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OFFICIAL: Deane To James Madison

James Madison men’s basketball head coach Matt Brady announced Thursday the addition of longtime Division I head coach Mike Deane to an assistant position on his coaching staff beginning with the 2012-13 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Missouri Hires Leitao

University of Missouri Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced his 2012-13 coaching staff has been completed with the hiring of Dave Leitao as an assistant coach on Friday. Leitao is the former Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and earned a pair of conferences championships while serving as the head coach at DePaul in

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MCC Hires Coach

Cedric Drake, who helped lead the Meridian Community College Eagles to a Region 23 championship during his playing days, is returning to his alma mater as MCC’s new men’s head basketball coach. Drake replaces Nathan Courtney, who recently accepted the head coaching job at Highland Community College in Illinois. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest

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Fox promoted at Davidson

Davidson men’s basketball coach Bob McKillop announced today that longtime assistant coach Jim Fox has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2012-13 campaign will be Fox’s 12th on the Davidson bench, a little over a decade of one of the most successful stretches in Davidson basketball history. The Wildcats have logged 242 victories during

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SVSU adds assistant

Saginaw Valley State University head men’s basketball coach Randy Baruth has announced the hiring of Chinedu Nwachukwu as the new assistant coach of the Cardinal men’s basketball program. Coach Chinedu is coming off his second season as an assistant coach at the University of Findlay. His primary responsibilities included managing the day-to-day operations of the

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OFFICIAL: Sadler to Kansas

Doc Sadler has been named the director of basketball operations at Kansas. Sadler replaces Barry Hinson who served in the position for two seasons. We first reported this in the "Daily Dirt" this morning: http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c6c8595e/daily-dirt-6-13-12/… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

OFFICIAL: Nestor to Navy

we’ve been talking about this for the past week or so – just wanted to pass along the official press release… Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced that Ernie Nestor will join the Navy coaching staff, replacing Kurt Kanaskie, who took a similar coaching position at Virginia Tech last month. Nestor comes

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Missouri State names DBO

Missouri State University head basketball coach Paul Lusk announced that Sam McMahon has been named as the program’s director of basketball operations. McMahon has been with the MSU program for two years as video coordinator. He replaces Trevyor Fisher who stepped down from the Bears’ operations position on April 16 after seven years to accept

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Piedmont names head coach

The Piedmont College Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Mark Bollinger as the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Bollinger comes to PC after a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Ohio Wesleyan University. In his four seasons on the OWU bench, the team posted a 66-40 record including a 44-20 mark

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New Mexico Staff Update

University of New Mexico men’s basketball coach Steve Alford has announced changes within his staff, promoting Drew Adams from director of operations to assistant coach, and Craig Snow from video administrator to director of operations. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Virginia Tech Hires Ops

Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach James Johnson has announced the hiring of Andy Moore as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. Moore comes to Blacksburg following four years at Eastern Michigan University. Moore moved into game operations during the 2011-12 academic year after spending the three previous seasons as a full-time assistant coach at EMU.

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MSU Promotes Stephens

Michigan State announced today that Dwayne Stephens has been promoted to from assistant basketball coach to associate head coach. A four-year letterwinner at MSU in 1989-93, Stephens will begin his 10th season on the Spartan bench this fall. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.