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BREAKING: Danny Kaspar resigns at Texas State

Danny Kaspar has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at Texas State. The University released the following statement: Kaspar had been on leave from TSU since early June following allegations of insensitive racial remarks by a former player. The veteran head coach had spent the past seven seasons at Texas State, where he went

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Oregon State Dirt…

I can confirm that Gregg Gottlieb is no longer on the men’s basketball staff at Oregon State. It sounds like he was part of a cost cutting purge that has slashed a reported 23 positions within the Beavers athletics department. Gottlieb had been on Wayne Tinkle’s staff for the past six seasons, serving the first

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Ayers departs Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Staff

Notre Dame has released the following statement regarding the men’s basketball staff: Ayers had been on Mike Brey’s staff for the past four seasons, and was an assistant at Bucknell for two seasons before that. During his playing career for the Irish, Ayers saw action in 117 games, including 51 starts. He averaged 6.5 ppg,

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KTS Basketball Presents: A Basketball Conversation

Event: KTS Basketball Presents: A Basketball Conversation                                                   (Session 1) Date: 9.30.20 Time: 7pm – 8pm EST Cost: Free *To join event on zoom, email [email protected] or DM your email address to @ktsbasketball on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook Panelists: Mark Bialkoski – University of Maryland, Director of Operations  Larry Blunt – Drake University, Assistant Coach  Andre Grey –

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Ferguson promoted to Assistant Basketball Coach at Western Carolina

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Western Carolina men’s basketball head coach Mark Prosser today announced the promotion of Brett Ferguson to assistant coach. Ferguson had spent the previous two seasons as the team’s Director of Basketball Operations. He will work primarily with WCU’s wings. “We are extremely excited to have Brett on our staff as an assistant basketball coach. He truly

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Daily Dirt – 9/21/20

Catching up on a bunch of things… Scott McCloud, Jr. has been hired as a graduate assistant at Fordham. He spent last season working as an assistant at Covenat College Prep (NJ). Donnie Tyndall has added Jordan VerHulst to his staff at Chipola. VerHulst had previously worked as the the video coordinator / special assistant

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UT Tyler Men’s Basketball Completes 2020-21 Coaching Staff

UT Tyler men’s basketball head coach Louis Wilson announced the hiring of Ra’Kim Hollis to complete the program’s coaching staff for the 2020-21 season. Hollis, a native of Tyler who went on to star at Texas Southern and had a seven-year pro career in Europe, joins the previously announced hiring of assistant coach Dylan Hidalgo and

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Drake Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Drake University head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has announced the promotion of current coaching staff members Matt Gatens and Brady Ellingson to new staff roles. Gatens, who has served as the Bulldogs’ director of operations the last two seasons, moves into an assistant coaching role while Ellingson takes over the director of operations duties after

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Andrew Green named Roadrunners assistant men’s basketball coach

State Fair Community College Roadrunners Basketball Head Coach Matt Brown has announced the addition of Andrew Green as the part-time assistant men’s coach. Green brings experience from various levels, including collegiate and high school, and experience as an academic advisor and college-level instructor.  “When players are looking to be recruited, they want to be recruited

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Bowen named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Chicago State

Chicago State head men’s basketball coach Lance Irvin announced today the hiring of Justin Bowen as an assistant coach. “When hiring a coach, I look for someone articulate, knowledgeable and hardworking. Justin Bowen checks all of those boxes,” Irvin said. “Not only is he a great person, but he is also a good ‘X’ and ‘O’ coach.

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UT Martin Men’s Basketball Staff Update

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University of Tennessee at Martin head men’s basketball coach Anthony Stewart has finalized his staff for the 2020-21 season, as he announced the hiring of Jeremiah Welch, Ross Fleming, Deonte Johnson and Dillion Sneed.           A Sacramento, Calif. native, Welch will be the Skyhawks’ strength and conditioning coach. He comes to UT Martin from Clemson University, where

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D3 DIRT: Casey out at Finlandia U.

I have heard from great sources that Sam Casey is no longer the men’s basketball coach at D3 Finlandia University (MI). The 2019-20 was Casey’s only season as the head coach at Finlandia. His team struggled to a 1-23 record, but that was an improvement over the Lions 0-21 mark during the 2018-19 season. Casey

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