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WKU Basketball Staff Update

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Western Kentucky University Hilltopper Basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Monday the hiring of Phil Cunningham as associate head coach and Marcus Grant as assistant coach on his staff. “We’re excited to have both Phil and Marcus be a part of our staff,” Stansbury said. “I’ve known Phil for the majority of my life. I

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Rodgers elevated to Head Basketball Coach at MMI

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When Marion Military Institute head basketball coach, Philip Stitt, announced that he was leaving for the same position at Langston University, it didn’t take long for MMI’s Director of Athletics, Michelle Ivey, to find his replacement.  Timothy Rodgers, who served as an assistant coach the last two years under Stitt has been named the Head

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Wyllie joins Basketball staff at Olney Central College

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Casey Wyllie has joined the Olney Central College coaching staff after serving the last two years as the Director of Basketball Operations at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. While working at SIUE, Wyllie was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program including weekly schedules, planning and coordinating team travel, academics, and budget management. Wyllie

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Lamar Basketball Staff Update

Joey Cantafio has been promoted to full-time assistant coach, and Thomas Strine has been hired as director of operations announced Lamar University head men’s basketball coach Tic Price. Cantafio is entering his third season with the program. “I’ve had the honor and privilege of watching Joey work for the past couple of years,” said Price. “When you’re

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Camp Sucks

“Camp sucks.” Or at least that’s what I’ve heard a handful of times lately. Look, I’ve been there, and I get it.  Running a camp is hard.  Even if you have a large staff of coaches plenty of support, there’s a lot to juggle.   You need trainers available, coolers full, and concession stand stocked. You

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University of Massachusetts Staff Update

University of Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Matt McCall announced today two new assistant coach hires, the promotion of Lucious Jordan to assistant coach, and several staff reorganizations. Tony Bergeron and Tyson Wheeler have both been hired as the two new assistant coaches. “We have been very fortunate to add people like Tony Bergeron and

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Tim Koenig Named Fairmont State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Fairmont State University Director of Athletics Chad Fowler announced today that Tim Koenig has been named the program’s 13th head men’s basketball coach. Koenig, the 2019 Mountain East Conference Coach of the Year, comes to Fairmont State after six years as head men’s basketball coach at Notre Dame College. Koenig takes over the program after

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Grantz Hired as Missouri Baptist University Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Looking to assemble a versatile coaching staff, first-year Missouri Baptist University head men’s basketball coach Preston Ingram now has the first puzzle piece in place. On Friday, Dr. Thomas Smith, Associate Vice President & Director of Athletics, announced the hiring of Andrew Grantz as assistant men’s basketball coach. “I am very excited that God is

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Kelsey Announces Dave Davis As Associate Head Coach at Winthrop

Winthrop head men’s basketball coach Pat Kelsey announced the hiring of veteran coach Dave Davis as associate head coach for men’s basketball Friday afternoon, with a start date of July 1.  Davis has 28 years of experience as a head coach and comes to the Eagles after nine seasons at the helm of Newberry College

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Daily Dirt – 6/28/19

A bunch of things to close out the week… I mentioned back on 6/3 that Chinedu Nwachukwu was the leader for the opening at Dartmouth. I have heard that he was offered the job, but will now be headed to Youngstown State instead. He had been on John Beilein’s staff since 2016-17, and was the

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Schilling departs Indiana Basketball staff

 Indiana University men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller has announced that Ed Schilling will not remain as an assistant coach for the Hoosiers and will look to pursue other opportunities in basketball. “I appreciate Ed for his hard work and dedication to our program and wish nothing but the best for him and his family,”

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JUCO DIRT: Moberly Assistant to be named as new Head Coach at Colby CC

I can confirm that Moberly Area CC (MO) assistant coach Rusty Elmore will be named as the new head basketball coach at Colby CC (KS). He will replace Rusty Grafel who is headed to Texas Tech in an administrative role. Elmore joined the MACC staff after serving as an assistant at Vincennes University. He has

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