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OFFICIAL: McGeehan to Campbell

Kevin McGeehan, who helped lead the University of Richmond to five post-season berths in the last six years, has been named head men’s basketball coach at Campbell University. In a Thursday afternoon press conference at the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center, the former associate head coach at Richmond was introduced by Director of Athletics

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HOT: Holtmann signs extension at GWU

Gardner-Webb University announced a contract extension Thursday for Big South Conference Coach of the Year Chris Holtmann through the 2018 season. Holtmann, 41, recently completed a tremendously successful third season in charge of the Gardner-Webb program. Terms of the contract and extension will not be disclosed. "I am very excited about the direction and culture

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Hastings College adds assistant

Chip Bahe will join Hastings College as Assistant Coach for the Hastings College Bronco Men’s Basketball team, effective June 1, 2013. Since 2002, he has served as Head Coach for Boys Basketball at Millard North High School outside of Omaha where his teams went 138-106 and earned four bids to the Nebraska State Basketball Tournament.

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Hofstra press conference

Hofstra has scheduled a 12:00 press conference to announce the new men’s basketball coach. They have not said officially who the choice is, but I can confirm that it will be Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich. Here’s the link to watch live: http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=109667&S… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Longwood press conference

Here is the link to watch Jayson Gee as he is formally introduced as the head coach at Longwood. It is scheduled to start at 11:00am. http://www.bigsouthsports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?mid=51… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Ball State press conference

Here’s the link to watch today’s press conference at Ball State – James Whitford will be formally introduced as the new head coach. It is scheduled for an 11:00am start time. http://www.nmnathletics.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID… Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Minnesota Adds Two

University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino today announced the first members of his staff, assistant coaches Mike Balado and Kimani Young. Balado comes to the Twin Cities after spending one season on Coach Pitino’s staff at Florida International University (FIU). While at FIU, Baldo assisted with all aspects of the program, most

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Bizot Steps Down at UT Tyler

After six seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at The University of Texas at Tyler, Kenny Bizot has resigned to take the same position with Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi. Bizot, who had a combined record of 79-76, just finished his best season with the Patriots, going 18-8 in 2012-13. He was named American

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Taylor’s Patterson retires

Legendary head men’s basketball coach, Paul Patterson, announced on Tuesday that he plans to retire from Taylor University at the end of the academic school year, ending a record-setting 34-year stint at the helm of the Trojan men’s basketball program. Patterson became the head coach for Taylor in the 1979-1980 season, following a 32-year stint

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McPherson retires from USAO

After more than two decades at the helm of the Drover basketball team, Coach Brisco McPherson announced Friday that he is retiring from coaching at The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Finishing up his 22nd season as head coach this year, McPherson collected 309 wins in his tenure. He earned his 300th in

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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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