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OFFICIAL: Elmore named assistant at Union (KY)

Back on 9/29, I mentioned that I had heard Rusty Elmore would be named as an assistant at Union (KY) [http://hoopdirt.com/blog/753d0118/daily-dirt-9-29-14/…]. It’s now been made official… Rusty Elmore enters his first season as the head assistant coach in the Union men’s basketball program in 2014-15, joining the athletic department in September. Elmore comes to Barbourville

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Wallace named assistant at LeTourneau

LeTourneau University has named James Wallace as its new head men’s cross country and assistant men’s basketball coach, announced athletic director Terri Deike. “We are excited to add James to the YellowJacket Athletic staff and consider him a great addition to our program. With his passion for coaching young men in cross country and basketball

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Butler staff update

Butler Interim Head Coach Chris Holtmann took another step toward the start of the 2014-15 season by filling two open positions on his staff. Holtmann announced that former Butler players Emerson Kampen and Brandon Crone will be taking on new roles with the Bulldogs this season. Kampen, already on staff as a graduate assistant, will

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Southern Maine adds assistant

Sam Leal, a 2014 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington, will join the University of Southern Maine Huskies’ men’s basketball coaching staff for the 2014-2015 season. The Huskies’, led by veteran head coach and USM Alumnus Karl Henrikson ’79, open their season on November 1 when they host Division I University of Maine

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Tennessee Tech’s Payne receives extension

The Tennessee Tech basketball programs are on solid ground, with women’s head coach Jim Davis and men’s head coach Steve Payne receiving contract extensions that will keep each directing his program through the 2019 season. The contract extensions were announced by Director of Athletics Mark Wilson. “If you look at our basketball programs, you see

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Postiglione Added to R-MC Hoops Staff

Randolph-Macon men’s head basketball coach Nathan Davis has announced the addition of Shawn Postiglione to the Yellow Jacket staff. “I am excited to have Shawn join our program,” Davis said. “His experience as an assistant and his proven track record of success are valuable additions to our program. We are fortunate to have him as

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Gibson named DBO at Wofford

Wofford men’s basketball head coach Mike Young announced the hiring of Drew Gibson as Director of Basketball Operations on Thursday. A four-year member of the Wofford men’s basketball team (2004-08), Gibson returns to Spartanburg after spending the last six years playing professionally overseas. He was most recently a member of UMF Tindastoll in Iceland, where

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Cabrini Hires Assistant

Farrad McLaughlin has been named assistant coach at Cabrini College. McLaughlin comes to Cabrini after four years a head men’s basketball manager at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Among his responsibilities were to manage the program’s daily operations, including practice and travel, assist the coaching staff with scouting reports, help with individual workouts and monitor study

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HOT: Unger named head coach at Belmont Abbey

Belmont Abbey College Director of Athletics Stephen Miss has named Crusaders Associate Head Coach Martin Unger as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Unger, who becomes the 15th head coach in school history, served the past two years as the Associate Head Coach and was elevated from assistant coach on September 26, 2012 after the appointment of

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OFFICIAL: Williams to Clarion

Thanks to a great source for getting us out in front of this yesterday. It’s now official, PSU-Beaver head coach Marcess Williams has been named as the head coach at Clarion University. "We are really excited that Marcess has accepted the job to lead our men’s basketball program," Clarion Athletic Director Dave Katis said. "He

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Ouachita Baptist names Braeuer assistant

Former Ouachita Tiger point guard Eric Braeuer was recently named as the assistant coach of the men’s basketball team. Braeuer replaces long-time assistant Logan Johnson who joined the staff at UNC-Asheville. For Braeuer, the transition from player to coach was something he’d been planning for years. What he didn’t expect was to be making the

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Penn staff update

The University of Pennsylvania’s John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Jerome Allen, has announced a pair of changes on his staff ahead of the 2014-15 season. Mike Lintulahti, who spent last year as the program’s Assistant Director of Operations, has been promoted to assistant coach. He replaces Jason Polykoff, who left that position

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