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OFFICIAL: Hicks Named Head Basketball Coach at Georgia Southwestern

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Thanks to great sources who got HoopDirt.com out in front of this one yesterday… Georgia Southwestern State University athletic director Mike Leeder has hired Ben Hicks to be the school’s next head men’s basketball coach. Hicks comes to Georgia Southwestern from Columbus State University where he was an assistant coach the past four seasons under

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Radford Staff Update

Radford head coach Mike Jones announced the additions of David Boyden and Donny Lind as assistant coaches on his men’s basketball coaching staff, Thursday afternoon. Both veteran assistant coaches will handle recruiting, on-floor coaching and scouting for the Highlanders. Boyden will assist with post player development, while Lind will work with the perimeter players. Boyden

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HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – New Zealand

HoopDirt.com’s Starting Five Presented by FastModel Sports FastModel Sports® is the creator of FastDraw® & FastScout®, the best play diagramming and report building software in basketball. FastDraw is used by all U.S. professional teams, 85% of college teams, and 6,000+ high school and youth teams. Learn more about FastDraw here. By: Wes Kosel / HoopDirt.com Contributor Below are five set plays

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Tennessee Martin Staff Update

First-year University of Tennessee at Martin head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart has announced a pair of promotions and three new additions to his assistant coaching staff. Jermaine Johnson and DeAndre Walker, both members of the Skyhawk staff with Stewart since 2014, have been elevated. Johnson has moved from assistant coach to first assistant coach

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OFFICIAL: Jeff Rafferty Named Assistant Coach at NJIT

Back on 5/16, HoopDirt.com mentioned that former Delaware assistant Jeff Rafferty would be hired as an assistant at NJIT. It has now been made official… Veteran men’s basketball assistant coach Jeff Rafferty is changing locations from Newark, Delaware, to Newark, NJ, as he joins the NJIT men’s basketball coaching staff after serving nine years at

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Daily Dirt – 6/23/16

Catching up on a bunch of things… The search to replace former NBA player Doug West at Penn State Altoona is down to three. According to great sources, the final group includes: Messiah College assistant coach Mark Seidenburg, Albright College assistant coach Adam Van Zelst, and an assistant coach from a school in the USA

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DII DIRT: Georgia Southwestern to name Ben Hicks Head Basketball Coach today at 3pm

HoopDirt.com has learned that DII Georgia Southwestern will name Ben Hicks as their new Head Basketball Coach at a 3:00pm press conference today. Hicks just wrapped up his fourth season as an assistant coach at Peach Belt Conference foe Columbus State (GA). Before joining Robert Moore’s staff at Columbus State, he worked as an assistant

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Ortiz Joins Nichols College Men’s Basketball Staff

Nichols College men’s basketball head coach Tom Glynn has announced the addition of Angel Ortiz to his staff as a Director of Basketball Operations. Ortiz was a three-year member of the men’s basketball program at Lasell College (2012-15). He averaged 10.2 ppg for his career – including a career-high 11.2 ppg as a senior –

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Kentucky Wesleyan Hires Assistant

Kentucky Wesleyan named Willie Watson as assistant men’s basketball coach, according to Panther head coach Happy Osborne. Watson served as an assistant for two seasons at Division I Texas Rio Grande Valley (2014-15, 2015-16). Prior to joining the Vaqueros, he spent one season at Alabama (2013-14) working in assistant academic advisor for basketball and football.

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Coffman Receives Contract Extension at IPFW

IPFW has upgraded and extended the contract for head men’s basketball coach Jon Coffman through 2021, announced Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton.  The terms of the agreement reflect the program’s success both on and off the court and the University’s commitment to compete in a competitive marketplace. “Coach Coffman has demonstrated a commitment to

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Childress Promoted to Associate Head Coach at Wake Forest

during an NCAA men’s basketball game between Young Harris College and Wake Forest University, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo/Bob Leverone for Wake Forest University)

The Wake Forest men’s basketball program announced Wednesday (June 22) that Randolph Childress has been promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach. Childress is entering his sixth year on the Demon Deacon staff. After serving as an assistant to the athletic director in 2011-12, he joined the basketball staff as the director of player

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Coaching U Live: Orlando and Las Vegas Clinics Coming-up Fast!

Coaching U LIVE is open to all coaches at all levels of men’s and women’s basketball from high school to the NBA.  Ask anyone who has attended and you will hear the same — that Coaching U LIVE is the most information offered in one place, and simply one of the best coaching experiences around!

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