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OFFICIAL: Jamie Dixon Named Head Coach at TCU; 1:00 Press Conference Scheduled

TCU director of intercollegiate athletics Chris Del Conte has announced the hiring of Jamie Dixon as head men’s basketball coach. Dixon, a 2007 TCU Hall of Fame Inductee, becomes the 22nd head coach in the history of the Horned Frogs men’s basketball program. He returns to his alma mater after serving 13 seasons as head coach at

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BREAKING: Brad Underwood Named Head Basketball Coach at Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder has announced the hiring of Brad Underwood as the program’s 19th men’s basketball coach. He will be formally introduced to the Oklahoma State fans and media at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Underwood arrives at OSU following a three-year stay at Stephen F. Austin that ranks as one

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Daily Dirt II: 3/21/16

Crazy day today! Trying to keep up with everything…here’s the second “Daily Dirt” of the day… Stanford: Heard from a great source that Tommy Amaker is involved here.  The current Harvard coach has also been the head coach at Michigan and Seton Hall.  Interesting to see if Stanford would hire another former Duke guard after they

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HOT RUMOR: Allen Edwards to be Named Head Coach at Wyoming

Multiple sources are reporting that Allen Edwards will replace Larry Shyatt as the next head coach at Wyoming.  Shyatt announced his resignation earlier today. Edwards, a former standout at Kentucky, has been on the Wyoming staff for the past five seasons.  He has also been an assistant at VCU, Western Kentucky, Towson and Morehead State

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OFFICIAL: Cormier Will Not Return as Head Basketball Coach at Dartmouth

Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one first earlier this afternoon (BREAKING: Cormier out at Dartmouth)… Dartmouth Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy announced today that men’s basketball coach Paul Cormier will not return to his position for the 2016-17 season after six years in his second stint with the Big Green.

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BREAKING: Wyoming Head Basketball Coach Larry Shyatt Resigns

Wyoming head basketball coach Larry Shyatt has resigned. AD Tom Burman just released the following statement: “We are extremely grateful to Coach Shyatt for what he has done for these past five seasons in building Wyoming basketball into a program Cowboy fans are proud of. From leading his team to the Mountain West tournament championship and

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BREAKING: TCU to Name Jamie Dixon Head Basketball Coach

CBSSports.com’s Jon Rothstein is reporting the Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon is headed to TCU.  Dixon, a 1987 TCU alum, has been at Pitt for the past 13 seasons where he has gone 328-123.  It sounds like the official announcement could come as early as this afternoon.  More on this developing story as we hear it.

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BREAKING: Cormier Out as Head Basketball Coach at Dartmouth

Sources have confirmed to HoopDirt.com that Paul Cormier is out as the head coach at Dartmouth.  Cormier was in his second stint as the head coach of the Big Green (1984-91, 2010-16).  He also spent seven seasons as the head coach at Fairfield, and worked for multiple NBA teams.  More on this once the official

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Daily Dirt – 3/21/16

Snow day in Boston today…all four kids are at home. I thought spring was here?!?! Anyway, here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard while getting ready to watch our 6th episode in a row of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air… TCU: Obviously Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon is the name that’s on fire

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JUCO DIRT – 3/21/16

Two quick things that I’ve heard from the JUCO world… It sounds like veteran head coach Mike Ray has retired at NJCAA DI Lincoln Trail College (IL).  He has been the head coach at LTC since, 2012, and has also worked at Vincennes (IN), and Wabash Valley.  Ray led the Statesmen to a 19-12 (13-5) record

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Rutgers Board of Governors Calls Meeting to Approve New Basketball Coach

Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell is one step closer to becoming the next basketball coach at Rutgers.  The university’s Board of Governors has called for 9:00am meeting on Tuesday March 22nd, where the an agenda item #5 is: 5. PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH IN THE DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE

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