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OFFICIAL: Dowling added as assistant coach at K-State

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Newly-minted Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang announced the first member of his coaching staff on Tuesday (March 29) with the addition of Jareem Dowling as assistant coach. “Jareem is an outstanding addition to the staff and I’m excited to welcome him, his wife Cierra and daughter Laiya to K-State,” said Tang. “I have known Jareem for a long

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Nuness elevated to Assistant Coach at Baylor

Baylor has announced the promotion of Special Assistant and Director of Player Development Jared Nuness to assistant coach. Nuness just wrapped up his 12th year on the Baylor basketball staff and his fifth season as special assistant & director of player development in 2021-22. Nuness was promoted to his current position prior to the 2017-18

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Daily Dirt – 3/29/22

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) No secret here…after not getting the New Mexico State job, James Miller is headed to Mississippi State with Chris Jans. Miller has been with Jans for the past four seasons, and has also been an assistant at Arkansas State and Omaha. He went 77-23 in three seasons as the head coach

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Colgate’s Langel signs long-term extension

Head Colgate University Men’s Basketball Coach Matt Langel has agreed to a contract extension at the University through 2030, announced Tuesday by Vice President and Director of Athletics Nicki Moore.  The contract extension comes on the heels of another historic men’s basketball season. In his 11th year at the helm, Langel guided the program to its third 20-win season,

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OFFICIAL: Hovde named Assistant Basketball Coach at Florida

Following-up on something that I mentioned in yesterday’s DAILY DIRT II. Richmond assistant Kevin Hovde has now officially been named as an assistant at Florida. Here’s the full release: Florida has hired Kevin Hovde as an assistant coach in men’s basketball, head coach Todd Golden announced on Tuesday. Hovde comes to Florida after most recently helping Richmond

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UPDATE: Albany issues statement on Killings situation

Earlier today, news surfaced on an investigation surrounding Dwayne Killings at Albany (more HERE). Albany has since released a statement addressing the situation: More on this story as it continues to develop.

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Konkol adds two to Tulsa MBB staff

The University of Tulsa Head Basketball Coach Eric Konkol announced appointments to his coaching staff today. Joining Konkol are two members from his Louisiana Tech staff – assistant coach Desmond Haymon and director of basketball operations Josh Wolfe. Haymon and Wolfe each spent three years (2019-22) under Konkol at LA Tech, helping lead the Bulldogs to a 70-26

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OFFICIAL: Louisiana Tech set to introduce Hester as new Head Basketball Coach

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Following up on several REPORTS from today…Louisiana Tech has released a statement regarding the hiring of Talvin Hester as their new head men’s basketball coach. The former LA Tech assistant spent last season on the staff at Texas Tech. Here’s the release from Louisiana Tech: Louisiana Tech will hold a press conference Tuesday at noon

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Arkansas State assistant Scutero resigns

Arkansas State assistant men’s basketball coach Mike Scutero has announced his resignation. Scutero had been on Mike Balado’s staff at ASU for the past five seasons. His previous stops included, Arkansas State (2014-16), Kennesaw State (2013-14), Middle Tennessee (2009-13) and Odessa Junior College (2004-09). The veteran assistant released the following statement on Twitter:

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Albany’s Killings on leave pending investigation

According to a report by Jeff Goodman, and our own digging, Albany head coach Dwayne Killings is currently on paid administrative leave due to an investigation into an altercation involving a player. The incident, which reportedly occurred after an early season game involved Killings allegedly striking one of his players. It is unclear at this

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D3 DIRT: NYU set to open

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Dagan Nelson will step away as the head men’s basketball coach at D3 NYU. Nelson was hired as the head coach at NYU back in the spring of 2018. In his four years with the Violets, he went 30-45 (.400). His team did not

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