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Kansas rumors

There is some movement on Bill Self’s staff at Kansas. Self, who needs to replace Joe Dooley (named head coach at Florida Gulf Coast) appears to have found his man. Multiple sources are reporting that SMU assistant Jerrance Howard will be the choice here. Howard played for Self at Illinois and has worked for Billy

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VCU Hires DBO

A familiar face will rejoin the VCU Men’s Basketball coaching staff. Head Coach Shaka Smart announced the addition of Jesse Bopp to the Rams, he will take over Director of Basketball Operations duties. Bopp served as a graduate manager during the 2009-10 campaign, Smart’s first season at VCU. Bopp rejoins VCU after spending three seasons

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OFFICIAL: Bike out / Latina in at Sacred Heart

The Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 30th to announce changes to the men’s basketball coaching staff for the upcoming 2013-14 season. Thursday’s press conference will be to announce the retirement of head men’s basketball coach Dave Bike after 35 years at Sacred Heart and the appointment

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OFFICIAL: Zeigler to Detroit

The University of Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team added a veteran basketball coach with strong ties to the State of Michigan as head coach Ray McCallum announced the hiring of Detroit native Ernie Zeigler as an assistant coach on Wednesday (May 29). “I’m truly blessed and privileged to have the opportunity to work with coach

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Daily Dirt – 5/29/13

Today’s "dirt"… • I have heard that former Central Michigan head coach Ernie Zeigler will join Ray McCallum’s staff at Detroit. Zeigler was the head coach at CMU from 2007-12 (75-111). He has also been an assistant at UCLA, Pitt, Kansas State, and Bowling Green. • It sounds like Presbyterian College assistant Brooks Savage is

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Northern Illinois names Larson assistant

Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery has announced the promotion of Jason Larson to assistant coach following two seasons as NIU’s director of basketball operations. “I am excited to be able to promote Jason to an assistant coaching position,” said Montgomery. “Jason has done an unbelievable job the last two years in his

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Henry promoted at Iowa State

Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced today the promotion of Charlie Henry to Director of Player Development. Henry was in charge of all video editing as a graduate assistant in 2012-13, helping the Cyclones make their second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. A 2009 graduate of Madonna University (Mich.), Henry worked as a graduate

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Updated 2013 NCAA DI coaching changes

Here’s the up-to-date list of 2013 DI coaching changes: School: (old coach) new coach American: (Jeff Jones) Mike Brennan Ball State: (Billy Taylor) James Whitford Buffalo: (Reggie Witherspoon) Bobby Hurley Cal State Fullerton: (Andy Newman) Dedrique Taylor Cal State Northridge: (Bobby Braswell) Reggie Theus Campbell: (Robbie Laing) Kevin McGeehan Chattanooga: (John Shulman) Will Wade Drake:

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Hofstra staff update

Hofstra University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich, who was announced as the 12th head coach in the history of the program on April 10, announced his coaching staff today. Joining Coach Mihalich’s staff at Hofstra will be Mike Farrelly, Kyle Neptune, Shane Nichols and Colin Curtin. All four were members of Mihalich’s staff at

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Binghamton Staff Update

The Binghamton men’s basketball program has announced the hiring of Bryan Goodman as an assistant coach. He brings over a decade of Division I coaching and administrative experience with three successful programs. In addition, current assistant coach Ben Luber has been elevated to the position of associate head coach. At 28, he is the youngest

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Murphy resigns at Dakota Wesleyan

After three seasons at Dakota Wesleyan University, Shane Murphy is resigning as head coach of the Tiger men’s basketball program, athletic director Curt Hart announced today. Murphy, who was hired to take over the men’s basketball program at Dakota Wesleyan in summer 2010, came to DWU after a two-year hiatus from coaching. During those two

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Smarr named head coach at FCC

The 2013-14 season will be Coach Smarr’s first season as head coach at Florida Christian College. Coach Smarr brings determination, excellence and passion to FCC as head basketball coach. He is smart, articulate, a hard worker and a great competitor who has been trained under many excellent coaches in the state of Florida. His own

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