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WKU adds staffer

Brian Bidlingmyer has been hired as the Director of Player Development at Western Kentucky. Bidlingmyer spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has also worked as an assistant at Binghamton and Lamar. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Valpo staff finalized

Valparaiso men’s basketball head coach Bryce Drew has finalized his staff for the upcoming 2011-2012 season. Jake Diebler is now an assistant coach, joining Roger Powell Jr. and Luke Gore as full-time assistants on the Crusaders’ staff, while Will Phipps has joined the Valpo men’s basketball program as the team’s director of basketball operations. Diebler

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HOT RUMOR: Brevard to name Prosser as head coach

According to a source close to the situation, Brevard College will name Mark Prosser as their new head basketball coach. Prosser is the son of the late Skip Prosser, and has been an assistant at Wofford College for the past three seasons. He has also worked as an assistant at Bucknell and will be replacing

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TTU hires DBO

Charles Newton has been hired as the director of basketball operations at Tennessee Tech. Newton played for two seasons ad TTU and as named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court for his strong academics, and received the team’s John P. Hendrix Leadership Award. Newton comes from a rich family background in

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Brown adds assistant

Former Vermont and Marist College standout Ryan Schneider has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Brown University in an announcement made by Bears’ head coach Jesse Agel. Schneider will be reunited with Agel, who recruited and coached him at the University of Vermont. Scnheider played professionally in Portugal from 2009-2011. He competed for

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Campbell named assistant at Clayton State

Tony Campbell has been hired as an assistant coach at Clayton State. Campbell comes to Clayton State following a three-year stint as a men’s assistant coach at NAIA Reinhardt in Waleska, Ga. He replaces Andy Harre, who left the Laker program last month to become the top men’s assistant at Division I Grambling State. Prior

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UPDATE: Prosser to Brevard OFFICIAL

Just wanted to update today’s HOT RUMOR. Brevard College has made the hiring of Mark Prosser official. Here’s a link to the statement that was just released: http://www.bctornados.com/article.asp?articleID=1746…

Smith to Keystone

Posted this as a rumor a few weeks ago….it’s now official. Nevada Smith has been named as the head coach at Keystone College. Smith had spent the past five seasons as an assistant at Ithaca. He replaces Jason Leone who became the head coach at Oswego State last month. Here’s the official release: http://www.gokcgiants.com/news/2011/9/7/MSOC_0907114002.aspx… Stay

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Daily Dirt – 9/12/11

Busy weekend – here are some of the things that I’ve heard…. According to a great source, Nima Omidvar has been hired as the video coordinator at NC State. Omidvar spent last season as an assistant at Bowie State. Before that, he was a GA on Bobby Lutz’ staff at UNC-Charlotte (Lutz is now an

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Norfolk State hires assistant

Wilson Washington will join the Norfolk State coaching staff on a part-time basis this season. A Norfolk native, Washington was a three-time All-American in the 1970s while playing for Old Dominion. Washington was a third-team Division II All-American and NCAA Tournament MVP in 1975, when he helped the Monarchs win the Division II national title.

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HS vet joins VWC staff

Ben Moore has joined the staff at Virginia Wesleyan College as an assistant. Moore spent 24 seasons as the head coach at Newport News’ Warwick High School for 24 years (261-263). He resigned from that position earlier this year to accept a teaching promotion as the lead teach in the health and physical education department.

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Daily Dirt – 9/9/11

Here some things that I’ve heard over the past few days…. From multiple sources….former Seton Hall assistant Dermon Player has been offered the Union County College job. Player has a ton of connections in the NY/NJ area. He has also worked on the staff at St. John’s and spent time with some big-time AAU programs

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