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OFFICIAL: Archey to S. Alabama

I mentioned this as a rumor last week. Here is the statement from South Alabama now that Darnell Archey’s hiring has been made official… When new University of South Alabama men’s basketball head coach Matthew Graves needed an assistant for his staff, he didn’t look far for his first hire. Graves announced Monday that Butler

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Childress elevated at Wake

Wake Forest has elevated Hall of Famer and former Demon Deacon All-American Randolph Childress to assistant coach, as announced by head coach Jeff Bzdelik on Tuesday. Childress spent the past season as the program’s Director of Player Development. He will now move into an on-court role as one of Bzdelik’s three assistant coaches. "I’m excited

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Spring Hill names new head coach

Spring Hill College Director of Athletics Jim Hall announced that Aaron Niven has been named the school’s head coach of men’s basketball. Niven spent the last six seasons as the assistant basketball coach at John Brown University (JBU) in Siloam Springs, Ark., and helped build the JBU men’s program into one of the top programs

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Majerle Announces Coaching Staff

Grand Canyon University today announced the hiring of the associate head coach and assistant coaches for men’s basketball. Todd Lee, Mark Nelson, and Chris Crevelone will serve under first-year head coach Dan Majerle. Lee joins the Antelopes as the associate head coach after serving as head men’s basketball coach at Division II Kentucky Wesleyan College

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Peponakis retires at Queens College (NY)

China Jude, Assistant Vice President of Queens College (NY) has announced that Head Coach Kyrk Peponakis tendered his resignation, effective June 30, 2013; as the head coaching position is to become full time. The 2012-13 campaign marked Kyrk Peponakis’s 19th season at the helm of the Queens College men’s basketball program, and he ended the

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Former LIU Post coach Galeazzi passes away

Former LIU Post head men’s basketball coach Tom Galeazzi, one of the most accomplished coaches in the history of college basketball, passed away yesterday. “The LIU community is saddened to hear of the sudden death of our former beloved basketball coach Tom Galeazzi,” said Athletic Director Bryan Collins. “His Hall of Fame career touched the

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Larranaga wins Naismith Award

Miami (Fla.) head coach Jim Larranaga capped off the most successful season since the Hurricanes joined the Atlantic Coast Conference by taking home the 2013 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Sunday. The award was presented to Larranaga at the Naismith Awards Welcome Brunch in Atlanta. Larranaga

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Collins retains Hardy @ Northwestern

Northwestern head men’s basketball coach Chris Collins has announced Tavaras Hardy as the first member of his coaching staff. "I’m thrilled to have Tavaras as a member of our coaching staff," Collins said. "His first-hand experience as a student-athlete at Northwestern is a tremendous asset to the program in that he understands what a special

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Pitino presser at Minnesota

Here is a replay of the press conference introducing Richard Pitino as the head coach at Minnesota: http://www.gophersports.com/allaccess/?media=384319… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

RUTGERS: Pernetti resigns

Here’s the link to Tim Pernetti’s letter of resignation at Rutgers: http://www.scarletknights.com/news/release.asp?prID=13052…#.UV8o7Vfhd7h Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

ODU presser live

11:30am…. Watch Jeff Jones introduced as the head coach at Old Dominion – live now here: http://www.wavy.com/generic/news/local_news/WAVY-Live-Stream… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.