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UPDATE: Bob Walsh’s 3rd Annual Dynamic Leadership Academy

The final line-up has been introduced for the 3rd Dynamic Leadership Academy (June 8th-9th in Providence, RI). The interactive leadership and team building seminar is for leaders and coaches with a growth mindset. This year’s line-up includes: Thorr Bjorn just completed his 8th year as the Athletic Director at the University of Rhode Island after

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Rcs Sports

College Coaches who want to recruit Southeast Texas should subscribe to Rcs Sports this year! Rcs Sports in the nation’s most comprehensive and detailed single city service in the world.  These two guys (Jim Hicks aka “Cheatsheet” and Doug Jones aka “Big Doug” cover Houston, TX (nation’s 4th largest city) and the surrounding towns like

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NEW: HoopDirt.com’s Recruiting Service Listings

As a coach, I know first-hand that recruiting is the lifeline of any college basketball program.  I am always looking for ways to outwork the competition and to identify as many recruitable players as possible. I have used recruiting services in my region for years, but have always had trouble identifying services in other areas. 

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Poll Results: Florida Search

Yesterday, HoopDirt.com asked our readers who they thought would replace Billy Donovan as the next head coach at Florida.  A few hours after we posted the poll, Louisiana Tech head coach Michael White was hired, and we shut the voting.  Here are the results – looks like our readers had a pretty good handle on

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POLL: Who Will Florida Hire to Replace Billy Donovan?

As part of some new features on HoopDirt, we will begin asking poll questions to our audience. To start off the poll series, today’s question deals with the most high-profile job opening of this year’s coaching carousel: University of Florida. THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED, as Florida has officially hired Michael White, former head coach

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FEATURE ARTICLE: Implementing Culture by Maurice Joseph (Assistant Coach GWU)

Implementing Culture by Maurice Joseph (Assistant Coach George Washington University) The term “culture” gets thrown around frequently in the world of sports, referring to the daily habits and norms of operation that organizations and programs generate, apply and sustain over the course of time. We often hear people talk about “rebuilding a program’s culture” or that

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Bob Walsh’s 3rd Annual Dynamic Leadership Academy

Maine men’s basketball head coach Bob Walsh will be hosting his third annual Dynamic Leadership Academy on June 8-9 at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. “We started the Dynamic Leadership Academy two years ago as a way for young leaders and coaches to learn and share ideas about leadership, and to develop their own

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UPDATE: Greg Kampe’s Beat Cancer Event

I just wanted to give an update on the event that Oakland Head Coach Greg Kampe is running in conjunction with the American Cancer Society. Kampe, who has been the head coach at Oakland for the past 31-years, has organized a one of a kind weekend, including golf and dinner with ten of the top

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Florida’s Video Tribute to Billy Donovan

The Florida Athletic Department just released this tribute video to Billy Donovan to commemorate his time in Gainesville. A classy gesture by the UF administration as Donovan heads to NBA to take over in Oklahoma City.  Definitely worth taking two minutes out of your day to take a peek at some of the highlights of

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