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Gallaudet University Hires Coach

Brendan Stern has been named head coach at Gallaudet Univeristy. Stern ascends to the top position of the GU men’s basketball program after playing four years as an undergraduate, served as an assistant coach for three years and most recently guided the Gallaudet women’s basketball program for one season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest

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Penn adds assistants

The University of Pennsylvania’s John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men’s Basketball, Jerome Allen, has announced the hiring of Ira Bowman and Jason Polykoff as assistant coaches with the program. Bowman replaces Mike Martin, who recently left Penn to become head coach at Brown, while Polykoff steps into a role filled the previous two years

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Daily Dirt – 6/18/12

Just got back from a few days of vacation with The DirtQueen and the Little DirtBags. I tried to stay on top of things, but I was on a court ordered internet black out! I was able to sneak back to the cottage to check my phone a few times, but it wasn’t easy –

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Alaska Fairbanks Assistant Steps Down

Alaska Nanooks men’s basketball head coach Mick Durham announced that assistant coach Eric Stang has resigned from his post after two seasons to pursue other coaching and professional opportunities. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

OFFICIAL: Deane To James Madison

James Madison men’s basketball head coach Matt Brady announced Thursday the addition of longtime Division I head coach Mike Deane to an assistant position on his coaching staff beginning with the 2012-13 season. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Missouri Hires Leitao

University of Missouri Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced his 2012-13 coaching staff has been completed with the hiring of Dave Leitao as an assistant coach on Friday. Leitao is the former Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and earned a pair of conferences championships while serving as the head coach at DePaul in

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Daily Dirt – 6/14/12

Today’s "dirt"… • I have heard that Rochester assistant Ryan Mee is in the mix to become an assistant at Davidson. He would replace Landry Kosmalski who recently became the head coach at Swarthmore (http://hoopdirt.com/news/706a2f10/davidson-asst-gets-swarthm…). Mee has been an assistant at his alma mater for the past three seasons. He has also worked at Elmira,

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MCC Hires Coach

Cedric Drake, who helped lead the Meridian Community College Eagles to a Region 23 championship during his playing days, is returning to his alma mater as MCC’s new men’s head basketball coach. Drake replaces Nathan Courtney, who recently accepted the head coaching job at Highland Community College in Illinois. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest

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Fox promoted at Davidson

Davidson men’s basketball coach Bob McKillop announced today that longtime assistant coach Jim Fox has been promoted to associate head coach. The 2012-13 campaign will be Fox’s 12th on the Davidson bench, a little over a decade of one of the most successful stretches in Davidson basketball history. The Wildcats have logged 242 victories during

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James Madison rumor

A few coaches that I talked to today told me that Mike Deane will be added to Matt Brady’s staff at James Madison. Deane has been the head coach at Marquette, Siena, Wagner, and Lamar (436-334 in 26 seasons). He has been out of coaching for the past two seasons. Brady was a senior on

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Daily Dirt – 6/13/12

A busy day so far in the "dirt" world. Here’s what I’ve got… • Multiple sources are reporting that former Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler will join Bill Self’s staff at Kansas. He would reportedly replace Barry Hinson as the DBO. Hinson became the head coach at Southern Illinois back in April. Sadler has been

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SVSU adds assistant

Saginaw Valley State University head men’s basketball coach Randy Baruth has announced the hiring of Chinedu Nwachukwu as the new assistant coach of the Cardinal men’s basketball program. Coach Chinedu is coming off his second season as an assistant coach at the University of Findlay. His primary responsibilities included managing the day-to-day operations of the

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