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Dernbach named Head Basketball Coach at UW Stevens Point

UW-Stevens Point athletics has named Kent Dernbach as head men’s basketball coach.  A public introduction and press conference will be held on Friday (April 28) in Marshfield Clinic Champions Hall Room 146 at 11:00 a.m. Parking regulations should be adhered to on campus as classes will be in session. “I couldn’t be more thrilled with

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Harriman named Assistant Basketball Coach at St. Louis

Chris Harriman, who served as an assistant coach at Saint Louis under Rick Majerus from 2008-12, is returning to the Billikens as an assistant coach, head coach Travis Ford announced today.   “We are excited to welcome Chris back to the Billiken family,” Ford said. “He brings an enormous amount of energy and enthusiasm to our staff.

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Daily Dirt – 4/27/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things that I’ve heard… I can confirm that Mount St. Mary’s assistant Matt Miller is on the move, and has landed on the staff at Loyola Maryland. Miller had been at The Mount for the past four seasons, and was the head coach at St. Maria Goretti High School (MD)

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Karleskint named Assistant Basketball Coach at Abilene Christian

Former Central Missouri head coach Doug Karleskint has been named as an assistant coach at Abilene Christian University. There has not been a formal press release from the school, but the men’s basketball account tweeted the following earlier today: Karleskint resigned at D2 Central Missouri back on March 1st, after a nine year run at

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Plymouth St. MBB assistant Arsenault takes over Panthers WBB program

Plymouth State University alumnus Curtis Arsenault ’17 will take the reins as the next head coach of the women’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Kim Bownes announced on Thursday. Arsenault, a 1,000-point scorer for the men’s program who played from 2013-17, replaces Leah Swanson, who resigned following the season after four years at the helm. Arsenault spent the last two years as

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OFFICIAL: Huff named Head Basketball Coach at D2 Edward Waters

Following-up on something that I mentioned earlier this morning (SMALL COLLEGE DIRT). D2 Edward Waters has officially named Cabral Huff as their new men’s basketball head coach. Here’s the statement from the school: Edward Waters Associate Vice President/Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Ivana Rich has announced the selection of Cabral Huff as the new head

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REPORT: UIW to hire CMU’s Heirman

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Multiple reports have Incarnate Word set to hire Central Michigan assistant Shane Heirman as their new head coach. Heirman was listed in our final seven candidates back on 4/19. Heirman had been at CMU for the past two seasons, and spent four years at DePaul before that. Prior to his time

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Gonzalez promoted to Head Basketball Coach at D2 Texas A&M-Kingsville

With the departure of Johnny Estelle (D2 DIRT), Texas A&M-Kingsville has promoted Omar Gonzalez to to position of head coach. Here’s the press release from TAMUK: Omar Gonzalez has been named the 17th head coach of the Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s basketball program as announced by Javelina Athletics on Wednesday morning.  Gonzalez takes over the program after serving

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OFFICIAL: Van Zelst named Head Coach at Cabrini

Following up on something that HoopDirt first reported yesterday (D3 DIRT). Cabrini University has officially named Ryan Van Zelst as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here’s the release from the school: Cabrini University, Cabrini University Athletics, and Vice President of Athletics and Student Engagement, Kate Corcoran are thrilled to announce the hiring of Ryan Van Zelst

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SMALL COLLEGE DIRT: LSUA + EWU set to hire new Head Basketball Coaches

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A couple of small colleges about to make new hires… I can confirm that D2 Edward Waters University (FL) will hire Cabral Huff as their new head men’s basketball coach. Huff has been the head coach at Vorhees University (SC) since 2020. He also spent time as an assistant coach at

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Whitney named Head Basketball Coach at SUNY Corning CC

Jason Whitney has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at SUNY Corning Community College. Whitney, an Avon student-athlete and native, replaces Isaac Bushey who served as the Head Coach for the last 9 seasons. Bushey took over as the Red Barons women’s head basketball coach after the 2022-23 season. SUNY Corning men’s basketball

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D3 DIRT: Cabrini set to hire current D3 Head Coach

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that D3 Cabrini University will name Ryan Van Zelst as their new head men’s basketball coach. Van Zelst spent last season as the head coach at nearby Penn State Abington, where he went 18-9 (11-5 United East). Before his time at Abington, spent seven seasons (2015-21) as an

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