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Wittenberg athletics has removed the interim tag from head men’s basketball coach Matt Croci, officially making him the 19th head coach in school history, the university announced on Tuesday. Croci accepted the position of interim head coach after the resignation of long time head coach Bill Brown on June 2. With 18 years of coaching
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Western Illinois men’s basketball head coach Billy Wright announced that Josh Wolfe has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2016-17 season marks Wolfe’s fourth year on the Leatherneck staff. “I would like to thank Coach Wright for this honor,” said Wolfe. “I am extremely humbled to serve as the associate head coach at Western Illinois University.
St. Edward’s University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andre Cook has announced the addition of former Hilltopper, Taylor Land as his new assistant coach. Land has been a player/coach for the Rockingham Flames in Australia’s State Basketball League since 2014. As a coach, Land served as an assistant since arriving in Rockingham, while also holding the
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University of North Florida head men’s basketball coach Matthew Driscoll announced the hiring of coaching veteran Bruce Evans as an assistant coach for the Ospreys. Evans, who was a part of Driscoll’s original UNF coaching staffs from 2009-12, returns to North Florida following a four-year stint as the Director of Player Development at Georgia Tech
Lackawanna College and its Athletic Department have announced that it has hired Brian Coyle as their Head Men’s Basketball Coach. No stranger to Lackawanna Basketball, he served as an assistant coach during the 2014-2015 season. On learning of his selection as Lackawanna’s next head basketball coach, Coyle said, “I am looking forward to returning to
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Fairleigh Dickinson University has announced that head men’s basketball coach Greg Herenda has signed a contract extension to remain at the helm of the Northeast Conference Champion Knights through the 2020-21 season. “I am extremely excited, thankful and appreciative of this commitment to me and my family by President Christopher Capuano, Metropolitan Campus Provost Robert
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Thanks to great sources who had us out in front of this one on Saturday (DII DIRT). It’s now been made official – Post University has named Mark Kuntz its new head men’s basketball coach. Kuntz joins the Eagles after spending the previous four years as the assistant coach at the University of New Hampshire.
As coaches, we typically use our judgement to determine our lineups and substitution patterns, when in reality, simple analytics could provide more objective solutions. Data should be an aid to decision making, providing new insights and often reinforcing what we see on the court. In this article, we will look at key elements to consider
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Jimmy Smith and Chuck Taylor have joined the Sam Houston men’s basketball staff as assistants, Bearkat head coach Jason Hooten announced. Both bring experience as head coaches for winning programs. Most recently, Smith led Texas Lutheran University to back-to-back conference titles and NCAA Division III national tournament appearances. Taylor served as an assistant at North
HoopDirt.com has learned that University of New Hampshire assistant coach Marc Kuntz will be named as the head coach at DII Post University. He will replace Al Sokaitis who was relieved of his duties last month. Kuntz had been on Bill Herrion’s staff at UNH staff for the past four seasons. He came to New
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Mike Wacker, the head coach who brought record excellence to the Converse Judson High School boys basketball program, is returning to his roots as the new head men’s basketball coach at Texas Lutheran University, TLU President Dr. Stuart Dorsey announced Thursday. “We’re delighted that Mike Wacker is coming home to Texas Lutheran,” Dorsey said. “He spent
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended a 52 year championship drought and brought a title to back to the city of Cleveland. After a knock-down, drag out series that pitted the best team in NBA regular season history vs. the best player on the planet, the Cavaliers are your 2016 NBA Champions. Our 2016
