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Nebraska Hires Assistant

University of Nebraska Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Friday the addition of Chris Harriman to the Husker basketball coaching staff. Harriman has spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Saint Louis University working under the tutelage of Rick Majerus. During his tenure, the Billikens posted a pair of 20-win seasons, including a

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Missouri Adds Assistant

University of Missouri Head Men’s Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced today that he has added Ryan Miller to his staff as assistant coach. Miller joins the Mizzou coaching staff after serving the last five years as an assistant coach at New Mexico, where the Lobos went 126-46 overall – marking the school’s most successful five-year

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BREAKING: Woods to Morehead State

According to several sources close to the situation, Mississippi Valley State head coach Sean Woods will be named as the next head coach at Morehead State. The job was turned down by Butler assistant Matthew Graves late this afternoon. Woods is a former standout at the University of Kentucky and led his MVSU squad to

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Thomas University Hires Coach

Thomas University Athletic Director Mike Lee has announced the hiring of Stephen Cox as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Cox will lead the Night Hawks as they return to TU as an intercollegiate sport for the first time since the 2000-01 school year. Most recently, Cox was an assistant coach at NCAA D2 Georgia Southwestern University

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Daily Dirt II – 5/11/12

The DirtKing is on the move today…here’s the speed round of the Daily Dirt II… • I’m enjoying following the situation at Morehead State. Those “in the know” confirm that Butler’s Matthew Graves has an offer, BUT no one will publically confirm it in case he says no. Not sure which way it will go,

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St. Edward’s names assistant

Following up on a rumor that we posted a few weeks ago…St. Edward’s (TX) has officially named Jack Dorn as an assistant coach. Dorn has spent the past three seasons at Missouri Western State as an assistant coach. Dorn’s responsibilities at Western included recruiting, film exchange, coordinating team travel and other operations items. Prior to

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Dean Named Interim Coach @ Elms

Elms College assistant men’s basketball coach Todd Dean has been named the interim men’s basketball head coach. Dean has spent the last 10 years as an assistant under departing 11-year head coach Ed Silva. Dean arrived for the 2002-03 season as a volunteer assistant and in 2003-04 was promoted to the top assistant position. Since

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Virginia Tech Hires Staff

Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach James Johnson has announced the hiring of Kurt Kanaskie, Mark Byington and Ramon Williams as assistant coaches in the program. Kurt Kanaskie comes to Virginia Tech after spending one season at Navy as associate head coach and eight seasons at Penn State, including two years as associate head coach.

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Evans joins North Texas staff

A veteran of more than 40 years in college basketball, former Arizona State and Mississippi head coach Rob Evans has joined Tony Benford and the North Texas coaching staff as an assistant. As a head coach, Evans led six of his 14 teams to postseason bids, and owns a 205-201 overall record in helping to

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Galludet coach resigns

allaudet University men’s basketball head coach Jeb Barber has stepped down from his post and will transition into the newly formed Game Management/Assistant Sports Information Director position and continue as the Department of Athletics’ NCAA Compliance Officer. Barber accumulated a 50-76 record in five seasons guiding the men’s basketball program. Gallaudet joined the North Eastern

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Daily Dirt – 5/9/12

• I have heard that Pikeville head coach Kelly Wells has withdrawn from consideration for the Morehead State job. It sounds like four who are still in the mix are: Brian Lane (Head Coach Transylvania), Wade O’Connor (Assistant Coach Morehead State), Happy Osbourne (former Georgetown College [KY] Head Coach), and Sean Woods (Head Coach Mississippi

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Hurley completes staff at URI

Head coach Dan Hurley has finalized his men’s basketball staff, with the hiring of Kevin Tirone and Ben Wood. Tirone joins the Rams’ men’s basketball program after spending the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was part of a coaching staff that took NJIT into the NCAA

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