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Check out the forum…

Lots of good discussion going on in the forum. Some pretty good thoughts and ideas about getting into the business. Also some good rumors starting to float around. One of our readers is claiming that Pete Herrmann (David Robinson’s coach at Navy) will be named as the head coach at Young Harris College. He was

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News and Rumors from the DirtKing……

Here are some of my random mid-week thoughts, news, and rumors…….. Bowling Green is close to making a hire to replace assistant George Jackson who departed for Cincinnati. Former NBA player Dennis Hopson (currently an assistant to Rollie Massimino at Northwood), and Devon Smith, who has worked at Oakland, Louisville and Indiana Southeast are in

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Rumors from the DirtKing……

It’s been crazy around here with school getting ready to open, but here’s what I’ve got….. Former College of Lake County Head Basketball Coach Shawn Chism has been named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. Logan Link has been hired as the G.A. at Delta State. Most recently, Logan was

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HoopDirt Forum Launched!!

The HoopDirt forum (message board) is here! We now have a place for an open discussion on a ton of topics. From the hottest rumors to general basketball talk – let your thoughts be known! To be able to post on the message board, a short registration process is needed (it only takes a minute

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Billy Gillispie arrested….

Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie was arrested in Anderson County, Kentucky for driving under the influence early this morning. He was pulled over in his 2009 Mercedes around 2:45am. Here is a link to video of him being transferred to a prison van… http://www.lex18.com/player/?video_id=1364&zone=2&ca… Down the road in Louisville, Rick Pitino is bringing more attention

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Tuesday’s notes from the DirtKing…..

A light today, but a few things I wanted to share before hitting the links…. It sounds like East Carolina is going to hire John Ashalou to replace recently departed assistant Darryl LaBarrie. Ashalou has worked for Grassroots Canada for the past 10 years or so and will fill the spot left vacant when LaBarrie

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Rumors and news….

Here are a few things that I heard this weekend…. Chris Cupko is going to be hired as an assistant at Stetson. He spent last season as a graduate assistant at Marshall. Yale is expected to announce their 3rd assistant today or tomorrow. There are three legitimate contenders for the spot. We’ll let you know

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DI coaching rumors….

A couple of quick items that have come across my desk today…. Fred Hill is going to add Sal Mentesana to his staff at Rutgers. Mentesana has been the head coach at Lehigh (1996-2002 – 43-125) and East Stroudsburg (1987-1994 – 133-117). He also worked as an assistant to Brian Hill (Fred’s uncle) at Lehigh

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End of the week coaching rumors…..

A few things that I’ve picked up during the week….. It looks like former Liberty University player and Shelton State CC (AL) assistant Jeremy Monceaux will accept an assistants spot at Campbellsville (KY). Chris Foley, and assistant at Carroll (WI) last season is going to be the graduate assistant at Henderson State. Also, rumor has

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The DirtKing returns…..

Finally back from 10 days of fun and sun with Mrs. Dirt and the Little DirtBags! Thanks to the rest of the DirtTeam for keeping things going while I was without internet or cell access. While I was gone, I heard that Caldwell College assistant Dave DeFerrari is going to take over at DII Felician

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Texas A&M International Finalist

Looks like Texas A&M International is down to two finalist for their head coaching position. The two finalist are Boise State assistant Tim Cleary and associate head coach at Alaska-Anchorage Shane Rinner. Cleary has spent the last 7 seasons at Boise State. Prior to Boise, he was an assistant at University of California, Irvin for

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DirtKing on Vacation……

Sitting on the deck, looking at the ocean…..time for a quick blog (Mrs. Dirt is in the shower, and she has banned computer use for the week)…. It’s been pretty quiet since the end of the two ten day July recruiting periods. The only thing of note that I heard was that Morehead State assistant

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