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Former Air Force Head Coach Lands at New Mexico

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball program has added a familiar face to its staff as Dave Pilipovich, former head coach of fellow Mountain West squad, Air Force, has been hired as the Lobos’ special assistant to the head coach, the program announced. Pilipovich, who served as head coach at Air Force for eight

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Spring Arbor University Men’s Basketball adds Luke Barber to coaching staff

Spring Arbor University head men’s basketball coach Ryan Cottingham welcomed alumnus Luke Barber to his staff as an assistant coach. Barber will help lead player development and help implement the team’s defensive system. A Canton, Michigan native, Barber played for the Cougars from 2015-2020. He played in 128 games and scored nearly 1,000 points, finishing

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Turco Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Kean

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Kelly Williams, Director of Athletics at Kean University, has announced the hiring of David Turco as the next head men’s basketball coach. Turco takes over for Adam Hutchinson who was recently promoted to Assistant Director of Internal Affairs & Student Athlete Development. Turco comes to Kean with almost 500 wins to his credit while coaching

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Daily Dirt -10/23/20

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… I can confirm through a great source that UC Riverside will hire Jordan Lee as their new Director of Basketball Operations. Lee has previously served as an assistant coach at D2 Cal State East Bay. An official announcement here is expected shortly. I have heard that Dennan Morrow

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Bross named Head Basketball Coach at Cal Maritime

California State University Maritime Academy Athletics Department has named Tim Bross as its new Men’s Head Basketball Coach.   Bross becomes the 13th head coach in the program’s history, taking over for former head coach Brendan Rooney who is now at Menlo College.   “On behalf of my family, we would like to thank Director of

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OFFICIAL: Nee added to UTRGV Basketball Staff

Following up on something that HoopDirt.com first reported back on October 8th (UTRGV DIRT). Here’s the official release on the hiring of Patrick Nee as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at UTRGV: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Thursday that Patrick Nee, who has 19 years

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BREAKING: Penn State’s Chambers resigns

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour accepted the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Pat Chambers today following an internal investigation of new allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers. The new allegations surfaced shortly after The Undefeated’s article and a review was conducted jointly by Penn State’s Affirmative Action and Athletics Integrity offices. Barbour named

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Slovenec named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at St. Thomas University

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Thirty years ago, Bernadette Mattox was hired by Rick Patino as the first woman assistant coach for a Men’s Basketball program at the University of Kentucky. In 2020, Kayla Slovenec continues to forge a path for women in men’s sports, following Mattox’s footsteps and joining the St. Thomas University Men’s Basketball program as a Graduate

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LaClair Joins Bridgewater College Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

Bridgewater College men’s basketball head coach Steve Enright has announced the addition of Sam LaClair to his coaching staff for the 2020-21 season. “Sam is a young coach who is very committed to learning the business at the college level,” said Enright. “He is very intelligent and understands the game, and should be able to

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Seltzer named Associate Head Basketball Coach at Texas State

Texas State men’s basketball interim head coach Terrence Johnson added associate head coach Bennie Seltzer to his staff announced Tuesday. “We are excited to have Bennie [Seltzer] join us,” said coach Johnson. “I have known him for over 20 years, and he is passionate and very experienced on the defensive side of the ball. His

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Collins added as DBO at New Mexico

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball program has added Aki Collins to its staff, the program announced. Collins will serve as the program’s director of operations after Ralph Davis was promoted to assistant coach in September. Collins comes to UNM after spending the last five years as an amateur evaluation scout for the Oklahoma

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Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer Richard Williams Joins Men’s Basketball Staff

Southern Miss head men’s basketball coach Jay Ladner has continued to upgrade the program as he enters his second season, this time announcing the hiring of former Final Four head coach Richard Williams as a special assistant. “To be able to add someone of Coach Williams’ stature to our staff is exciting to say the

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