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Louisiana Tech MBB Administrative Staff Update

Louisiana Tech Men’s Basketball head coach Talvin Hester added to his support staff on Friday with addition of Dave Nedbalek as video coordinator and Austin Joyner as recruiting coordinator. “I am really excited to add Dave and Austin to the Bulldog Family,” said Hester.  “Dave coming from Oral Roberts and Austin coming from Baylor bring a winning pedigree to our staff.”

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Missouri State Basketball Staff Update

Missouri State men’s basketball head coach Dana Ford announced today the addition of Chris Lowery and Bertram “Buzzy” Caruthers III to his staff. Lowery will take on the role of special assistant to the head coach and will join the staff on May 1. Caruthers will serve as an assistant coach on the Missouri State staff. Ford also announced

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Bailey joins Queens Charlotte MBB coaching staff

Queens University of Charlotte head men’s basketball coach, Grant Leonard, has added former standout men’s basketball player, Dan Bailey, to his staff as an assistant coach.  Bailey comes back to his alma mater with a wealth of knowledge in coaching, skills and the game of basketball, as he has spent the past nine years as a

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West named Assistant Basketball Coach at UDC

The University of the District of Columbia’s men’s head basketball coach Mike Riley has announced the hiring of William West as the new assistant coach. West comes to UDC with six years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. He first served as an assistant coach at Prince Georges Community College from 2016-18, before being

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Payne adds Manning to Louisville Basketball staff

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Danny Manning, who has served as a collegiate head or assistant coach for 15 years and is one of the premier players in college basketball history, has joined the University of Louisville men’s basketball staff as associate head coach under the Cardinals’ first-year head coach Kenny Payne. Manning has nearly nine years of head coaching experience, having

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OFFICIAL: Taylor to Elon

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I mentioned Billy Taylor and his involvement at Elon in today’s Daily Dirt. That move is now official. Here’s the release from Elon: Elon University Director of Athletics Dave Blank has named veteran coach Billy Taylor as the 19th head coach of the men’s basketball program. With 14 years of head coaching experience, including 11 at the NCAA

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HoopDirt.com 2021-22 NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions

For Immediate ReleaseApril 15, 2022 By AJ Nelson, HoopDirt.com staff writer Providence College head basketball coach Ed Cooley has been named as the HoopDirt.com NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2021-22 college basketball season. Cooley qualified for the award by being named as the HoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week for

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Paris Completes Gamecock Staff With Veteran Assistant Hire

Head coach Lamont Paris completed his first staff leading South Carolina Gamecock men’s basketball with the hiring of veteran assistant coach Tim Buckley on Thursday. Buckley has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at UNLV (2019-22). “Tim and I have had a tremendous mutual respect for one another for a long time,” Paris said.

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Summers named Associate Head Coach at Miami (OH)

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Rob Summers has been named associate head coach for the Miami Men’s Basketball program, head coach Travis Steele announced today. Summers comes to Miami after serving the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Cleveland State. “I am really excited to add Rob Summers to the Miami Basketball family,” said Steele. “He brings head coaching experience to the program and

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Edwards named Associate Head Coach at UMass

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No secret here, as I’ve talked about this one for a while – the hiring of Allen Edwards at UMass is now official. Here’s the press release from the school: Massachusetts basketball head coach Frank Martin announced the addition of Allen Edwards, contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, as an associate head coach on

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Official: McGarvey Joins Lafayette College Staff as Associate Head Coach

Lafayette College men’s basketball head coach Mike Jordan has named Mike McGarvey as the program’s associate head coach heading into the 2022-23 season. McGarvey comes to College Hill after a four-year tenure as the head men’s basketball coach at Lycoming College after leading the program to three-straight MAC Freedom Conference championship games, including two conference crowns. McGarvey

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KJ Baptiste Joins FGCU Men’s Basketball Staff as Assistant Coach

Head coach Pat Chambers announced today the addition of Karl “KJ” Baptiste, Jr., as an assistant coach for the FGCU men’s basketball program. Baptiste joins the Eagles after spending the past season as the Director of Recruiting and Video at Albany. “KJ brings a passion and enthusiasm every day which helps naturally elevate everyone around him,”

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