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Jamal Johnson and David Hanson will become the first former Cal Poly men’s basketball players in the program’s 25-year Division I era to return as assistant coaches following the Friday announcement from 10th-year head coach Joe Callero that the pair have joined the Mustang staff for the 2018-19 season. “Adding Cal Poly alums Jamal Johnson
Jamere Dismukes is a new addition to the Indian Hills basketball program, hired as an assistant coach on Hank Plona’s staff. Dismukes comes to IHCC from Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Florida, where he was their national team’s top assistant coach/player developer. At Victory Rock he was involved in recruiting, monitoring academic progress, on-court development,
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Brian Johnson has been appointed as the eighth head men’s basketball coach in Southern Vermont College program history as announced by Interim Director of Athletics Christin Gowan on Friday. Johnson brings a great deal of coaching experience to SVC which includes his most recent stint: being the head coach of Prince George’s Community College in
Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one yesterday (DII DIRT)… University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Director of Athletics Curtis Janz has announced the hiring of Justin Bailey as the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Bailey, who has been an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Lamar the past two
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Rowan College at Gloucester County has named Will Wareham as their new Men’s Basketball Coach. Wareham has proven he is able to handle the major challenges of a junior college program along with the recruiting rigors that go with the job. Nevertheless he is excited at both the challenges and potential of assuming the Roadrunners’
Bridgewater College men’s basketball head coach Shawn Postiglione has announced the addition of Tyler Schlegel to his staff as an assistant coach. Schlegel assumes the position previously held by Steve Enright who recently accepted an assistant coaching position with Division I Virginia Military Institute. “I am very happy for Steve getting a great opportunity to
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Thanks to a great source who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this on earlier this week (DAILY DIRT)… A new talented hardwood men’s basketball coach will man the McDonough Center sidelines this winter. Wheeling Jesuit has selected NCAA Division I Purdue Fort Wayne assistant coach John Peckinpaugh as the new head men’s basketball coach.
I have now heard from multiple sources that Arkansas Ft. Smith will hire Lamar assistant Justin Bailey as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Josh Newman who became the head coach at Texas Permian Basin back on June 13th. Bailey was first mentioned as a candidate here by HoopDirt.com back on 6/18 (DAILY
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Belmont University men’s basketball head coach Rick Byrd announced the hiring of Tyler Holloway as an assistant coach on the Bruin staff. Holloway, elevated from his role as director of basketball operations, enters his tenth campaign on the Belmont coaching staff. During that time, Belmont has won 217 games – over 24 per season –
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Millersville men’s basketball coach Casey Stitzel has named Adam Van Zelst as an assistant coach. Van Zelst comes to the Marauders after eight seasons as an assistant at Albright College. Van Zelst was a NABC Under Armour 30-Under-30 honoree in 2017-18–an award recognizing up-and-coming young coaches in men’s college basketball. This past season, he helped Albright to a
Bellarmine University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Scott Davenport announced changes in his coaching staff for the upcoming 2018-19 season today. Davenport, who is entering his 14th season at the helm of the Bellarmine basketball program, revealed that Beau Braden would return as an assistant coach to replace Jake Thelen, who accepted the director of basketball operations position on the staff
Some late night DIRT to end a loooong day…. I have heard that the search for a new head coach at DII Wheeling Jesuit University is winding down. It sounds like the leader here is IPFW assistant coach John Peckinpaugh. Before joining the Mastodon’s staff prior to last season, he spent three seasons as the
