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Eastern Illinois Hires Assistant

Eastern Illinois head men’s basketball coach Jay Spoonhour has announced the hiring of Rand Chappell as an assistant coach on the Panthers men’s basketball staff. Chappell replaces Bob Sundvold who accepted the head coaching position at NCAA Division II Missouri-St. Louis last week. Chappell has ties to the Spoonhour family going back to his playing

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OFFICIAL: Cunningham to Carroll

Mentioned this earlier today in the blog – thanks to great sources for getting us out in front of this one… Dr. Carson Cunningham, the head boys’ basketball coach at Andrean High School in Indiana, has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Carroll College, announced Saints’ Director of Athletics Bruce Parker Monday.

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Tigers Hoops Recommends Kirby

Robert Kirby, who spent 17 of his 28 previous years as an NCAA Division I assistant in the Southeastern Conference, has been recommended to join the University of Memphis men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Josh Pastner announced Tuesday. Kirby’s hiring is pending approval of the University and Tennessee State Board of

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OFFICIAL: Devitt out at Wentworth

I blogged about this earlier today – here’s the official press release from Wentworth on the departure of head coach Tom Devitt: Wentworth Institute of Technology Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Devitt has announced that he has left the Institute after 11 seasons as the head coach and 14 years on the Leopard staff. "It

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Marist staff update

Marist head men’s basketball coach Jeff Bower announced the hiring of three assistant coaches on Monday: Paul Lee, Eugene Burroughs and Brian Adams. “Putting together this staff has been a very energizing experience,” Bower said. “I feel we have put together a group of coaches that have strengths that fit together and levels of commitment

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Daily Dirt – 5/20/13

Some "dirt" to kick off the week… • I have heard that Wright State assistant Chris Moore is in the mix for an assistant spot at Nebraska. It sounds like he interviewed late last week to fill Ben Johnson’s spot on Tim Miles staff. Johnson departed earlier this spring for Minnesota. Moore has spent the

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HOT: Watkins resigns at Fisk

Fisk University announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Derek Watkins, a Fisk alumnus who finished his three-year tenure with an 18-72 overall record. From the release: “Coach Watkins will be missed. He did a great job of getting making this program competitive in his three years and we were very excited about the

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Alabama staff update

After spending the previous three seasons as the director of operations for the Alabama men’s basketball team, former standout Antoine Pettway was promoted to assistant coach, head coach Anthony Grant announced as part of several changes to his coaching staff on Monday. "Antoine’s done a great job for us," Grant said. "I think he has

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HOT: Bike retiring at Sacred Heart

Connecticut Post writer William Paxton is reporting that Dave Bike will retire as the head coach at Sacred Heart after 35 seasons. It is also being reported that assistant coach Anthony Latina will take over for him. A press conference is expected next week to make the announcement. Bike compiled a 529-499 record during his

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OFFICIAL: Smiles to LIU Post

Reported this earlier as a rumor – it’s now official… LIU Post Director of Athletics Bryan Collins announced on Monday that former Farmingdale State head coach Erik Smiles has been appointed the tenth head men’s basketball coach in the 56-year history of the Pioneers’ program. “After receiving great interest and response to our open men’s

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BREAKING: Alexander to Lipscomb

Lipscomb Athletic Director Philip Hutcheson announced on Saturday that Nashville native Casey Alexander has been hired as the 18th head coach of the Lipscomb University men’s basketball program. “Casey has been part of successful programs wherever he has been,” said Hutcheson. “But, what I’m most impressed with is his understanding of the spirit, character and

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Long named assistant at UTC

-Chattanooga Mocs new head basketball coach Will Wade is taking little time putting his staff together. His first move was retaining Casey Long as an assistant. His next one is adding a former head coach to the Mocs bench. Wes Long joins Wade from a successful five-year run as head coach at Queens University of

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