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Small College Search Updates

Some updates on current small college searches… UNION COLLEGE (NY) I have heard that Union College (NY) is down to as few as four candidates to replace Bob Montana. The names that I have heard are: • Pete Durr – Assistant coach Union College. Has been an assistant at Union for three seasons. Also worked

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Wittenburg joins NC State staff

NC State head men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried has announced that Dereck Whittenburg, a 26-year veteran of the coaching ranks and one of the most well-known athletes in school history, has joined his staff as the Senior Assistant to the Head Coach/Director of Player Development. In that role, he will serve as a mentor for

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OFFICIAL: Shay named assistant at North Dakota

Reported this as a rumor a while back – it’s now official… University of North Dakota men’s basketball head coach Brian Jones announced the addition of Jason Shay to round out his coaching staff for the 2013-14 season. Shay replaces Brent Wilson, who was recently named head coach at Sullivan County (N.Y.) Community College. “We

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UALR Hires DBO

UALR head men’s basketball coach Steve Shields has announced the hiring of Ted Crass as the program’s Director of Basketball Operations. Crass joins the staff after spending the previous five years as a student manager and player for the Trojans. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

University of Detroit Mercy Hires Coach

The University of Detroit Mercy men’s basketball coaching staff is now complete as head coach Ray McCallum announced the hiring of Steve Payne as an assistant coach on Tuesday (July 30). Payne spent the last three seasons at Utah Valley University as an assistant coach, where he helped guide the Wolverines to back-to-back Great West

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Sam Houston Hires Assistant

Matt Braeuer joins the Sam Houston men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, Bearkat head coach Jason Hooten announced Tuesday. Braeuer has worked the past two seasons as the video coordinator for men’s basketball at the University of Maryland. He also coached at Midland College and was a graduate assistant and three-year starter at Wichita

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Verdell named head coach at Johnson State

Johnson State College has appointed Tommy Verdell of the Bates College coaching staff as JSC’s new assistant athletics director and head men’s basketball coach. "We are excited to welcome Tommy Verdell to Johnson State," said JSC Director of Athletics Jamey Ventura. "His experiences at the NCAA Division III and DI levels as well as at

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HOT: Extension for Moser at Loyola (IL)

Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball coach Porter Moser has received a contract extension that will keep him on the Ramblers’ bench through the 2017-18 season it was announced today. The Naperville, Ill., native, who is entering his third season at Loyola, guided a team that was ranked as the sixth-youngest in NCAA Division I last

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St. Mike’s hires assistant

Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball head coach Josh Meyer announced the hire of Scott Faucher as a part-time second assistant coach on Monday. A former men’s basketball captain at Wheaton (Mass.) College, Faucher provides a tremendous amount of leadership experience to the Purple Knights and will begin his duties with the program in August. "I

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Upper Iowa names head coach

The Upper Iowa Athletics Department will hold a press conference on Tuesday, July 30, to introduce Brooks McKowen as Upper Iowa’s eighteenth head men’s basketball coach in the program’s 98-year history. McKowen, a Fairbank, Iowa native and graduate of Wapsie Valley Community Schools and the University of Northern Iowa, comes to Upper Iowa after spending

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Daily Dirt – 7/29/13

Today’s “dirt”… • South Alabama assistant Ronald Nored will be joining his former head coach Brad Stevens with the Celtics. Nored played for Stevens at Butler from 2008-2012. He spent last season as a HS coach before joining Matthew Graves staff at USA this past spring. • I have heard from multiple sources that former

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Attack and React Coaches Clinic

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OFFENSE THAT IS TAKING TEAMS TO STATE CHAMIONSHIPS? THEN ATTEND THE FIRST ANNUAL ATTACK AND REACT COACHES CLINIC!!!! DATE: Sept. 21-22 LOCATION: Hazelwood Central High School (Florissant, MO) TIME: Sat. 5pm-9pm and Sun. 9am-1pm PRICE: $95 per coach REGISTRATION: http://www.attackandreact.com/…attacking-basketball-skills-camps/”>http://www.attackandreact.com/…attacking-basketball-skills-ca… The Attack and React Offense is an attacking offense

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