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OFFICIAL: Colorado Christian parts ways with Hironaka

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Following up on HoopDirt.com’s D2 DIRT from earlier today. Colorado Christian has made it official by announcing that they have parted ways with head men’s basketball Jeff Hironaka. The statement released by the college is below: Colorado Christian will begin a national search for a new men’s basketball head coach. Effective immediately Jeff Hironaka will

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Montana State Billings assistant basketball coach resigns

Montana State University Billings Yellowjackets men’s basketball assistant coach Bobby Howard has resigned his post effective Friday March, 13. Howard completed his second year as an assistant for the Yellowjackets in 2019-20. Prior to his time at MSUB, Howard served as assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks for four years alongside

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Ghiloni announces retirement as Denison men’s basketball coach; Sullivan promoted to head coach

After 18 years leading the Denison University men’s basketball team, Bob Ghiloni announced his retirement as the program’s head coach.  Ghiloni will maintain his faculty status as a professor in the department of health, exercise and sport studies at Denison.  Associate head coach Chris Sullivan has been promoted to head coach of the men’s basketball

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Ivy League Cancels Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments

The Ivy League has issued the following statement on the cancellation of their upcoming men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, as well as spectator limitations for other sports: With the health of students as well as the campus and the general community in mind, the Ivy League Presidents have decided to cancel the upcoming Ivy League

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Platt retires as Head Basketball Coach at Huntington U.

Ty Platt, head coach of the Huntington University men’s basketball team, has announced his retirement, effective this spring. The announcement took place at the men’s basketball annual end-of-the-year banquet, the conclusion of the 2019-2020 season and Platt’s 29th year of coaching basketball. “It has been an honor to be the head men’s basketball coach at Huntington University

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D2 DIRT: Hironaka out at Colorado Christian

I teased this one last night on Twitter, and can now confirm it… According to multiple sources, Jeff Hironaka is out as the head men’s basketball coach at Colorado Christian University after just three seasons. After a very successful run as the head coach at Seattle Pacific (134-67 in seven seasons), Hironaka struggled in his

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OFFICIAL: Boone named Head Basketball Coach at Central Arkansas

Following up on a report from earlier today. It’s now been made official that Anthony Boone has had the interim tag removed, and is now the head basketball coach at Central Arkansas. Here’s the release: University of Central Arkansas interim head basketball coach Anthony Boone has a new title as of Monday. He is officially the head

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Kline Will Not Return at Arkansas Tech

Chad Kline, head men’s basketball coach at Arkansas Tech University, will not return for the 2020-21 season. Kline was named the 22nd head coach in ATU men’s basketball history on June 2, 2014. He had previously served as assistant coach for the Wonder Boys basketball program from 2011-14. “We are appreciative of Chad’s many contributions

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Jeffers retires at Johnson County CC (KS)

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The Hall of Fame career of Johnson County Community College (KS) head coach Mike Jeffers came to a close, as his Cavaliers fell to cross-town rival Kansas City Kansas 75-68 in the Region VI Championship at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kan.  Jeffers, who announced prior to the start of the season he would

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OFFICIAL: Edwards not retained at Wyoming

As promised earlier, here is the official statement from the University of Wyoming on the dismissal of head men’s basketball coach Allen Edwards: University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Monday that head men’s basketball coach Allen Edwards will not be retained as coach of the Wyoming Cowboys.  Edwards will be paid for the

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Wyoming fires Allen Edwards

Waiting for the official press release, but Wyoming has fired Allen Edwards today. In four seasons with the Cowboys, Edwards went 60-76 (.441), but after winning 43 games in his first two years, he was only able to manage 17 in his final two seasons. The Cowboys recently won their first two games in the

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Air Force parts ways with Pilipovich

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The Air Force Academy has parted ways with head men’s basketball coach Dave Pilipovich, Director of Athletics Nathan Pine announced today. Pilipovich took over the program midway through the 2011-12 season and just completed his eighth year as head coach and 13th overall at the Academy. Air Force finished the 2019-20 season with a 12-20 record, including a

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