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LMU names Carey assistant

MU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Max Good announced on Tuesday the hiring of Senque Carey as an assistant coach for the Lions, completing his staff for the upcoming 2013-14 season. "This is a great opportunity to work with great student-athletes, great coaches and to give back to young players," said Carey. "It feels good to

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Baucom receives extension at VMI

irginia Military Institute head basketball coach Duggar Baucom has received a contract extension through the 2017-2018 season, athletic director Donny White has announced. Baucom in 2012-13 became the Institute’s all-time leader in victories with 118 and has piloted the Keydet basketball program to unprecedented competitive consistency throughout his eight-year tenure. Baucom is second among active

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North Dakota St. extends Phillips

The North Dakota State University athletic department announced multi-year contract extensions for three head coaches Thursday, Aug. 22. Men’s basketball coach Saul Phillips accepted a five-year contract with a two-year rollover. Wrestling coach Roger Kish and softball coach Darren Mueller each accepted three-year contracts with two-year rollovers. Phillips has a 108-77 record entering his seventh

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Lazarus promoted to DBO at MTSU

Middle Tennessee men’s basketball head coach Kermit Davis announced the promotion of Jarrod Lazarus to Director of Basketball Operations on Wednesday. Lazarus served as graduate assistant for the Blue Raiders during a very successful 2012-13 season. "Jarrod has been with us as year as a graduate assistant, while working on his MBA," noted head coach

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Hillsdale Baptist hires assistant

Coach Brian Kader has joined the Men’s Basketball staff at Hillsdale Baptist College. Brian will take over the Junior Varsity program and will assist the Varsity with Post Development work. Coach Kader played two years for the Saints, and was a major contributor in winning the ACCA National Championship in 2012. Stay with HoopDirt for

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Vandermeer named assistant at Humboldt State

Loading up his bench with former Lumberjack all-stars, Humboldt State men’s basketball head coach Steve Kinder announced Thursday the hiring of Cy Vandermeer as his top assistant. Vandermeer, who played for the Jacks from 2005-2009 and served as a part-time assistant coach from 2010-12, returns to Humboldt State after one year as an assistant coach

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Randolph-Macon adds assistant

Randolph-Macon College men’s basketball coach Nathan Davis has announced the hiring of Joe Meehan as an assistant coach in a position financed by the Hal Nunnally Endowed Fund for Men’s Basketball. “I am excited by the addition of Joe to our staff,” Davis said. “He has all of the characteristics you look for in a

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OFFICIAL: Cheaney to St. Louis

I mentioned in today’s blog that this would be announced today – here’s the official statement from St. Louis on the hiring of Calbert Cheaney as an assistant: Calbert Cheaney, former Indiana University three-time All-American, National Player of the Year and 13-year NBA veteran, has been named an assistant coach on Jim Crews’ staff at

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Extension for Army’s Spiker

Army Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan announced today that the U.S. Military Academy has agreed to contract extensions for men’s basketball coach Zach Spiker and women’s basketball coach Dave Magarity. Terms of the agreements were not announced, but the new pacts will keep both coaches on the Army sideline through the 2017-18 season. “This is

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Weber Promotes Speraw, Yoder on Coaching Staff

K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced the promotions of Drew Speraw (pronounced SPEAR-awe) and Dustin Yoder on his coaching staff on Friday. The program’s video coordinator for the past year, Speraw has been promoted to director of basketball operations, while Yoder takes his spot as video coordinator after spending the last year as a

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OFFICIAL: Willemsen to South Alabama

Mentioned this in yesterday’s "dirt" – here’s the press release now that it’s been made official: Russ Willemsen has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of South Alabama, the school announced. Willemsen, who spent the previous eight seasons at Tennessee Tech, replaces Ronald Nored, who left the staff in July for the

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Towson extends Skerry

Towson University head men’s basketball coach Pat Skerry has agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension. The new agreement will extend the term of Skerry’s contract through the 2018-19 season. “Watching Coach Skerry’s historic turnaround with the Towson men’s basketball program both academically and competitively in the last two years, we are excited to

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