getting killed on international phone charges with all of the texts and calls I’ve been getting!  Oh well, it’s worth it to be able to get the dirt up…here’s what I’ve heard today (speed round): It sounds like Alcorn State is down to three in the search for a new head

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Daily Dirt II – 4/21/15

DDII from North of the Border… BYU DBO Cody Fueger will head to Utah Valley as an assistant.  He is following new head coach Mark Pope, who just took over at UVU and was an assistant at BYU last season. Fueger had been at Utah since 2013, and has also worked as the DBO at Utah State, UC

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Daily Dirt – 4/21/15

DK and crew still on the go in Montreal – a few quick ones that I’ve heard while bouncing around between Basilicas… I mentioned back on 4/2 that former Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie would be the new head coach at Ranger JC (TX) (Billy Gillispie Dirt…).  It is now a done deal – he has

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DIII DIRT: Sul Ross State to Hire Clif Carroll

I can confirm that DIII Sul Ross State University will hire Clif Carroll as the new head basketball coach.  He will replace Greg Wright who resigned back in March.  Carroll spent 2013-15 as the head coach at McMurry University (TX).  He was a student assistant for Bob Knight at Texas Tech, and later served as

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