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Waldo elevated to Special Assistant at SIUE

SIUE men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Barone has elevated Mike Waldo to the newly-created position of Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Waldo has been an assistant coach on the staff for three seasons. “We are fortunate to have a coach, and more importantly a person, of Mike Waldo’s caliber on staff,” Barone said. “His ability to make everyone around

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Bill Phillips Promoted to Delaware Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach

University of Delaware men’s basketball head coach Martin Ingelsby has announced the promotion of Bill Phillips to associate head coach. Phillips, who primarily works with the Blue Hen post players, arrived in Newark along with Ingelsby in the summer of 2016. He will begin his sixth season on the men’s basketball staff this fall. Delaware

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Ragin Named Video Coordinator For Gamecock Men’s Hoops

University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Wednesday that John Ragin has been named video coordinator for the Gamecocks.  Ragin has been a member of the men’s basketball program since the 2015-16 campaign. “John has been with us for a long time, as a player, and obviously his playing career was

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Former USC Upstate Head Coach Eddie Payne passes away

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Longtime USC Upstate men’s basketball coach Eddie Payne passed in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 7, 2021, following a sudden illness. The family has not announced service arrangements at this time.   Payne, who took over the Spartans program in 2002, led the men’s basketball program for 15 seasons and amassed 227 wins while

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Stoudamire headed to the Celtics; Perry named Head Coach at Pacific

Leonard Perry, associate head basketball coach at University of the Pacific and a former NCAA head coach and NBA assistant, has been named head coach of the Pacific men’s basketball program. Perry replaces Damon Stoudamire, who announced today that he has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Boston Celtics. “I am truly excited to

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Kindle tabbed Head Basketball Coach at Southwestern CC

Southwestern Community College announced today Reginald Kindle Jr. will be the college’s next men’s basketball coach. Kindle was on campus today to meet Southwestern employees. Kindle comes to Southwestern from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, where he has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator since April 2019. Prior to Peru State, Kindle was

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Shewmaker named Head Basketball Coach at Bryant & Stratton (Albany)

Michael Shewmaker has been named Assistant Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Head Coach of Bryant & Stratton. He comes from Norwich University where he was Assistant Coach of the Men’s Basketball Team from 2019-2020-2021 Seasons. In the three seasons Shewmaker was there, he helped develop a Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-League player and a 1,000 point

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Northern Vermont University–Johnson hires Alfred Johnson as new Head Basketball Coach

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Northern Vermont University–Johnson and NVU Badger Athletics are excited to announce that Alfred Johnson has been named as the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach / Assistant Athletic Director for the Badger Men’s Basketball program. Coach Johnson comes to the Badgers from Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina where he was the Assistant Men’s Basketball

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Tyler Underwood Joins Illinois Basketball Staff

Illinois head coach Brad Underwood announced the hiring of Tyler Underwood to the Fighting Illini staff as director of recruiting and scouting. Tyler Underwood recently concluded a six-year college career, including the last four years at Illinois. He appeared in 40 career games over three seasons as a Fighting Illini. Underwood was part of the

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OFFICIAL: McGraw named Head Basketball Coach at Elmira

Following up on something that HoopDirt.com first mentioned back on 6/29 (DAILY DIRT: New York Edition). Nebraska Wesleyan assistant Casey McGraw has officially been named as the head men’s basketball coach at Elmira. Here is the official release from the college: Elmira College Interim Director of Athletics Rhonda Faunce is pleased to announce former national

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Lee Promoted to Full-Time Assistant for Men’s Basketball

Southeastern University Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin Lubbers promoted Randy Lee to a full-time position as an assistant coach on his staff for the coming season. Lee enters his 29th year coaching basketball this season with 22 of those at the collegiate level which includes six at Southeastern in two different stints. Twice, Lee has been on

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