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United Tribes (ND) names head coach

United Tribes Men’s Basketball will enter a new era next season as Pete Conway, a well-known name in the Native American basketball communities around the west and Midwest, will take over as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Conway, who is a Blackfeet Indian, had previously coached for three seasons at fellow NJCAA school Little Big Horn

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OFFICIAL: Baucom to The Citadel

The Citadel Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Monday that Duggar Baucom has been named as the 30th head coach in men’s basketball history. Baucom comes to The Citadel after a successful 10-year stint at VMI. "This is an exciting day for Citadel basketball," said Senter. "Duggar has a proven track record of success,

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Daily Dirt – 3/30/15

Great tournament games this weekend! Indy should be nuts!! Here are a few things that I’ve heard… • The “hot” name right now at Northern Kentucky is Florida Southern head coach Linc Darner. His squad just won the NCAA DII National Championship and finished 36-1. Darner has won 292 games in his 9 seasons at

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HOT: Harding named head coach at Assumption

Thanks to a great source on this one…we had Harding’s name here on March 23rd (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c6ff8a80/small-college-dirt/…). He has now officially been named as the head coach at Assumption College… Michael Harding has been named as the men’s basketball head coach at Assumption College, as announced by Nick Smith, director of athletics and recreation. Harding is

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HOT: SIU-Edwardsville finalists

Following a national search, SIUE’s men’s basketball search committee has identified two finalists for the men’s basketball head coach position. Alabama Interim Head Coach John Brannen and California Assistant Coach Jon Harris each will visit campus this week. Brannen will make his visit Mon. and Tues., March 30 and 31. The visit includes a 5

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HOT RUMOR: Chris Mullin to St. John’s

We first mentioned Chris Mullin’s name as being "hot" at St. John’s on Friday (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/6729400e/di-dirt-texas-and-st-johns…), shortly after the departure of Steve Lavin. Now, multiple sources are reporting that the former St. John’s star has been offered the job. Mullin is a NYC native and St. John’s legend. He was the #7 pick in the 1985

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BREAKING: Duryea promoted to head coach at Utah State

Utah State will hold an 11:00am press conference Monday morning to announce the hiring of Tim Duryea as their new head coach. Duryea has spent the past 14 years as an assistant on Stew Morill’s staff at USU. Before coming to Utah State in 2001, he compiled a 40-25 record as the head coach at

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OFFICIAL: Barnes, Texas mutually agree to part ways

The University of Texas and head basketball coach Rick Barnes have mutually agreed to part ways, the school announced today. The all-time winningest coach in program history, the 60-year-old Barnes compiled an overall record of 402-180 (.691) over the last 17 seasons at Texas, an average of nearly 24 victories per year. A national search

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OFFICIAL: DePaul names Leitao head coach

DePaul University announced today that Dave Leitao has been named men’s basketball coach. Leitao returns to Lincoln Park after leading the program to three postseason appearances in his first stint from 2002-05. "Following our search that garnered high-level national interest, we are excited to announce that Dave Leitao is our next men’s basketball coach," said

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George Mason Dirt…

George Mason is getting close to hiring a replacement for Paul Hewitt. It sounds like they are down to the final two – UC Irvine head coach Russell Turner, and NC Central head coach LeVelle Moton. Turner led the Anteaters to a 21-13 record and an NCAA appearance this past season. In his five years

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BREAKING: DePaul set to hire Leitao

Multiple sources are reporting that Dave Leitao will be the next head coach at DePaul HoopDirt.com first mentioned his involvement here back on 3/18 (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/85b76dbd/daily-dirt-3-18-15/…). Leitao was the head coach at DePaul from 2002-2005 (58-34) – he has also been the head coach at Northeastern and Virginia. The long-time UConn assistant was most recently an

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Saturday Dirt II – 3/28/15

Saturday Dirt II…starting out to be a very busy weekend! Here are a few more things that I’ve heard… • THE CITADEL – Been talking about this one for a while. I’ve said from day 1 that VMI head coach Duggar Baucom is the #1 target here. It now sounds like he is the choice

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