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“Staying Committed to this Mentality is Powerful”

HoopDirt.com Guest Blog “Staying Committed to this Mentality is Powerful” – Alan Major  I love driving.  Something about a new journey of being on the road, the expectation and excitement of going somewhere….I just love it.  Probably because journeys are a fabric of life, and something we all have in common.  As most of you know,

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Rogers Added to Oklahoma Baptist Men’s Basketball Staff

Zac Rogers has been named assistant coach on the Oklahoma Baptist men’s basketball staff. Rogers spent the last season at Division II Midwestern State in the Lone Star Conference. “Today is another significant day for our players in hiring Zac Rogers to be our assistant coach,” said head coach Jason Eaker. “We are impressed with his family, character, and

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Travis Steele Adds More Experience To His Xavier Basketball Staff

Xavier University Sedler Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach Travis Steele announced today that Matthew Graves has been hired as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Graves, who was an assistant coach at Evansville this past season, spent five years as the head coach at the University of South Alabama.  “I have known Matthew for

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Columbia tabs Levine as Assistant Basketball Coach

Justin Levine will join the Columbia men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach fourth-year head coach Jim Engles announced today. Levine comes to the Lions after spending four seasons, the last two as video coordinator, at Virginia Commonwealth University. “Justin’s accomplished a lot in a short amount of time in this business,” Engles said. “He

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Farrelly promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Hofstra

Hofstra University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich announced today that Mike Farrelly has been promoted to associate head coach of the Pride. Farrelly will be entering his seventh season at Hofstra in 2019-20.  “There is no one more deserving of this promotion than Mike,” commented Mihalich. “He is extremely knowledgeable and his forward-thinking as

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Hinshaw named Assistant Basketball Coach at Talladega College

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Talladega College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Wright announced the hiring of Jeff Hinshaw as his top assistant coach. “I feel extremely blessed to be able to add Jeff Hinshaw to our staff,” said Coach Wright. “He is a tremendous person that I have a great deal of trust and respect for. I have no

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Sam Houston State Dirt…

Following up on something that I tweeted earlier tonight… I can confirm that Sam Houston State assistant Chuck Taylor has departed the staff and will enter the private sector. Taylor had been on the Bearkats staff since 2016. Prior to coming to SHSU, he served as an assistant at North Carolina Central and also spent

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How Dr. Dish Helped Build this Freshman of the Year & State Tournament Team

At Dr. Dish Basketball our #1 goal is to help build legacies and accelerate skill development faster than ever.  And nothing makes us more happy than seeing and hearing about our user’s success. Recently, we came across an article of a player named Chase Cormier of St. Pius X  High School in the Atlanta, Georgia

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Xavier Dirt…

Xavier will name current Evansville assistant Matthew Graves as their new Special Assistant to the head coach. Graves joined the Evansville staff prior to last season after spending five seasons as the head coach at South Alabama (65-96). Prior to heading to USA, Graves had spent 17 years at Butler both as a player, and also

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The KTS Coaching Clinic – 9/14/19 – Elizabeth City State University

Event: The KTS Coaching Clinic  Location:Elizabeth City State UniversityR. L. Vaughan Center1704 Weeksville Rd.Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Date: 9/14/19 Time: 10 am – 2 pm Cost:Early Bird Rate$25 ( July 31st – September 6th ) Registration$40 ( September 7th – September 14th ) Staff Rate (Up 5 Coaches) $100*Send Email To [email protected] to arrange payment for

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Galfsky added to VMI Basketball staff as Assistant Coach

Ander Galfsky will begin his first season on the VMI basketball staff as an assistant coach after arriving from Campbell University where he served three years. At Campbell, Galfsky served as Director of Basketball Operations and played a vital role in a program under head coach Kevin McGeehan that reached post-season play in three consecutive

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Cal State San Marcos adds Ellis as Assistant Basketball Coach

 Cal State San Marcos men’s basketball head coach BJ Foster announced the hiring of Adam Ellis as the team’s new assistant coach on Friday. Ellis comes to CSUSM after spending three seasons at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. “I’m very excited for Adam to join the program,” Foster said. “He’s been successful at every stop along

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