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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: What Coaches Should Know About Their Representation

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: WHAT COACHES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEIR REPRESENTATION Bryan Blair / @Coaches_Agent /www.SportsConsultingNorthwest.com Conflicts of interest run rampant in the sports agency world.  It’s important for you as a coach to have an understanding of how potential conflicts of interest affect your representation.  Most sports agents have legal training and should be familiar

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OFFICIAL: Brandon Stromer Named Head Coach at Graceland University

Following up on a rumor that we posted back on April 1st (NAIA DIRT)… Graceland University and GU Athletic Director Joe Worlund are excited to announce the hiring of Brandon Stromer to the position of Head Men’s Basketball Coach. “We are excited to have Brandon joining us here at Graceland,” said Worlund. “His strong basketball background and his familiarity

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OFFICIAL: Rob Eshan Introduced as Head Basketball Coach at UAB

University of Alabama at Birmingham Director of Athletics Mark Ingram has announced that Robert Ehsan will be the sixth head coach of UAB Men’s Basketball. In 2016, Ehsan completed his fourth season under Jerod Haase — two years as an assistant coach and two as associate head coach — and was named interim head coach when Haase

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DII DIRT: California (PA) Search Update…

I’ve heard from a bunch of really good sources on the search for a new head coach at DII California University (PA).  It sounds like Skype interviews are complete and 3-5 interviews will take place on campus.  I have heard that the Skype round included a Mountain West assistant, and a current small college head

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Tuesday Starting 5 – Villanova Championship #XsOs

HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday 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: Gibson Pyper / HoopDirt.com Contributor The Villanova Wildcats won

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DII DIRT: Lee University Finalists

Last week, HoopDirt.com published a group of ten candidates for the open position at DII Lee University (Daily Dirt II – 3/28/16). It now sounds like that group has been whittled down to three (or four depending on who you talk to).  I have heard that the final group is on campus this week and

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PDF: Chris Beard’s UNLV Contract Details

Back on March 28th, Chris Beard accepted a contract agreement in principle to become UNLV’s new head coach. The contract is still pending approval by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, which conduct a special meeting on Friday at noon to consider wether to approve the five-year contract deal or not. Here is the

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Jacksonville State Dirt…

The search to replace James Green at Jacksonville State is heating up.  I have heard that former Western Kentucky head coach Ray Harper is the hot name here.  He resigned at WKU back on March 17th. Harper has a 88-64 career record (18-16 this past season).  I have also heard former UAB and East Tennessee

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Fresno Pacific Names C.J. Haydock as Head Basketball Coach

Fresno Pacific University Director of Athletics Aaron Henderson has announced the hiring of C.J. Haydock as head men’s basketball coach. The 17th head coach in the history of FPU basketball, Haydock spent the last season as the lead assistant with the Sunbirds. “We are genuinely excited for the direction that men’s basketball is headed,” said Henderson. “I’m confident that

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Kansas Wesleyan selects Anthony Monson as Men’s Basketball coach

Kansas Wesleyan University is pleased to announce the hiring of Anthony Monson as the 29th coach in the history of the Men’s Basketball program. Monson, who most recently served as assistant coach at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, succeeds Chris Fear who resigned in late February after leading the Coyotes for five seasons. “Anthony emerged

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Lamont Evans Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State head basketball coach Brad Underwood has announced the addition of Lamont Evans as an assistant on his Cowboy coaching staff. Evans spent the previous four seasons helping to rebuild the program at South Carolina, where he served in the same capacity for Gamecocks head coach Frank Martin. Evans and Underwood spent five seasons together on

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HOT: Rob Ehsan to be Named Head Basketball Coach at UAB

Thanks to great sources who have helped along the way with the search at UAB. Last night, I tweeted, “Person & Terry out at UAB. Ehsan the leader, Lavin gaining? 2 more names emerge. Announcement within 24h.” It now appears our sources were on the money on this one, and Rob Ehsan will in fact become

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