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Ben Thompson, who helped guide NCAA Division II Lincoln Memorial University to the National Championship game last season, has been named the next head coach of the SUNY Canton men’s basketball program, Athletic Director Randy B. Sieminski has announced. Thompson assisted the Railsplitters during their 34-3 season that culminated in the team’s No. 1 national
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Portland State Basketball Coach Tyler Geving has named Chris Skinkis as a new assistant coach on the Viking staff. Skinkis has spent 10 seasons in collegiate coaching at the Division I, Division II and junior college levels. Skinkis comes to PSU after two seasons as an assistant coach at North Carolina Central. He also has
On average, college athletic teams spend 10 months out of the year together. That’s 300 days of workouts, classes, practices, meetings, film sessions, treatment times, road trips, meals and more. Millions of dollars and thousands of man hours are spent each year in effort to compete, win and move an athletic program forward. In order
University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced today that Al Seibert is now the director of basketball operations. Seibert, who has spent the past five seasons as the team’s video coordinator, fills the operations void left by Billy Taylor. Taylor left to become the head coach at Belmont Abbey College in North
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Director of athletics Rusty Hollingsworth and president Dr. Michael V. Carter announced the hiring of Brent Vernon as the new men’s basketball coach at Campbellsville University. Vernon, 34, an assistant coach at Campbellsville University for the previous four years, is replacing Keith Adkins after he resigned on May 31 to take a head coaching position
Episode #5 – In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler discusses today’s recruiting trends with Andre Gray, Assistant Coach at the UNC Charlotte. Listen to Coach Gray’s viewpoints on evaluation vs. recruitment, the use of social media, shedding stigmas, and finding your niche. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing
Take yourself back to the late ’80s, to a gym at Mercer Island High School in Washington, and imagine a young hoops star (and freshman football quarterback) for the Islanders named Travis DeCuire, taking a Saturday morning to help coach local elementary school kids in the “Little Dribblers” program. In walks an elementary school player
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Head coach B.J. Dunne announced Wednesday the hiring of Matthew Fava as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season, replacing Mike McSloy, who recently accepted an assistant coaching position at New York University. “I am thrilled to welcome Matt to our family,” said Dunne. “I have known Matt for many years and I have always
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Oral Roberts Men’s Basketball Coach Scott Sutton has announced the addition of Marc Stricker to his staff. Stricker will join ORU from Eastern Illinois, where he has been an assistant coach since 2013. “I am excited to announce the hiring of Marc Stricker,” said Sutton. “I’ve known Marc a long time since his playing days
Here are some things that I’ve heard… I have heard from a great source that Robert Morris Director of Basketball Operations Dave Richards will become an assistant coach at Merrimack College. He will reunite with former RMU assistant Joe Gallo who became the head coach at Merrimack earlier this spring. Richards spent six seasons at
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Director of Athletics Laura Mooney has announced that Derek Shell has been hired to lead the men’s basketball program following a national search. Shell succeeds interim head coach Anthony Skiffington, and will start in his new role August 1. “I had three categories in mind when looking for our
