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Daily Dirt – 5/21/13

A couple of quickies to start the day… • I have heard that Carroll College (MT) will introduce their new coach today. Multiple sources have told me that the choice will be Andrean (IN) HS head coach Carson Cunningham. Cunningham just completed his fifth season at AHS and has led his team to four straight

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Copeland Named Head Coach at UT Tyler

Jamon Copeland has been named the third head coach of The University of Texas at Tyler men’s basketball program, Dr. Howard Patterson, vice president for student affairs and director of athletics, has announced. Copeland, a Coppell, Texas native, comes to UT Tyler from Ave Maria University in Florida where he served as head coach since

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Furman Staff Update

Furman men’s basketball coach Niko Medved announced on Tuesday that he will retain assistant coach Bob Richey and has appointed Sam Waniewski as the program’s director of men’s basketball operations. Richey, who recently completed his second season with the Paladin program, arrived at Furman in the summer of 2011 after five seasons on the Charleston

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Eastern Illinois Hires Assistant

Eastern Illinois head men’s basketball coach Jay Spoonhour has announced the hiring of Rand Chappell as an assistant coach on the Panthers men’s basketball staff. Chappell replaces Bob Sundvold who accepted the head coaching position at NCAA Division II Missouri-St. Louis last week. Chappell has ties to the Spoonhour family going back to his playing

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OFFICIAL: Cunningham to Carroll

Mentioned this earlier today in the blog – thanks to great sources for getting us out in front of this one… Dr. Carson Cunningham, the head boys’ basketball coach at Andrean High School in Indiana, has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Carroll College, announced Saints’ Director of Athletics Bruce Parker Monday.

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Tigers Hoops Recommends Kirby

Robert Kirby, who spent 17 of his 28 previous years as an NCAA Division I assistant in the Southeastern Conference, has been recommended to join the University of Memphis men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Josh Pastner announced Tuesday. Kirby’s hiring is pending approval of the University and Tennessee State Board of

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OFFICIAL: Devitt out at Wentworth

I blogged about this earlier today – here’s the official press release from Wentworth on the departure of head coach Tom Devitt: Wentworth Institute of Technology Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Devitt has announced that he has left the Institute after 11 seasons as the head coach and 14 years on the Leopard staff. "It

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Marist staff update

Marist head men’s basketball coach Jeff Bower announced the hiring of three assistant coaches on Monday: Paul Lee, Eugene Burroughs and Brian Adams. “Putting together this staff has been a very energizing experience,” Bower said. “I feel we have put together a group of coaches that have strengths that fit together and levels of commitment

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Daily Dirt – 5/20/13

Some "dirt" to kick off the week… • I have heard that Wright State assistant Chris Moore is in the mix for an assistant spot at Nebraska. It sounds like he interviewed late last week to fill Ben Johnson’s spot on Tim Miles staff. Johnson departed earlier this spring for Minnesota. Moore has spent the

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HOT: Watkins resigns at Fisk

Fisk University announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Derek Watkins, a Fisk alumnus who finished his three-year tenure with an 18-72 overall record. From the release: “Coach Watkins will be missed. He did a great job of getting making this program competitive in his three years and we were very excited about the

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Alabama staff update

After spending the previous three seasons as the director of operations for the Alabama men’s basketball team, former standout Antoine Pettway was promoted to assistant coach, head coach Anthony Grant announced as part of several changes to his coaching staff on Monday. "Antoine’s done a great job for us," Grant said. "I think he has

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HOT: Bike retiring at Sacred Heart

Connecticut Post writer William Paxton is reporting that Dave Bike will retire as the head coach at Sacred Heart after 35 seasons. It is also being reported that assistant coach Anthony Latina will take over for him. A press conference is expected next week to make the announcement. Bike compiled a 529-499 record during his

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