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Springfield College’s Charlie Brock Named President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches

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Springfield College head basketball coach Charlie Brock succeeded University of Kansas head coach Bill Self as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Sunday night during the annual NABC convention, held in conjunction with the 2018 NCAA® Division I Men’s Final Four®. Brock stepped into the role of president a little early

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OFFICIAL: FIU does not renew contract of Head Basketball Coach Anthony Evans

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FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announces that the contract for head men’s basketball coach Anthony Evans will not be renewed. The Panthers will begin a national search for a new head coach immediately. “I want to thank Anthony for the job he did with our men’s basketball program,” Garcia said. “He

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HOT: Anthony Evans out at FIU

HoopDirt.com now confirm that Anthony Evans is no longer the head coach at Florida International. This was first reported by Jeff Borzello. Evans became the head coach at FIU back in 2013. He compiled a 65-94 mark during his tenure, including a 14-18 (8-10) record this past season. Before coming to FIU, Evans spent six

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BREAKING: Tony Pujol Named Head Basketball Coach at North Alabama

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Tony Pujol, an assistant basketball coach at the University of Wyoming with 14 years of collegiate coaching experience, has been hired as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of North Alabama, UNA Athletic Director Mark Linder announced Monday. A former assistant basketball coach at Appalachian State University, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University

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Pepperdine Basketball Staff Update

New Pepperdine head basketball coach Lorenzo Romar has added Curtis Allen as an assistant coach, and has hired John Impelman and Gerald Brown in administrative roles. They will join Ken Bone who was named as the associate head coach back on March 13th. Pepperdine’s third assistant position has been filled, but that will not become

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OFFICIAL: Bryant names Jared Grasso as next men’s basketball head coach

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Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley and Director of Athletics Bill Smith announced the hiring of Jared Grasso as the next head coach of the Bulldog men’s basketball program at a press conference Monday morning at the George E. Bello Center for Information and Technology. Grasso becomes the eighth men’s basketball coach in Bryant University’s

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Daily Dirt – 4/2/18

Some things that I’ve heard while waiting to see how many 3’s Villanova will make tonight… I have heard that former Loyola (MD) head coach G.G. Smith will be heading to High Point with his father Tubby. G.G. resigned at Loyola back in March after a five-year run at the school. It sounds like he

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Dr. Dish Skill Builder: Step Back vs. Step Out with Reid Ouse

At Dr. Dish Basketball we’ve been extremely fortunate to work with some of the top basketball skills trainers to help enhance the game with our machines. Recently, we had Coach Reid Ouse of Catalyst Training join us in the Dish Lab to demonstrate a few of his favorite basketball drills to execute on Dr. Dish.

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Travis Steele Named Head Basketball Coach at Xavier

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Xavier University Director of Athletics Greg Christopher announced today that Xavier Associate Head Coach Travis Steele has been selected as the new Sedler Family Men’s Head Basketball Coach at Xavier. Steele has spent 10 seasons at Xavier, including nine on the staff of his predecessor, Chris Mack. Steele, 36, will be officially introduced as the

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REPORT: Bryant to Hire Iona’s Jared Grasso

Iona associate head coach Jared Grasso will become the next head coach at Bryant University according to multiple reports. Grasso just wrapped up his seventh season on Tim Cluess’ staff. Prior to Iona, Grasso spent four years at Fordham University in the Bronx. In 2009-10, Grasso was named interim head men’s basketball coach for the

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OFFICIAL: Barron Announces 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

First year men’s basketball head coach Richard Barron announced his first assistant coaching staff on Friday, March 30. Joining Barron on the staff for 2018-19 campaign will be assistant coaches, Kevin Reed, Edniesha Curry and Igor Vrzina. Jason Coleman will fill the role of director of basketball operations in the upcoming season. All will officially

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Maine Dirt: Edniesha Curry to Join Men’s Basketball Staff

New Maine head coach Richard Barron will hire Edniesha Curry as an assistant on the Black Bears men’s basketball team. Curry starred at Oregon and played in the WNBA and overseas after graduation. She had previously worked with Barron and the Maine women’s team from 2015-17. She will join former Black Bear standout Kevin Reed

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