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DAILY DIRT – 4/18/24

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Headed out of Charlotte today – next stop Montreal. Should be interesting… Trying to catch-up on a few quick things that I’ve heard: Nelson Terroba will join Rob Lanier’s new staff at Rice as an assistant. The Texas native has most recently been the head coach of the Head Coach Calgary

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Pacific names Wilson assistant basketball coach

The first staffing hire of the Dave Smart era was made Thursday with the hiring of Clay Wilson as Assistant Coach. Wilson, a former Ivy League student-athlete at Princeton, served as Director of Player Development last season at Texas Tech on the same staff as Smart. They helped the Red Raiders advance to the NCAA

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Cabrera named Head Basketball Coach at Richard Bland College

Guillermo “Will” Cabrera, has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Richard Bland College of William & Mary. The announcement came from Scott Newton, Director of Student Life & Athletics. Cabrera brings a wealth of knowledge to Richard Bland, both as a player and coach. He was a three year student-athlete at Messiah

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Kirkwood CC Basketball Staff Update

Kirkwood head coach Tim Sandquist announced Thursday that Tyler Francis has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. Francis is entering his sixth season on the Eagles’ coaching staff, having served as an assistant coach over the past five seasons. “Tyler Francis has been by my side since day one,” said Sandquist. “He has been instrumental

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Simmons named Assistant Basketball Coach at Western Carolina

A local prep standout and a Western Carolina legacy, Jackson Simmons has returned to Catamount men’s basketball as a part of first-year head coach Tim Craft’s inaugural staff at WCU. Simmons, whose parents both played basketball for the Purple & Gold, was the director of basketball operations for the Catamounts from July 2017 through April

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D3 North Park opens; Smith takes D1 assistant job

After two seasons leading the North Park men’s basketball team, Sean Smith has accepted an assistant coaching job at a Division I institution.  “I would like to thank Coach Sean Smith for his leadership over the past two years, said John Born, North Park’s Director of Athletics. “His hard work and dedication uplifted the men’s

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May announces six new basketball staff members at Michigan

David and Meredith Kaplan Basketball Head Coach Dusty May announced Thursday (April 18) the addition of six new members of his basketball staff. The new staff members include:• Mike Boynton Jr., assistant coach• Justin Joyner, assistant coach• Akeem Miskdeen, assistant coach• Kyle Church, assistant coach/general manager• Drew Williamson, assistant coach/director of player development• Brandon Gilbert, special assistant to the head coach Mike Boynton Jr.

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Jackson promoted to Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Indian River State College

Indian River State College Athletics has announced the promotion of Travis “TJ” Jackson to Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball program following the departure of past Head Coach, Bill Morosco, who accepted the same position at Lynn University. In only eight months with the college, Jackson proved worthy of the promotion with his work ethic,

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Swartz added to Georgia Southern Basketball staff

Georgia Southern men’s basketball head coach Charlie Henry has added Julian Swartz to his staff as an assistant coach. “I am extremely grateful to Coach Henry and Georgia Southern for this wonderful opportunity,” Swartz said. “I’m very excited to help the program pursue excellence in all we do.” Swartz, a 20-year coaching veteran, including 13 years on

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JUCO NEWS: Gulf Coast State hires Below as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Gulf Coast State College has hired Lane Below as the new Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Below brings a wealth of experience and a passion for basketball to his role as the new Head Coach for the Gulf Coast State College Men’s Basketball program. Having served as an Assistant Coach for the Chipola Indians since 2022,

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D2 NEWS: Banks named Interim Head Coach at Johnson C. Smith

Johnson C. Smith University President, Dr. Valerie Kinloch has announced Mr. Antwain Banks as the Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach. His appointment, which is on an interim basis for the year, is effective May 15, 2024. Banks will be reporting directly to Dr. Denisha Hendricks (new Athletics Director). Coach Banks spent three seasons at Indiana University-Purdue University

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Mount St. Mary’s Basketball Search Update II

Following-up on something that I Tweeted last night…here’s another update on the Mount St. Mary’s search… Earlier this week, I mentioned three finalists for the job: Mike Farrelly – Assistant Coach Notre Dame Donny Lind – Assistant Coach UNC Greensboro Nevada Smith – Assistant Coach Marquette I can now confirm through multiple sources that Swarthmore

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