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Kris Baumann has announced his resignation as head men’s basketball coach/associate athletic director at Trinity Valley Community College. Baumann has accepted a position as assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff at the University of Texas at El Paso. “I’ve been coaching 17 years in junior college basketball and Trinity Valley is by far the
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Former Providence College basketball standout John Linehan and St. Anselm’s assistant coach John Mariano have been named to the Brown men’s basketball coaching staff in an announcement made by Bears’ head coach Mike Martin. “I am thrilled about the additions that we have made to our staff and am excited to begin working with them
If you watch a professional basketball game, you will notice that almost every player has a style to their jump shot that is unique to them. Many players have different basketball shooting pockets, jump heights, and release times. It is easy to wonder how all of these players made it to the highest level of
The whole point of coaching is to develop better players, because better players mean winning teams. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly —- improvement on the basketball court is what coaching is all about. Player development happens at all levels of the game. From youth basketball all the way up to the pros, everyone wants to add
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Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one just hours before it became official today (DIII DIRT). Here’s the official statement from Case Western on the hiring of Todd McGuinness: Case Western Reserve University Director of Athletics Amy Backus has announced the appointment of Todd McGuinness as the head men’s
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Case Western Reserve University will name Todd McGuinness as their new head basketball coach. McGuiness has spent the past seven seasons as the head coach at Hartwick College where he compiled a 114-72 record. This past season, his squad went 19-9 and captured the Empire 8 Championship. Prior to becoming the
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Former Kansas University standout guard Aaron Miles has been named the FGCU men’s basketball team’s new assistant coach, head coach Joe Dooley announced on Friday. Miles will officially begin his duties with the Eagles on July 18. A four-year starter at KU from 2001-05, Miles was coached and mentored by Dooley – then an assistant
Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced the additions of Noel Hightower and Michael McCready to the Mountain Hawks’ staff. A recent graduate from Chestnut Hill University, Hightower takes over as the team’s director of basketball operations while McCready, a Kutztown graduate, will serve as the video coordinator. Last week, Reed also announced the
Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Chris Beard announced his coaching staff for the 2016-17 season on Thursday. Mark Adams, Chris Ogden and Al Pinkins will serve as assistant coaches for the Red Raiders. The support staff will include Brian Burg as the Chief of Staff, Max Lefevre as the Director of Player Development and John
Michael Swets has been named the Director of Operations for the USC men’s basketball program, it was announced by head coach Andy Enfield. As USC’s Director of Operations, Swets will handle team travel arrangements, work on the schedule, coordinate practices and oversee the basketball managers. He will also lead the community outreach endeavors for the
HoopDirt.com has learned that DIII Delaware Valley University will name Mark Seidenburg as their next head basketball coach. The current Messiah College assistant coach will replace Casey Stitzel who became the head coach at DII Millersville University back in May. Seidenburg has been on the Messiah staff for the past four seasons, and was an
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Big South Conference coaching legend and high-major coaching veteran Dr. Ron Bradley joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, fourth-year head coach Jayson Gee announced. Bradley, who was enshrined in the Big South Hall of Fame in 2010 after leading Radford to a 193-124 record, four conference titles and one NCAA Tournament
