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Siena staff rumors

I have already mentioned that Greg Manning and Luke D’Alessio will be following Jimmy Patsos from Loyola (MD) to Siena. With G.G. Smith becoming the head coach at Loyola, I have heard that Patsos will hire James Madison DBO Lucious Jordan to fill the final assistant spot on his staff. Jordan played collegiately at Albany

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Cal State East Bay coach retires

The winningest coach in the history of Pioneer men’s basketball is calling it a career after 16 seasons at Cal State East Bay. Will Biggs has announced his retirement after 223 victories, nine winning seasons, and a stint on the Hayward campus that spanned three decades. Biggs came to CSUEB in 1997 as the seventh

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HOT: Extension for Cronin at Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati Athletics Director Whit Babcock announced Thursday that the university and head men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin have agreed in principle to a contract extension through the 2018 season. This new agreement adds one year to his current contract, securing Cronin’s services through March 26, 2018. The term of the agreement may extend

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FGCU Hires Dooley

FGCU Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh announced on Wednesday the hiring of Joe Dooley, an assistant coach at the University of Kansas, as the third men’s basketball head coach in program history. Possessing 25 years of coaching experience as an assistant coach and head coach, Dooley spent the last 10 seasons as an assistant at

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Hill Returns to Seton Hall

Seton Hall head men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard has named Fred Hill an assistant on his coaching staff. Hill begins his second stint as an assistant coach for the Pirates where he helped bring in the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation to South Orange in 2000-01. Hill was instrumental in guiding Seton Hall to

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HOT: Iowa Wesleyan names coach

Iowa Wesleyan College has named Todd Lorensen as the Tigers’ new head men’s basketball coach, it was announced today by Athletic Director Mike Hampton. "We are pleased to have Todd join our Iowa Wesleyan College community and the community of Mt. Pleasant," said Hampton. "We feel he will bring a lot of fresh, new ideas

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Lane named assistant at Mars Hill

Mark Lane has been named the new assistant basketball coach at Mars Hill College, head coach Rick Scruggs announced today. Lane comes to Mars Hill from Cape Fear Community College. Lane is a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and spent five seasons as the assistant coach for the Sea Devils. Coach Lane was instrumental in

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Georgia Southern staff named

Georgia Southern Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Byington Byington announced the addition Randy Peele, Larry Dixon and Andrew Wilson as assistant coaches and the hiring of Jason Slay as director of basketball operations today. Randy Peele – Assistant Coach With nine years of experience as a Division I Head Coach, Randy Peele will be an

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Daily Dirt – 4/16/13

Just a couple of quick hitters to start the day – more to come later… • I can confirm that Dan Russell has been named as the new coach at Casper College (WY). He replaces Joel Davidson who departed last week for an assistant spot at Northern Colorado. Russell had spent the past five seasons

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OFFICIAL: Evans to FIU

Norfolk State head coach Anthony Evans has resigned to become the head coach at Florida International. FIU has not released a statement yet, but Norfolk State did: Norfolk State men’s basketball coach Anthony Evans has accepted a similar position at another university, Athletics Director Marty L. Miller announced on Monday. “We appreciate what coach Evans

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OFFICIAL: Evans to FIU

FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced on Tuesday, April 16, the hiring of Anthony Evans as the eighth head coach in the history of the FIU men’s basketball program. “I’m extremely excited to become the head coach of the FIU men’s basketball team,” Evans said. “This is a great opportunity. FIU

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Minnesota Staff Update

University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino today announced the addition of former Golden Gopher guard Ben Johnson to his coaching staff. Johnson returns to his hometown and alma mater after spending one season as an assistant coach on Tim Miles’ University of Nebraska staff. While with the Huskers, the former Gopher captain

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