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William & Mary Director of Athletics Samantha K. Huge announced on Tuesday that Dane Fischer will serve as the 31st head men’s basketball coach in Tribe history. Fischer, a 16-year coaching veteran, comes to W&M after spending the last four seasons as the top assistant at George Mason. Fischer will be formally introduced to the
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The University of Texas at Tyler Director of Athletics Dr. Howard Patterson announced the hiring of Louis Wilson as the fourth head coach in Patriot Men’s Basketball history Tuesday afternoon. Wilson will formally be introduced at a press conference next Wednesday (April 10) at 2 p.m. in the UT Tyler University Center Theater. “From the
Earlier this morning in the Daily Dirt, I mentioned George Mason assistant Dane Fischer as the leader at William & Mary. According to a report just posted by Jon Rothstein, it appears to be done, and Fischer will be hired as the new head basketball coach at W&M. Fischer has been at George Mason with
John Chappetto has been named as the head basketball coach at Moraine Valley Community College (IL). For the last five years, Chappetto has served as a top assistant basketball coach at Saint Xavier University. Prior to that, he was an assistant varsity coach (2000-2002) then head basketball coach (2002-2014) at Richards High School, where he
I mentioned this one in the Daily Dirt back on 3/29. It’s now been made official…. Carson-Newman head men’s basketball coach Chuck Benson has announced the hiring of former Clemson Tiger Terrence Oglesby as Carson-Newman’s newest assistant coach. Oglesby replaces long-time C-N assistant Shane Williams who leaves the program after a decade to work closer
Another busy day. Here we go (this is just a start – more coming)… Yesterday, I mentioned that APSU assistant Rick Cabrera was interviewing at Tennessee Tech (confirmed that he was in yesterday). I have now heard that Ole Miss assistant Ronnie Hamilton has interviewed and it sounds like Murry Bartow will be in today.
I have now heard from multiple sources that DIII Hampden-Sydney College (VA) is set to name Caleb Kimbrough as their new head basketball coach. An official announcement is expected as early as tomorrow. Kimbrough became the head coach at Huntingdon University midway through the 2016 season, after serving as the associate head coach at the
I have heard from multiple sources that George Puou is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at DII Notre Dame de Namur University (CA). Word on the street is that he has moved to the women’s side and will take over as the Argonauts WBB coach. Puou just finished his 12th season as the
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has agreed to a long-term contract with coach John Calipari that will allow him to finish his career with the Wildcats. Calipari’s current deal was amended in March 2017 to run through the 2023-24 season, with a base annual salary of $8 million plus incentives. Men’s basketball spokesman Eric Lindsey
I can confirm that the Jerry Stackhouse to Vanderbilt rumors are very, very real. While no deal has been struck yet, both sides are getting closer as we speak. Stackhouse, the 3rd overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft is currently an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies. He played in the league for eight teams
The University of the Southwest would like to introduce Cory Hitchcock as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. The hiring comes after Timm Dixon resigned from his position on Friday afternoon. Coach Hitchcock will be coming over from the Lady Mustang Women’s Basketball Program, which he took over in August of 2018. “It came as
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Southern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Bryan Mullins announced on Monday that his brother, Brendan Mullins, has joined his staff as an assistant coach. Brendan Mullins, 33, spent the last two seasons on Dan Muller’s staff at Illinois State, where he served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He is a 12-year coaching veteran with
