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Head Coach Adam Bohac announced that Ryan Mahoney has been promoted to Associate Head Coach of the Southern Nazarene men’s basketball program on Wednesday afternoon. “Coach Mahoney is most deserving of the promotion to Associate Head Coach,” said Bohac. “He is a tireless worker who serves the players and SNU with tremendous passion.” Mahoney just completed
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John Smith, who most recently helped Cal State Fullerton to three successive postseason appearances as the team’s associate head coach, was named head coach of the Cal Poly men’s basketball program on Thursday afternoon. The announcement was made during a press conference by university President Jeffrey D. Armstrong and Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman inside
A new era of Appalachian State men’s basketball has arrived. Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Thursday that Dustin Kerns has agreed to become the 22nd head coach in App State men’s basketball history, pending approvals by the University Board of Trustees and the North Carolina Board of Governors. Kerns, who oversaw a dramatic turnaround
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UMKC has scheduled a press conference for Friday at 11am where they will officially introduce Billy Donlon as their new head men’s basketball coach. Donlon has been an assistant at Northwestern for the past two seasons, and spent a year on the staff at Michigan before that. Donlon came to Michigan after spending a decade
Missouri S&T is seeking to reverse its recent fortunes in men’s basketball and is turning to a former member of the program to do just that, as Bill Walker has been named as the new head coach for the Miners. Walker, who becomes the 15th head coach in the history of the Miner program and
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Matt Langel’s second straight Coach of the Year Award earned the hottest coach in the Patriot League a second straight contract extension. Colgate Athletics announced Thursday a new extension of Langel’s contract through 2027. The Raiders under Langel turned in a magical run to the NCAA tournament, winning the Patriot League championship for the first
Saint Joseph’s University announced today that Billy Lange will take the helm of its men’s basketball program as head coach. He becomes the 15th head coach in the program’s 110-year history. Lange succeeds legendary Hawks’ head coach Phil Martelli. Lange brings more than 23 years of sideline experience to the Hawks, most recently as assistant
Patrick Beilein, a rising star in the coaching profession, has been named the 22nd head coach of the Niagara University men’s basketball program. Beilein brings an impressive pedigree to Niagara University as a former NCAA Division I student-athlete and with coaching experience at the NBA, NCAA Division I and II levels. “Patrick Beilein has demonstrated
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Howard University director of athletics Kery Davis announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Kevin Nickelberry. “I wish to thank Coach Nickelberry for all he has done to advance the Howard University men’s basketball program,” said Davis. “When Coach Nickelberry took over our program nine seasons ago, he inherited a program that was facing
Charles Goar has been named as the first-ever head men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. Goar had served as the head coach at the University of the Southwest from 2013-18. Texarkana will be joining the NAIA Red River Athletic Conference – the league that USW played in, so Goar is familiar with the competition.
A few quick hitters to start the day… St. Joe’s is making progress in their search to replace Phil Martelli. So far, there have been nine coaches interviewed – eight in person, and one via Skype (still playing??). Philadelphia 76ers assistant Billy Lange is a hot name here and has already interviewed. I can confirm
Not quite as wild as yesterday, but still a very active day as far as DI head coaches go. Here’s a quick recap (click on the school for more details): FILLED: Alabama (Nate Oats) San Francisco (Todd Golden) South Dakota State (Eric Henderson) UNLV (T.J. Otzelberger) Washington State (Kyle Smith) RUMORED: Cal Poly (John Smith)
