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Greensboro College Chief Operations Officer and acting Director of Athletics, Dr. Robin Daniel, announced the hiring of Jim Cantamessa as Greensboro College’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. “Jim is an unassuming and humble individual who’s behind the scenes contributions to men’s basketball and our athletics program did not go unnoticed,” Daniel said. “The Greensboro
Charleston Southern head men’s basketball coach Barclay Radebaugh is welcoming back another one of the Buccaneers’ all-time greats to the coaching staff as he announced the addition of Saah Nimley as an assistant coach on Wednesday morning. Nimley takes the place of former teammate Arlon Harper who left CSU following the 2018-19 season to pursue
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Following up on some DIRT from last night. Wheeling Jesuit University has released the following statement on the resignation of head basketball coach John Peckinpaugh: Citing family and personal reasons, John Peckinpaugh will resign as the head men’s basketball coach at Wheeling Jesuit University. Peckinpaugh has accepted a coaching job at Noblesville High School in
Some mid-week DIRT…. I have heard that Julius Allen will join Kevin Broadus’ new staff at Morgan State. The pair had previously worked together from 2007-09 at Binghamton. Allen is a veteran assistant who has also worked at South Florida, Howard, Northeastern, Towson, McNeese State and Long Island University. I can confirm that BJ Ivey
University of Iowa Head Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff, replacing the position previously occupied by Andrew Francis. Taylor joins the Hawkeye staff as an assistant coach after 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, including head coaching stints at Ball State, Lehigh, and Belmont Abbey. McCaffery
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The College of Southern Idaho welcomed its new Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Reinert Tuesday at a press conference. Reinert is no stranger to Golden Eagle Basketball, having coached against CSI from 1994-2002 while he was the head men’s coach at Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University). “I’m really excited to be here,”
After just one season, John Peckinpaugh is out as the head coach at Wheeling Jesuit, and will return to his home state of Indiana where he will take over at Noblesville HS. Peckinpaugh went 9-21 (7-15 Mountain East) in his only season at WJU. He took over prior to last season after spending time as
Vanderbilt head men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has announced the hiring of Faragi Phillips as an assistant coach for the Commodores. Phillips comes to Vanderbilt after serving as the head coach at Whitehaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee, for the last four seasons. Phillips went 75-30 in his four seasons as Whitehaven’s head coach. Before
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Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned back on May 6th. Louisiana Lafayette has officially named Brock Morris as an assistant coach. The University released the following statement: Louisiana men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin brought back a familiar face to both the Ragin’ Cajuns and Sun Belt Conference as he announced on Tuesday the addition
University of Northern Colorado Men’s basketball head coach Jeff Linder has rounded out his staff for the 2019-20 season with what is a familiar name to many local fans. The Bears are proud to announce the addition of Dorian Green to the Bears basketball family. “I’m excited to join the coach Linder, the staff and
Casper College announced today that Shaun Gutting was named the new men’s basketball head coach for the Thunderbirds going into the 2019-20 season. Gutting replaces Dan Russell, who recently took an assistant coaching job with Montana State University in Bozeman. Gutting is entering his seventh season as a college basketball coach, and his second at
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Providence College President Reverend Brian J. Shanley, O.P. and Vice President/Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced today that Ed Cooley has agreed to a multi-year contract extension to remain head coach of the men’s basketball program. As a result, Cooley has withdrawn his name from consideration in the job search at the University of Michigan. “While
