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D2 DIRT: Franklin Pierce set to open

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) It sounds like David Chadbourne is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at D2 Franklin Pierce University (NH). Chadbourne has spent the past 24-seasons at FPU, where he put together a 344-308 (.528) record. He also spent three seasons as the women’s basketball head coach at the school (1996-99), before

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JUCO NEWS: Richards named Head Basketball Coach at Harper College

The Harper College men’s basketball program will have a new leader on the bench this year; LaMario Richards has been named the new head coach of the Hawks. Harper is excited to bring in a passionate coach with 11 years of experience coaching in the Midwest and 10 years coaching in the Chicago land area.

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K-State promotes Winchester to Special Assistant to the Head Coach

Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang has promoted Anthony Winchester to an on-court role as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. The former Western Kentucky standout came to K-State in April 2023 as the Director of Video Operations, helping a Wildcat team picked 10th in the preseason Big 12 poll to a 26-10 overall record, a tie for third

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Pritzl named Assistant Basketball Coach at Toledo

Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk announced the hiring of Brandon Pritzl as an assistant coach for the University of Toledo men’s basketball program. “Brandon possesses a lot of experience of coaching at the college level and is extremely versatile,” Kowalczyk said. “He also had a really good playing career at Hillsdale and comes highly recommended. Brandon is from

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D2 NEWS: Hays named Assistant Basketball Coach at Central Missouri

 University of Central Missouri Mules basketball head coach Adam Bohac has named James Hays as the program’s assistant coach, it was announced on Tuesday, June 27. “We are excited Coach James Hays and his beautiful family are joining our program.” Bohac said. “Coach Hays has been a part of several championship teams and has worked for and with some outstanding coaches.  He

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Daily Dirt – 6/27/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… Adam Notteboom has departed the staff at Navy. He had been on the Midshipmen staff since 2019, and was the Director of Basketball Operations at Lipscomb before that. Sounds like he will do something outside of coaching. Campbell has hired Emmanuel Matey as their new

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OFFICIAL: Miller retires as Head Basketball Coach at Alvernia; Replaced by Miller, Jr.

Following-up on something that I mentioned over the weekend (D3 DIRT). The change at Alvernia is now official – here’s the statement that the school issued today: Alvernia University director of athletics Bill Stiles and Mike Miller announced on Monday the retirement of Miller as the men’s basketball head coach and assistant director of athletics, effective immediately. Miller

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D3 NEWS: Loeffler promoted to full-time associate head coach at Swarthmore

Shane Loeffler has been elevated to the role of full-time associate head men’s basketball coach at Swarthmore. Loeffler has been a member of the men’s basketball coaching staff since 2017. During his five seasons on the Swarthmore bench, the Garnet have posted a 132-21 overall record as they’ve established themselves as one of the elite programs

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NAIA NEWS: Lundgren named Head Basketball Coach at Carroll College

Carroll College Athletic Director Charlie Gross has announced that Ryan Lundgren has been hired as the Head Coach of the Carroll College Men’s Basketball team. Lundgren will become the 28th Head Coach in Carroll program history, replacing Kurt Paulson, who resigned earlier this month. “I am pleased to welcome Ryan and Lexi Lundgren and their daughter London to

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Lynn named Head Basketball Coach at NJCAA D1 Volunteer State CC

Volunteer State Community College’s Athletics Program has announced a new head men’s basketball coach for the Pioneers.  For 30 years, Johnny Lynn served as the Head Coach for Women’s Fast Pitch Softball at Vol State and coached the program to over 1,040 wins.  During the first half of his 30 years with Vol State, Lynn also assisted

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JUCO DIRT: Seminole State hires D2 assistant as new Head Basketball Coach

NJCAA D1 Seminole State College has hired Lucas Hunter as their new head men’s basketball coach. Hunter has been an assistant at NCAA D2 Northeastern Oklahoma State since 2020. He has also worked as an assistant at Rogers State, and East Central State. He began his career as a manager at both Alabama and Southern

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D3 DIRT: Alvernia opens (kind of)

Following-up on my Tweet from last night… Mike Miller will step down as the head coach at D3 Alvernia University after 19-seasons at the helm, and be replaced by current assistant coach Mike Miller, Jr (his son). Miller compiled a 315-178 (.639) during his tenure at AU, including a 21-9 (12-4) mark last season. His

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