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Eggleston named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at RIC

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Rhode Island College has named Irving Eggleston as an assistant men’s basketball coach. He will assist Head Coach Tom Glynn with all phases of the RIC men’s basketball program. “I would first like to thank Coach Glynn for the opportunity to join his staff,” Eggleston said. “Moreover, I am very excited to soon be a

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DIII DIRT: Montclair State to hire current DIII Head Coach

I have heard from multiple sources that the new head coach at Montclair State will be Moravian College’s Justin Potts. He will replace Marlon Sears who became an assistant at Columbia back in May. This past season, Potts led Moravian to the Landmark Conference Championship, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA DIII

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JUCO DIRT: Wallace State Head Coach set to resign

I can confirm that John Meeks will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA DI Wallace State Community College (AL) in order to take a job outside of coaching. Meeks was named as the Lions coach back in 2010 after a successful run as the head coach at Louisburg College (NC). This past

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NCAA Sanctions Utah Men’s Basketball for Recruiting Violations

The NCAA today issued its infractions report on self-reported violations by the Utah men’s basketball program related to the recruitment of a student-athlete in April 2018. The University has accepted all penalties set forth in the report—most of which were self-imposed­ by the University. “The University of Utah is committed to integrity in all of

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Boateng Named CCNY Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

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The City College of New York men’s basketball head coach Sean Clores has announced the addition of Spencer Boateng as an assistant coach. Boateng comes to CCNY after spending this past season as an assistant coach at Manhattanville College. “I am thrilled to have Spencer join our staff. His strong New York City background and experience at the high

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Marcus Reed hired as West Virginia State Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

West Virginia State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bryan Poore announced Marcus Reed as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach on Tuesday morning. Reed interned with the Marshall University men’s basketball program prior to joining the Yellow Jackets. “We are excited to add Marcus to our staff,” stated Poore. “He has a variety of experiences as a

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Red Hawks hire alumnus Cannady as assistant coach

The Catawba Valley Community College men’s basketball program announces the addition of former Red Hawk standout Jalen Cannady to its coaching staff. “I am very excited to have Jalen Cannady join us as an assistant coach,” said CVCC head men’s basketball coach Bryan Garmroth. “He is very eager and excited to start coaching.  Having a

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Andrew Holmes Named Assistant Coach at Regis College

Andrew Holmes enters his first year as an assistant coach with the Regis College men’s basketball program.  Originally from Niskayuna, N.Y., Holmes was a four-year letter winner at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. He appeared in a total of 94 games during his collegiate career. In his senior season of 2017-18, he started

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Daily Dirt – 8/6/19

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Following up on something that I TWEETED earlier this morning…former Portland assistant Bob Cantu has landed at Kansas. He will serve in a non-coaching role as an advisor on Bill Self’s staff. He was at Portland from 2016 until this past spring, spent three seasons assistant at UTEP,

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“Staying Committed to this Mentality is Powerful”

HoopDirt.com Guest Blog “Staying Committed to this Mentality is Powerful” – Alan Major  I love driving.  Something about a new journey of being on the road, the expectation and excitement of going somewhere….I just love it.  Probably because journeys are a fabric of life, and something we all have in common.  As most of you know,

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Rogers Added to Oklahoma Baptist Men’s Basketball Staff

Zac Rogers has been named assistant coach on the Oklahoma Baptist men’s basketball staff. Rogers spent the last season at Division II Midwestern State in the Lone Star Conference. “Today is another significant day for our players in hiring Zac Rogers to be our assistant coach,” said head coach Jason Eaker. “We are impressed with his family, character, and

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Travis Steele Adds More Experience To His Xavier Basketball Staff

Xavier University Sedler Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach Travis Steele announced today that Matthew Graves has been hired as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Graves, who was an assistant coach at Evansville this past season, spent five years as the head coach at the University of South Alabama.  “I have known Matthew for

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