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Niagara Dirt…

I can confirm that Niagara head coach Greg Paulus has made two additions to his staff. Kevin Devitt has been hired as an assistant coach at Austin Kelley will be named as the Director of Basketball Operations. Devitt had spent the four seasons as an assistant at UAB, and also worked as an assistant at

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OFFICIAL: Flint joins Kentucky Basketball Staff

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The Kentucky men’s basketball program has added James “Bruiser” Flint – a former John Calipari assistant with more than 30 years of coaching experience – to the staff as an assistant coach. Flint will fill an opening created earlier this month when associate head coach Kenny Payne accepted an offer to join the New York

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Indiana Dirt…

Indiana head coach Archie Miller has wasted no time in replacing Bruiser Flint (departed for Kentucky) on his staff. According to a TWEET by CBS’ Jon Rothstein, Miller will hire UConn assistant Kenya Hunter as Flint’s replacement. Hunter had been on Dan Hurley’s staff at UConn since 2018. Before that, he spent five seasons at

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DAILY DIRT: Sunday Edition – 8/23/20

Finally back from a long trip up north to Maine. Catching up on a bunch of things that I’ve heard… I have heard that the leader for the vacant Director of Basketball Operations spot at Yale is Windward School (CA) assistant Matt Elkin. Before heading out west, Elkin served as an assistant at prep powerhouse

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Lowe added to UTRGV Men’s Basketball Staff

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Friday that Chris Lowe, who spent the last two seasons as a graduate student manager with the Saint Louis men’s basketball team, is now a special assistant to the head coach with the UTRGV men’s basketball program. Lowe’s responsibilities include creating video edits

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Former Bear Zach Barnes back as volunteer assistant for men’s basketball

Former Bear Zach Barnes has returned to Southwest to begin his coaching career by serving as a volunteer assistant for the men’s basketball team. Barnes attended Jim Hill High School before transferring to and graduating from Florence High School. He attended Southwest in 2015-17 and was a part of the Bears’ 2015-16 state title season. Barnes said

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Tevin Baskin Joins Saint Michael’s Men’s Basketball as Assistant Coach

Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball head coach Eric Eaton announced the hire of Tevin Baskin as the program’s full-time first assistant coach recently, as he joins Eaton and part-time assistant coach Shay Berry in rounding out the staff heading into the 2020-21 school year. Baskin spent the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons as a graduate assistant

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Nate Bahe Named Clarkson Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

The Clarkson University Athletic Department is pleased to announce that Nate Bahe has been added as an assistant coach for the Golden Knights’ Men’s Basketball program for the 2020-21 season.  A 2020 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan with a degree in Health & Physical Education, Bahe was part of a team that won 100 games in

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Swank Joins Tiffin U. Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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Tiffin men’s basketball head coach Tom Church has announced Ben Swank as his top assistant coach heading into the 2020-21 season. “I am ecstatic to be able to add Ben as my top assistant and I think he will fit seamlessly into our program,” said Church. “For the past seven years, he’s worked and learned under

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Miller Joins Oredigger Men’s Basketball Staff

Montana Tech head basketball coach Adam Hiatt announced the addition of Tyler Miller today. Miller is the program’s lead assistant coach after spending the previous six seasons at NCAA Division I member, University of Central Arkansas of the Southland Conference.  During his time as an assistant coach in Conway, Arkansas, Miller helped lead UCA to

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Carberry named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Columbia

Tobe Carberry has joined the Columbia Men’s Basketball coaching staff after a successful three-year stint at Yale, where the Bulldogs posted a 30-12 Ivy League record and earned a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. In 2019-20, Yale captured its second straight Ivy title and won 23 games overall, tying the 2015-16 team for the most in the

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Southwest Mississippi CC Basketball Staff Update

After spending 2019-20 as a volunteer assistant coach for the Southwest Mississippi CC Bears basketball team, Vince Thibodeau has been promoted to the full-time position for 2020-21. Thibodeau takes over the full-time post following the departure of Jeff Diepenbrock. Also departing the Bears’ staff is volunteer assistant Reggie Chambers. Thibodeau expressed his thanks to Bears head “Coach Bryan

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