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PDF: John Calipari’s Contract

Here’s a pretty interesting read – a PDF copy of John Calipari’s contract at the University of Kentucky.  This PDF contains the original 8-year deal that he inked back in 2009, plus recent addendums.  In addition to his yearly salary, it also covers his responsibilities, bonus structure, and termination clause.  27 pages in all, but

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UPDATE: Bob Walsh’s 3rd Annual Dynamic Leadership Academy

The final line-up has been introduced for the 3rd Dynamic Leadership Academy (June 8th-9th in Providence, RI). The interactive leadership and team building seminar is for leaders and coaches with a growth mindset. This year’s line-up includes: Thorr Bjorn just completed his 8th year as the Athletic Director at the University of Rhode Island after

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Daily Dirt – 5/26/15

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.  Here are a few things that I heard while manning the grill yesterday… I have heard that DII Shepherd University (WVa.) assistant Zach Thomsen will be named as the next head coach at SUNY Delhi.  Last season was Thomsen’s first at SU.  He also spent two

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VMI Dirt: Assistants to be Named…

I have heard that new VMI head coach Dan Earl is prepared to officially introduce his staff this week. I have heard that he will retain current assistant Ben Thompson, and add Chris Kreider and Steve Lepore. Thompson joined Duggar Baucom’s staff at VMI last season.  He was previously an assistant UNC Pembroke, and also

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Grand Canyon State Dirt…

Some things from the Grand Canyon State… University of Arizona: With the departure of Damon Stoudamire to Memphis, it looks like Marquette assistant Mark Phelps is headed to Tucson as his replacement.  Phelps spent 1996-2001 working with Arizona head coach Sean Miler – they were both assistants at NC State.  Phelps also spent five seasons as

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Rcs Sports

College Coaches who want to recruit Southeast Texas should subscribe to Rcs Sports this year! Rcs Sports in the nation’s most comprehensive and detailed single city service in the world.  These two guys (Jim Hicks aka “Cheatsheet” and Doug Jones aka “Big Doug” cover Houston, TX (nation’s 4th largest city) and the surrounding towns like

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Weekly Roundup: Jobs

We added 13 new jobs this week, check the list below… Head Coach: St. Louis Community College- PT- (NJCAA DII) SUNY Ulster Community College- PT- (NJCAA DIII) Pennsylvania College of Technology- FT- (NCAA DIII) Reedley College- FT- (CCCAA) Assistant Coach: Colorado Christian University- FT- (NCAA DIII) Louisiana Tech University- FT- (NCAA DI) University of California,

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Ray Retains Assistant Coach Jamie Rosser at SEMO

Southeast Missouri head coach Rick Ray announced that Jamie Rosser will return as an assistant coach with the Redhawks. “It is of the utmost importance to me that I surround our student-athletes with strong role models that demonstrate character and integrity,” said Ray. “As I did my research and had time to interact with Coach

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Florida State Dirt II…

On Thursday, I said that former SEMO head coach Dickey Nutt was in the mix to join the staff at Florida State.  I can now confirm that he will in fact join Leonard Hamilton’s staff – his title will be Video Coordinator.  Nutt’s first job as an assistant was under Hamilton back in 1987 at

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Ganot Adds Acker to Hawaii Staff

University of Hawai’i men’s basketball coach Eran Ganot finalized his assistant coaching staff on Friday, announcing the addition of Chris Acker as assistant coach for the Rainbow Warriors. Acker is the third and final assistant coaching hire for Ganot, joining the ‘Bows after tremendous coaching success at West Los Angeles College and Citrus College before

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Les to remain Aggie coach through 2020-21

After leading UC Davis to a 25-win season and a Big West regular-season championship this year, Jim Les has signed a contract extension that will keep him as UC Davis head men’s basketball coach through the 2020-21 season, it was announced on Friday by Teresa Gould, interim director of athletics. Les recently completed the fourth

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Penn State Dirt…

Multiple sources, including CBSSports.com’s Jon Rothstein have reported that Penn State DBO Ross Condon will be elevated to assistant coach.  He will replace Brian Daly who departed Pat Chambers staff earlier this spring.  Condon has been on Chambers’ staff at PSU for the past four seasons, and was a walk-on at Villanova when Chambers was

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