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Vanderbilt hires two assistants

Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings has announced the hiring of Adam Cohen and Derrick Jones as assistant coaches on his basketball staff. "I am excited to have Adam Cohen and Derrick Jones join the Commodore basketball family," said Stallings. "Both are extremely hard workers, great recruiters, and good men, and have very impressive backgrounds. We

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HOT: Symons named head coach at North Idaho College

The North Idaho College Athletics Department announced that Corey Symons has been named the head men’s basketball coach at North Idaho College. Symons replaces Jared Phay, who accepted the head coaching position at the College of Southern Idaho earlier this month. Symons has been the team’s assistant coach for 10 years and interim head coach

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Ward elevated to associate head coach at Illinois State

After serving as an assistant coach at Illinois State during the past two seasons, Torrey Ward has been promoted to associate head coach of the ISU men’s basketball team, Redbird head coach Dan Muller announced Thursday. "Elevating Torrey to associate head coach was a very easy decision for me," Muller said. "I’ve always known Torrey

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UIC staff update

Illinois-Chicago Head Basketball Coach Howard Moore finalized his staff for the 2014-15 season as he announced the hiring of Matt Saey and Phil Gaul on Wednesday afternoon. Saey will serve as the Director of Player Development, while Gaul will work as the Director of Basketball Operations, pending Board of Trustees approval. “I am thrilled to

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OFFICIAL: Schafer to Western State

Thanks to great sources for getting us out in front of this one last night. It’s now official – Bradd Schafer is the new head coach at his alma mater Western State. Here’s the press release from from his former school Black Hills State: Black Hills State University’s head men’s basketball coach, Bradd Schafer, will

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Daily Dirt – 5/29/14

I mentioned last night that today was Day 2 of an all-day retreat for the DK. Well, apparently I don’t have the focus to spend another day there. I bolted after lunch! Here are a few things that I heard while trying to look engaged: • Cliff Ellis’ search to fill the spot on his

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Late Night Dirt – 5/28/14

So you want to be a college basketball coach? It’s not always rainbows and unicorns. As a small college head coach, I was forced to spend all day today at student services “retreat” – and have to go back tomorrow! We are involved with so many transfers right now that I really need to be

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Texas State staff update

The Texas State men’s basketball team announced changes to its coaching staff Wednesday afternoon. The Bobcats have added Alex Hausladen as a director of operations. He replaces Jim Shaw who moved up to become an assistant coach after Talvin Hester left last month to join Kelvin Sampson’s staff at the University of Houston. "Alex Hausladen

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Summers named head coach at Urbana

Urbana University Athletic Director Doug Young appointed Rob Summers as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Summers becomes the ninth head coach in the program’s 50th season. “Today, there is a renewed excitement surrounding our men’s basketball program,” said Young upon the announcement. “Rob Summers brings a wealth of talent and experience to Urbana University.

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Marshall staff update

We reported this as a rumor last week. It’s now official – Dan D’Antoni’s staff at Marshall is now complete… Marshall men’s basketball coach Dan D’Antoni has announced the additions of Chris Duhon and Scott Rigot to the Thundering Herd coaching staff. D’Antoni also announced the retention of veteran Thundering Herd assistant coach Mark Cline

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Vermont "Dirt"…

I can confirm that the University of Vermont has hired St. Marks head coach Greg Snyder as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Snyder just wrapped up his second season as the head coach at St. Marks. He has also been an assistant at Colgate, Hamilton, and SUNY Potsdam. It also sounds like Ryan Schneider

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Hawaii "Dirt"…

A bunch of things going on at the University of Hawaii. First, I have now heard from two sources that DBO Chris McMillian is in the mix to join Jared Phay’s new staff at the College of Southern Idaho as an assistant. McMillian has been at UH for the past four seasons in various administrative

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