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Wolf promoted to Director of Basketball Operations at Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams has announced that Lyle Wolf has been promoted to director of basketball operations. “This is a well-earned promotion for Lyle,” Williams said. “He has been invaluable in every duty and task assigned and has fulfilled his responsibilities with diligence and thoroughness. Lyle is a true leader in

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WHCC Names Olanrewaju New Head Basketball Coach

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After serving as an assistant coach, former West Hills College Coalinga basketball standout Adedokun Olanrewaju (ahh-day-doh-kuhn oh-lan-ray-wah-ju) was named head coach of the Falcons. Olanrewaju spent the 2017-18 season assisting his mentor and former head coach Mark Arce, who recently retired after 17 seasons at the helm of the WHCC program and 34 years overall.

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Weatherford College Announced the hiring of Chris Lewis as Assistant Basketball Coach

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The Weatherford College Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Chris Lewis as assistant men’s basketball coach. Lewis, 31, comes from the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana, where he served one year as an assistant coach. Prior to Providence, he spent five years as an assistant coach at North Lake College in Irving,

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Bland Joins Minnesota State Moorhead Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball coach Chad Walthall has announced the addition of Spenser Bland to the Dragon coaching staff for 2018-19. Bland has experience coaching at the Class 4A and 3A level in Minnesota. He was the boys JV head coach at Totino-Grace from 2017-18 and previously served as an assistant at Blaine

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Proctor named Assistant Basketball Coach at UAFS

University of Arkansas Fort Smith men’s basketball coach Justin Bailey has announced the hiring of Aaron Proctor as assistant men’s basketball coach. Proctor is a native of Houston, Texas, and was previously the head boys basketball coach at North Forest High School in Houston. “I am excited to welcome Aaron to our Lions family,” Bailey

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Downer added to Vanguard University Men’s Basketball coaching staff

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Vanguard University Men’s Basketball has announced the addition of Justin Downer as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Downer joins the Blue and Gold from Riverside Poly High School where he has coached the past three seasons as the associate head coach, totaling a 62-29 record. He helped lead RPHS to its first CIF

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Daily Dirt – 8/15/18

A few things that I’ve heard as I prepare to disappear to Saratoga for a few days…. Sean Woods’ new staff at Southern University is starting to take shape as he has hired Ryan Price and Martiese Morones. Price, the son of Lamar head coach Tic Price, had previously been on the Southern staff from

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Fairley Named Interim Assistant Basketball Coach at Norfolk State

Norfolk State men’s basketball head coach Robert Jones announced today that Leonard Fairley has officially joined the program as an interim assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Fairley has been heavily involved with the Spartans dating back to his days as a student manager. “As we searched to fill our third assistant coach position, we

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IVY LEAGUE DIRT: Dartmouth set to hire two DIII assistants

I can confirm through multiple sources that that Dartmouth will add Williams College assistant Justin Bradley and Johns Hopkins University assistant John Andrzejek to the men’s basketball staff. Bradley had previously served as an assistant at Dartmouth under former head coach Paul Cormier before joining the Williams staff back in 2016. The 2013 graduate of

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Coaching Books

Coaching Books

  Coaching Books: Always Learning and Growing If you ask any good coach that has been around the game long enough (regardless of the sport), they will tell you that one of the biggest keys for success is to always be learning and growing. This constant state of being willing and ready to learn is

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UT Permian Basin Men’s Basketball Staff Update

UT Permian Basin men’s basketball coach Josh Newman announced the additions of AJ Holland and Zane Gibson to his coaching staff. Both Holland and Gibson come to the Falcons after spending time with Newman at UA Fort Smith; Gibson the last two seasons and Holland joining UAFS prior to last season. The pair helped the

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Haddon named Assistant Basketball Coach at Gettysburg

Dan Haddon has been added as an assistant coach with Gettysburg College men’s basketball team. Haddon is a 2017 graduate of East Carolina University earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in sport studies with a minor in business administration. He spent the 2017-2018 basketball season interning with the Princeton men’s basketball program, as assistant to

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