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HOT: Conover Named Head Basketball Coach at SUNY Oneonta

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SUNY Oneonta Director of Athletics Tracey Ranieri announced today that Cameron Conover has been chosen as the new head men’s basketball coach.  Conover takes the reins of the men’s program after Vince Medici took the job as the Athletic Director at Hudson Falls High School.  Conover will assume his duties Monday, Aug. 29. Medici spent

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Davenport announces staff changes at Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Scott Davenport announced today several changes in his coaching staff.  Assistant coaches Michael Scott and Damien Anderson have stepped down in order to spend more time with family, and Coach Davenport has named Felton Spencer and Doug Davenport as new members of his staff. Spencer is well known in

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UT Board of Regents approve contract extension for Shaka Smart

University of Texas Board of Regents agreed Thursday to extend Men’s Basketball coach Shaka Smart‘s contract by one year to a seven-year agreement that runs through the 2022-23 season. Smart will receive a $100,000 pay increase to his base salary, adjusting his total compensation to $3 million for the upcoming 2016-17 season. There also are

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OFFICIAL: Matthews Retiring as Stockton University Basketball Coach

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Following up on a story from last night (DIII DIRT). It’s now been made official  – After 603 wins in 30 seasons at Stockton, Gerry Matthews, the winningest men’s basketball coach in New Jersey history, is calling it a career and retiring as the Stockton head coach. Scott Bittner will be elevated to interim head

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Brett Lauer Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Citrus College

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Former Citrus College Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Brett Lauer has been named the Head Men’s Basketball Coach of the Citrus College Men’s Basketball team for the 2016-2017 season. Lauer takes over for Patrick Johnson who recently stepped down. “I am extremely honored to be back at Citrus College. I have had the pleasure of competing

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Rusty Elmore Joins Vincennes University Basketball Staff

Rusty Elmore has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Vincennes University. Coach Elmore arrives at VU after being on the staff at Kentucky Wesleyan, where he helped the Panthers qualify for the 2015-16 NCAA Div. II National Tournament. Kentucky Wesleyan also claimed the Great Midwest Athletic Conference’s regular-season and tournament titles. The

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Ethan Faulkner Named Assistant Basketball Coach at University of the Cumberlands

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University of the Cumberlands Head Coach Don Butcher has hired Ethan Faulkner as an assistant coach for the Patriots. Faulkner, a native of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, is a 2014 graduate of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Physical Education.  During his time at Northern Kentucky,

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Harvard Staff Update

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Tommy Amaker, the Thomas G. Stemberg ’71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Basketball, has announced the hiring of Casey Brinn as the team’s director of basketball operations and Michael Sotsky as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season. “We are thrilled to welcome both Mike and Casey to our program. These two terrific young

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The Coach’s Insight, featuring UMKC Assistant Coach Chris Hollender

In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler chops it up with Chris Hollender (Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at UMKC and leader of Rising Coaches Elite) on adapting to different coaching philosophies when changing jobs while also discussing the networking/professional development opportunities within Rising Coaches Elite. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode

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Barth Tabbed Men’s Basketball Graduate Assistant at Detroit

University of Detroit Mercy head men’s basketball coach Bacari Alexander ’99 completed his first Titan coaching staff with the hiring of Collin Barth as a graduate assistant. “Collin is a young and very energetic coach who’s eager to help us reshape the program,” said coach Alexander. “He comes highly recommended from various coaches and former

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Chris Clark Named Temple Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

Chris Clark, who served as the Temple men’s basketball video coordinator during the 2015-16 season, has been named an assistant coach on head coach Fran Dunphy‘s Owls staff.  Clark, who had left the Temple program to become an assistant coach at Drexel in April, fills the spot vacated by the departure of Dwayne Killings. “We

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Brandon Burgette named JCCC Assistant Basketball Coach

Johnson County Community College (KS) men’s basketball coach Mike Jeffers has announced the hiring of Brandon Burgette as assistant men’s basketball coach for the Cavaliers. “I am excited to coach with Coach Jeffers and become a member of the Cavaliers family,” Burgette said following his announcement. “Coach Jeffers has a lot of history here and

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