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Butler added to Shaw staff

Shaw University announced Friday that they have added Darryl Butler as an assistant coach for their men’s basketball team. Butler comes to Shaw from Virginia State where he served for two years as an assistant coach. Prior to that, he worked at Frederick County (Md.) and Montgomery County (Md.) Community Colleges. "Darryl brings a lot

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Lehigh Staff Update

Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced two additions to the coaching staff on Tuesday, Rob Fusaro as Director of Basketball Operations and Jimmy Bradshaw as Graduate Manager. Both have been part of the program for the last several months, serving various capacities. Fusaro takes over as Director of Operations after Joe Knight accepted

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Daily Dirt – 9/27/13

The first day of DI practices are here! If you are not aware (all of you non DI guys out there), the NCAA adopted new legislation in May that allows DI men’s basketball teams to conduct 30 days of practice in the six weeks before their first regular-season game. There is still a lot going

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Villanova staff update

Two members of the Villanova Basketball Family will take on new roles in changes to the men’s basketball staff announced today. Baker Dunleavy, a 2006 Villanova graduate, has been named associate head coach and Kyle Neptune, who served as the Wildcats’ video coordinator from 2008-10, is returning to the staff as an assistant coach. Dunleavy,

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Mississippi State Coaching Clinic

Mississippi State Coaching Clinic When: Saturday October 26th, 2013 Where: Mize Pavilion at Humphrey Coliseum Cost: $20 per coach / $40 for the entire staff Tentative schedule: 9:30-10:15 – Registration 10:15-10:30 – Coach Ray Welcome 10:30-12:00 – Miss St. Assistant Coaches 12:00-1:00 – Lunch 1:00-1:20 – MSU Compliance 1:20 – 1:50 – Richard Williams (MSU

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Gibbons joins St. Aug staff

Saint Augustine’s University has added Gordon Gibbons as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, the University announced. Gibbons comes to St. Aug as one of the all-time winningest coaches on the NCAA Division II level. For the past 12 seasons, Gibbons was head coach at Clayton State University, where he is the school’s career leader in wins

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Alexander named head coach at Thomas

Thomas College Athletic Director David Roussel ’93 has announced the hiring of Darrell "Texas" Alexander ’10 as head men’s basketball coach. Alexander, a native of Fairfield, Texas, returns to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Smith College. As a member of the Pioneers’ coaching staff he helped the team reach their

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Daily Dirt – 9/25/13

Here we go… • Butch Estes has finalized his staff at Barry University (FL). Justin Furr, former assistant at Lynn University will become the associate head coach. Ryan Saunders and Mike Bradley will remain on the staff as assistant coaches. Also, Marcos Molina has been named as an assistant – he was formerly the head

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Former WKU coach lands in D-League

purs Sports & Entertainment today announced that they have named Ken McDonald as head coach of the Austin Toros. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced. McDonald served as an assistant last season for the Toros under head coach Taylor Jenkins, where he helped lead the team to a 27-23 overall record

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Figger promoted to Associate Head Coach @ South Carolina

University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday, that longtime assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Matt Figger has been promoted to associate head coach for the Gamecocks’ program. Figger, who has over 20 years of coaching experience in various levels of the college ranks, will remain the recruiting coordinator as

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Daily Dirt – 9/23/13

Today’s "dirt"… • I mentioned last week that I had heard that Villanova assistant Billy Lange was headed to the Philadelphia 76ers. It now sounds like a done deal. The “hot” name to replace him on Jay Wright’s staff is Hofstra assistant Kyle Neptune. I’ve heard from three different coaches that Neptune could be the

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McHugh added to Emory staff

Emory University head men’s basketball coach Jason Zimmerman has announced the appointment of Chris McHugh as assistant coach. McHugh takes over for Chris Murphy who recently accepted the head coaching position at Union College (NY). McHugh joins the Emory program after serving as an assistant coach at Connecticut College College during the 2012-13 season. While

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