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Daily Dirt II – 4/13/12

Two more quick things that I just heard…. It sounds like Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenburg is losing another assistant. Word on the street is that James Johnson is headed to Clemson to replace Rick Ray (newly hired head coach at Mississippi State). Greenburg lost assistant Robert Ehsan and DBO Jeff Wilbrun to UAB

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HOT RUMOR: Boone to Delta State

It sounds like Delta State will hire West Virginia Wesleyan head coach Jim Boone. According to my source, the announcement will take place this afternoon. Boone, who was a DI head coach at Eastern Michigan and Robert Morris, went 22-9 this past season (his first at WVWC). He is 430-328 in 26 seasons as a

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Ferry names staff at Duquesne

First-year Duquesne University head men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry announced today Brian Nash (associate head coach), Rich Glesmann (assistant coach), and Danny Lawson (DBO) have joined his staff. Nash was the head coach at Saint Francis, N.Y. from 2005-06 through 2009-10. He spent last season as an assistant at Fairfield University. Glesmann just completed his

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Daily Dirt – 4/12/12

So Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion…… I’m just throwing this out there now – I’m willing to listen to anyone who wants to buy HoopDirt for $1 billion. Let the bidding begin… It has been a crazy 24 hours in the “dirt” world. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard. • Multiple

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Tulsa Staff Update

New Tulsa head coach Danny Manning announced Thursday that he has hired Brett Ballard and Steve Woodberry to be assistants on his coaching staff. Ballard spent the last two seasons as the head coach at Baker University and was previously on the Kansas staff with Manning. Woodberry was an assistant at Missouri State for the

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Winthrop Hires Assistants

Winthrop men’s basketball head coach Pat Kelsey has announced that Mark Prosser and Brian Thornton will join his staff as assistant coaches. We had this last week (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/7dc1b51f/daily-dirt-ii-4-4-12/…). Thanks for the tip. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Northern Arizona Hires Coach

Northern Arizona has named Memphis assistant Jack Murphy as its new head men’s basketball coach. Murphy takes over for Dave Brown, who was the interim coach last season after Mike Adras left the program in early December. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.

Daily Dirt II – 4/12/12

Another busy day here at the HD World HQ! Here’s the second Daily Dirt of the day….. • Colorado State has scheduled a 4:00 press conference for this afternoon where they are expected to announce their next head coach. The choice will be Craig Neal, I mean Ernie Kent, no wait, now it’s Larry Eustachy,

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Daily Dirt – 4/11/12

Some mid-week “dirt”…. The search at Brown will finally begin to heat up. Late last week, Brown finally hired an AD – they brought in Jack Hayes, who had been the AD at Hofstra. Eventhough he won’t officially start at Brown until July 1st, he said that he will address the basketball situation quickly and

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LSU update

I mentioned yesterday that I felt that North Texas head coach Johnny Jones was at the top of the list at LSU (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/5a068d1b/early-lsu-rumors/…). Looks like there is some merit to that – Jones has officially interviewed with AD Joe Alleva according to multiple sources. The interview most likely took place late yesterday. I’ve also heard

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