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Mt. Ida staff update

Mount Ida College men’s basketball Head Coach Rico Cabral in his 22nd year at the helm of the program has hired four new assistant coaches for the 2012 season. Jaykyri Simpson will begin his first season as an Assistant Coach for the Mount Ida College men’s basketball team and will aid 22nd year Head Coach

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Hampden-Sydney assistant resigns

Hampden-Sydney Basketball Assistant Coach Larry Blunt has resigned to take over as the head coach for the Oshawa Power, a Canadian professional team in the National Basketball League of Canada. Blunt had just entered his fifth season with the Tigers and was a valuable asset to the program. In addition to his traditional assistant coaching

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Marquette staff update

Head coach Buzz Williams has announced the addition of collegiate veteran Jeff Reynolds to the staff as director of basketball operations for the 2012-13 campaign. Reynolds assumes the responsibilities of first-year staff member Jerry Wainwright, who will move to the position of assistant coach for the rest of the season. Reynolds most recently spent five

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Waters Signs New Contract

Gary Waters, who has led Cleveland State to four postseason appearances in the last five seasons, has been rewarded for his performance with a new seven-year contract that will keep him at Cleveland State through the 2018-19 season. The new contract replaces the one Waters received in 2009. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college

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Crean Signs Extension

Tom Crean has signed a contract extension at Indiana University. The key terms of the new contract will include the two-year extension from six years to eight years (through June 20, 2020) and an increase in the average annual non-performance based compensation from approximately $2.52 million to approximately $3.16 million. Stay with HoopDirt for the

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Zito named assistant at UMBC

John Zito has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at UMBC, acting head coach Aki Thomas announced today. Zito served on the UMBC basketball staff from May of 2008 through October of 2011 before pursuing other career opportunities. The Windsor, Conn. native was a two-time team captain for the Retrievers, serving in that role in

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Randall promoted at Green Mtn.

On Monday, November 5th, the Green Mountain College athletic department announced that men’s basketball Assistant Head Coach David Randall has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. Randall had served as an assistant coach during the 2011-12 season and quickly demonstrated an advanced knowledge and passion for coaching. Head Coach Daryle Tucker advocated for the promotion

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Boudreau named AC @ Keene State

A former four-year player for the Owls, Steve Boudreau has been named an assistant coach with the Keene State College men’s basketball team. Boudreau, who completed his KSC career last year, is looking forward to the opportunity of coaching at his alma mater. “Becoming a coach was always on my radar,” he said. “When Coach

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Ratner named GA at KCU

Heiden Ratner is beginning his first year with Kentucky Christian University. Ratner will be a graduate assistant coach with the men’s basketball team this season. Coach Ratner comes to KCU from Las Vegas. Before starting his coaching career Heiden was a player at top levels, he started his college playing career as a combo guard

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Pitino Signs 5-Year Extension

Rick Pitino signed a five-year contract extension with Louisville that will keep the coach with the Cardinals through the 2021-22 season. His $3.9 million base salary remains the same, but he will earn a $600,000 retention bonus every other year from 2014 to 2022. In 27 seasons as a collegiate head coach at five different

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USC Upstate Gives Payne Extension

South Carolina Upstate has given men’s basketball coach Eddie Payne a contract extension through the 2015-16 season. Payne has guided the USC Upstate program for the past 11 years, helping the Spartans transition from Division II to Division I in 2007. The Spartans were 21-13 last season, tied for second in the Atlantic Sun Conference

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OFFICIAL: Ehmer named HC @ SLC

Chris Ehmer has been named Sarah Lawrence College Men’s Basketball Coach/Assistant Director of Athletics, as announced by Director of Athletics and Physical Education Kristin Maile. Ehmer comes to Sarah Lawrence by way of Kenyon College, where has been the men’s basketball Assistant Coach since 2010 and has served as Head Golf Coach since 2011. He

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