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Indiana Kokomo adds Roosevelt Jones to Men’s Basketball Coaching staff

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Indiana University Kokomo Men’s Basketball Coach Eric Echelbarger has announced that Roosevelt Jones will serve as the Cougars’ new assistant coach. Jones will serve as the programs recruiting coordinator and direct the player development initiatives while assisting with on-court coaching and scouting. Jones, an O’Fallon Illinois native, comes to IU Kokomo after spending the last

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Patrick Gayle Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Albany State

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Albany State University announced at a press conference on Tuesday that Patrick Gayle has been named the head men’s basketball coach. Gayle is a coaching veteran that brings over a decade of experience as both a head and assistant coach at the NAIA and high school levels. Gayle was selected from a pool of over

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HOT: Trumbauer steps down as Black Hill State Men’s Basketball Coach

Black Hills State University men’s basketball coach, Jeff Trumbauer, will step down after four years at the helm of the Yellow Jacket program. “I am truly honored to have had the opportunity to serve as the head coach at BHSU. This decision is 100% about my family and creating the opportunity to be more present

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Daily Dirt – 7/10/18

Some things that I’ve heard… Yesterday I mentioned the candidates at Delaware State (DELAWARE STATE SEARCH UPDATE). I have now heard from a great source that the mysterious 8th candidate is actually a current MEAC head coach. More on this search as it continues to develop. I have heard that Erik Goldbach will be hired

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UNLV Names Preston Laird Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

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Preston Laird has been hired as an assistant coach for the UNLV men’s basketball program, head coach Marvin Menzies announced. Laird spent the past two years working under Menzies for the Runnin’ Rebels as their director of basketball operations, and recently moved into the assistant coach role on an interim basis. “After going through a

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Dave Simmons Joins Northwestern State Basketball Staff

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Northwestern State head coach Mike McConathy announced Monday the return of Dave Simmons to the Demons basketball staff after spending 12 seasons as head coach at Southland Conference rival McNeese. Simmons, 58, was the lead assistant during McConathy’s first seven seasons at Northwestern (1999-2006), when the Demons made their first two NCAA Tournament appearances (2001,

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OFFICIAL: Scheuers Named Head Basketball Coach at Thomas College

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Thomas College Director of Athletics Shanda Ness announced today the hiring of Joe Scheuers as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. “I am very excited to have Joe be the next leader of our men’s basketball program,” said Ness. “I believe he has a great vision for the future of Thomas Basketball and I am very confident

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Towson Dirt…

I can confirm that Kevin Clark will be elevated to associate head coach at Towson University. Clark has been an assistant on Pat Skerry’s staff since 2011. The pair also worked together as assistants at URI in the mid-2000’s. The coaching veteran has previously served as the associate head coach at St John’s and as

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Ekanem named men’s basketball multimedia specialist

University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman has named Michael Ekanem to his staff as the Wolf Pack’s new multimedia specialist.  Ekanem comes to the Pack after four seasons at Memphis. “We are extremely excited to hire Mike as our new multimedia specialist,” Musselman said. “To get a guy like Mike in this

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Graceland University Men’s Basketball Staff Update

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Graceland University head men’s basketball coach Cory Hoff has finalized the Yellowjacket coaching staff for the 2018-19 season. The coaching staff will feature four returning assistant coaches with the addition of two new members for this season. Hoff’s seven-person coaching staff will feature two assistant coaches and four student assistant coaches. “I am really excited

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Cyprien Hired as Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Texas Tech

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Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard has hired Glynn Cyprien as an assistant coach announced Monday. Cyprien, widely considered as one of the top coaches and top recruiters in the country, possesses nearly three decades of experience between the NBA, the NBA G League, the NCAA Division I and the Junior Olympic levels.

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Appalachian State Men’s Basketball Staff Update

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Appalachian State men’s basketball head coach Jim Fox has announced changes to his coaching staff for the upcoming season. Jason Allison has been elevated from assistant coach to associate head coach and I.J. Poole has been promoted from director of basketball operations to assistant coach. Fox also has hired Wilbur Allen as an assistant coach.

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