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Daily Dirt – 9/27/11

Late blog tonight – I was out of the office sick all day. Like I told Mr. Dirt earlier today, I think I have a temperature of like 200 degrees (The DirtQueen needed two thermometers to get an accurate reading). Here’s what I have in a rare moment of lucidity…. I’ve heard that Harcum College

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Daily Dirt – 9/26/11

A few things to start off the week…. I’ve blogged a ton about the Union County College job over the past month. It has been offered to Billy Diamond (Berkeley assistant) and Dermon Player (former Seton Hall assistant), but neither of them took the job. The latest name that I’ve heard is current Felician College

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New England Dirt….

Some dirt from the great Northeast (I’ve heard some places in New England already have a few feet of snow)…. Former Boston College standout Billy Curley has joined that staff at Emerson College. Curley played for current Emerson head coach Jim O’Brien at BC. He was the 22nd pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and

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Voight out at Bluefield State

Jimmy Voight is officially out as the head coach at Bluefield State. I mentioned on 9/14 that I had heard about a meeting that Voight had with the President and AD concerning his future at the school. It took a bit longer than expected to reach a decision, but according to someone close to the

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Daily Dirt – 9/20/11

A late night update….busy day on campus! I’ve heard that Iowa Weslyan College has hired Ian McKeithen as the new assistant coach. He was an assistant at Dakota State last year and the GA at Augustana College (IA) for two years before that. He has also worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves as a Basketball Operations

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Daily Dirt – 9/19/11

A few things as we cruise into fall…. I can confirm that Brent Crews and Mike Davis Jr. have been hired as assistants at Chipola JC. I had blogged about the Davis hiring earlier this summer (he’s the son of UAB head coach Mike Davis). It sounds like Crews has landed a paying spot while

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Daily Dirt – 9/16/11

Here are a few things to wrap-up the week…. We’ve been following the situation at Union County College for some time now. We reported earlier this month that the job had been offered to (and turned down by) Berkeley College assistant Billy Diamond. More recently, we said that it had been offered to former Seton

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Daily Dirt – 9/15/11

I can confirm a few things that I’ve blogged about recently…. 1) Confirmed – North Dakota assistant Nate Philippe has accepted an assistant spot at Maine. I blogged about it yesterday – you can read more here: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/d56cac02/daily-dirt-9-14-11/…“>http://hoopdirt.com/blog/d56cac02/daily-dirt-9-14-11/…… 2) Confirmed – Former Michigan-Dearborn assistant Deajada Smith has indeed been hired as an assistant coach at

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Daily Dirt – 9/14/11

Here are a few things that I’ve heard over the past few days…. Maine still has not announced the hiring of their third assistant. I’ve heard North Dakota assistant Nate Philippe’s name mentioned by multiple people when talking about this situation. It sounds like he may be the choice here. He would replace Chris Markwood

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HOT RUMOR: Brevard to name Prosser as head coach

According to a source close to the situation, Brevard College will name Mark Prosser as their new head basketball coach. Prosser is the son of the late Skip Prosser, and has been an assistant at Wofford College for the past three seasons. He has also worked as an assistant at Bucknell and will be replacing

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UPDATE: Prosser to Brevard OFFICIAL

Just wanted to update today’s HOT RUMOR. Brevard College has made the hiring of Mark Prosser official. Here’s a link to the statement that was just released: http://www.bctornados.com/article.asp?articleID=1746…

Daily Dirt – 9/12/11

Busy weekend – here are some of the things that I’ve heard…. According to a great source, Nima Omidvar has been hired as the video coordinator at NC State. Omidvar spent last season as an assistant at Bowie State. Before that, he was a GA on Bobby Lutz’ staff at UNC-Charlotte (Lutz is now an

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