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Hays to return to OC basketball as volunteer assistant coach

Legendary basketball coach Dan Hays, who guided the Oklahoma Christian men’s program for 33 seasons, will return to OC as a volunteer assistant coach, OC interim head coach Kendre Talley said Thursday. Hays will serve as a special assistant to Talley, who was named as the program’s interim coach earlier this month by Athletic Director

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Former assistant returns to Freed-Hardeman as new head coach

The Freed-Hardeman Athletic Department is excited to announce that Chester County High School boys’ basketball coach and former Freed-Hardeman assistant Drew Stutts will be taking over the men’s basketball program as its new head coach. Stutts is a native of Florence, Alabama, and he played basketball collegiately at Northwest Shoals Community College and the University

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Snow promoted to AD; Dominguez named Head Basketball Coach at New Mexico Highlands

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The new head men’s basketball coach at New Mexico Highlands is far from a stranger to Northern New Mexico as NMHU announced Wednesday that Cowboy associate head coach and Espanola, New Mexico, native Mike Dominguez has been promoted to head coach. Dominguez served as associate head coach the previous two seasons for the Cowboys –

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Daily Dirt – 4/18/19

Getting caught up on a bunch of things that I’ve heard… Early in the search at Southeast Louisiana, but sounds like one of the current assistants may be promoted to replace Jay Ladner who took over at Southern Mississippi. Should know more on this as the dust settles over the next 24 hours. From what

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Jay Ladner Named Southern Miss Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Former Southern Miss student-athlete and 1988 graduate Jay Ladner has been announced as the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Ladner, a member of the 1987 NIT championship team, previously served five years at the helm for Southeastern Louisiana, guiding the team to the 2017-18 Southland Conference regular-season title. “We are thrilled to welcome Jay Ladner and

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BREAKING: Kennesaw State Announces Amir Abdur-Rahim as Men’s Basketball Head Coach

 Director of Athletics Milton Overton and Kennesaw State University are pleased to announce the hiring of Cobb County’s own Amir Abdur-Rahim (pronounced Uh-mere ab-durr Ra-heem) to a four-year contract as the seventh head coach in KSU men’s basketball history. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Amir Abdur-Rahim and his family back home to Cobb

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Southern Illinois Staff Update

Southern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Bryan Mullins announced his staff on Wednesday, adding assistant coaches Pat Monaghan and Jevon Mamon, director of operations Ken Moses, and director of player development Connor Wheeler. They join assistant coach Brendan Mullins, who was announced on April 1. “I looked at hiring a staff like recruiting for players,”

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Looney Named Idaho State Men’s Basketball Coach

Ryan Looney has been named Idaho State’s 22nd head men’s basketball coach. Idaho State Director of Athletics Pauline Thiros made the announcement to players on Wednesday. Looney will be formally introduced at a press conference on Friday at 11 a.m. in the Quad Lounge of the Pond Student Union Building. “Coach Looney’s record of success

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Mercer Basketball Staff Update

Mercer men’s basketball head coach Greg Gary announced the hiring of three assistant coaches and a director of basketball operations on Wednesday. The hires complete Gary’s first-year coaching staff in his new role as the Bears’ head coach. Gary rounded out his coaching staff with the hiring of former Lamar associate head coach Bobby Kummer,

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OFFICIAL: Simms Named Head Basketball Coach at Clark

Following an extensive nationwide search, the Clark University Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Tyler Simms as the next Head Coach of the men’s basketball program. Director of Athletics and Recreation Trish Cronin confirmed the appointment of Simms as he will join the department in June of 2019. “We are very excited to have

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Cooper Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at NDNU

The Notre Dame de Namur men’s basketball program will welcome back a familiar face with Ryan Cooper being named as the Head Coach.  Cooper, an alumni of NDNU spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at San Jose State.   “I am really excited to bring Ryan back into the fold as the new

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Maurice Williams Named Salisbury University Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Salisbury University Director of Athletics and Recreation Dr. Gerry DiBartolo announced on Wednesday that Maurice Williams has accepted an offer to become the next head coach of the Salisbury men’s basketball program. “We are excited to have Maurice join the Sea Gull family,” DiBartolo said. “He has a wealth of coaching experience that he has

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