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Sondey named Head Basketball Coach at Rockland CC

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Brian Sondey was recently named as the Head Coach of the Rockland CC Men’s Basketball program. Coach Sondey comes to Rockland with an extensive coaching resume, most notably having served as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Concordia College from 2010-2018. After his time at Concordia, he moved on to hold assistant coaching positions at

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NAIA DIRT: Central Baptist College set to name new Head Basketball Coach

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Central Baptist College will promote assistant Sam Kohnke to head coach. Kohnke, who has been on the Mustangs staff since last summer, will replace his former boss Clint Galyean, who became the new head coach at NAIA Wayland Baptist University last week. Before joining the CBC

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Kentucky Men’s Basketball Adds Riley Welch as Graduate Assistant Coach

Another former Kentucky men’s basketball player in Riley Welch has been added to the UK staff as a graduate assistant coach for the 2021-22 season. Welch just concluded a two-year career with the Wildcats and graduated in May with an undergraduate degree in liberal studies. He plans to pursue a Master of Business Administration. Welch will be

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Kermit Davis Adds Longtime Coach Bobby Lutz to Ole Miss Basketball Staff

Ole Miss men’s basketball head coach Kermit Davis has announced the addition of associate athletics director Bobby Lutz to the program’s support staff. Bringing 21 years of head coaching experience that resulted in nearly 400 wins, Lutz joins the Rebels as a special assistant to Davis, directing strategic planning and analytics. “I have known Bobby for

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Sam Kirby Named Sacramento State Assistant Coach

Sam Kirby, who has 14 years of collegiate coaching experience, has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Sacramento State, it was announced today by head coach Brian Katz. Kirby takes over for former Hornet assistant Chris Walker, who recently took the same role at Cal State Fullerton after eight years with the program. No

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Drill Of The Week

In this drill Coach Tony Miller breaks down a great team shooting drill revolving around stagger screens for the shooter. Check out the full breakdown in the video below! Those who watched the NBA bubble games in 2020 know that one of the most common actions they saw were stagger screens for shooters.  stagger screen

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EAST CAROLINA DIRT: Pirates set to add veteran assistant

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that East Carolina will hire Steve DeMeo as an assistant men’s basketball coach. He will replace Steve Roccaforte who departed for Texas A&M back in June. DeMeo, a New York native with big-time national recruiting ties, had spent the past two years as an assistant

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Huggins receives contract extension at West Virginia

West Virginia University Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President Shane Lyons has announced a contract extension for men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins to serve as head coach through the 2023-24 season, with the option to continue to coach or extend his relationship with the University to June 30, 2027. The amended employment agreement takes

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UTPB Men’s Basketball Staff Update

UT Permian Basin Head Men’s Basketball Coach Kyle Tolin has announced the additions of Kris Johnson and Kory Mathis to his coaching staff. Johnson has been with Tolin for the past four seasons at the University of Arkansas-Monticello and helped lead the program to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Mathis was part of a

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Pratt Men’s Basketball Staff Update

The Pratt Institute’s Men’s Basketball Program and Head Coach Chris Thompson has announced the hiring of Hunter Remley and David Danzig as its assistant coaches for the 2021-22 season. Remley comes to Brooklyn from Utica College where he earned his bachelors degree in sports management in 2020 and his MBA in 2021. While at Utica,

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Louisville suspends Chris Mack for 6 games

The University of Louisville has issued the following press release on the suspension of head men’s basketball coach Chris Mack: The University of Louisville announced today that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Mack will be suspended without pay for six games during the upcoming 2021-2022 season. The University concluded that while Mack was a victim

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Gipe adds Director of Recruiting to title at Richmond

Director of Recruiting has been added to Will Gipe‘s title, head coach Chris Mooney announced Friday. Gipe, entering his sixth season at Richmond, has been the team’s Director of Program Development since 2019. Will Gipe‘s new title will be Director of Program Development & Recruiting.  Gipe will coordinate all aspects of Richmond basketball’s recruiting operations, including

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