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Alexander Named Interim Head Coach at Northwest Christian University

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Eddie Alexander, who had been an assistant coach with the Beacons for the past two seasons, has been asked to stay on as the Interim Head Coach for the 2018-19 season. Alexander replaces Luke Jackson, who resigned earlier this week. A well-known AAU coach, Alexander has been the director of Dribble Drive Basketball for fifteen

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UMass Announces Contract Extension For Men’s Basketball Head Coach Matt McCall

University of Massachusetts Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford announced a one-year extension to the current contract of men’s basketball head coach Matt McCall. The updated contract is now extended through March 28, 2023. “After just one year at UMass, it is apparent that Matt very quickly changed the trajectory of our basketball program for the

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Miller Promoted to Assistant Head Coach at TCU

TCU vs South Dakota men’s basketball in Fort Worth, Texas on November 15, 2017. (Photo/Sharon Ellman )

TCU men’s basketball head coach Jamie Dixon announced on Friday the promotion of Ryan Miller to assistant head coach. Miller earned the promotion after serving the past two seasons as an assistant coach. “Ryan has played a big part in our success over the past two seasons,” said Dixon. “He’s been a great representation of

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Amir Abdur-Rahim Joins Bulldogs’ Staff

Atlanta native Amir Abdur-Rahim (pronounced Uh-mere ab-durr Ra-heem) has joined the Georgia Basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Tom Crean announced on Friday. “We are excited to bring Amir, Ari and their daughter Laila home to Georgia to join the UGA community and our Basketball Family,” Crean said. “Amir has proven himself to

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Kyle Manary Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Angelina College

Kyle Manary has resigned as the head basketball coach at NJCAA Angelina College (TX). Manary had been the Roadrunners head coach for the past two seasons where he won 37 games. About an hour ago, Manary posted the following message on Facebook: Today is a bitter sweet day for us. I have decided to resign

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Northwest Missouri State Basketball Staff Update

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Northwest Missouri State University’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach has announced the hiring of Bryston Williams and Zach Schneider to the position of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach. “Bryston brings a great amount of energy and contagious enthusiasm to our program,” said McCollum.  “He was here at the start of my head coaching career and was a

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Daily Dirt – 5/18/18

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… The hot rumor coming from the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago is that the Orlando Magic are kicking the tires on Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson. This past season, Sampson led the Cougars to a 27-8 record and is 83-48 in his four seasons at the school. The

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OFFICIAL: Jamie Stevens Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Northern State

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Following up on something that I mentioned earlier this week (Daily Dirt – 5/14)… Northern State University head men’s basketball coach, Paul Sather announced the addition of Jamie Stevens to the Wolves coaching staff. Stevens will assume the assistant coach role, after spending the last seven seasons as the head men’s basketball coach at Montana

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Howard Named Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Alabama A&M

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Dylan Howard has been elevated to interim head coach of the Alabama A&M men’s basketball program for the 2018-19 season, Director of Athletics Bryan Hicks announced. “I would like to thank President Dr. Hugine Jr. and Director of Athletics, Mr. Bryan Hicks, for naming me interim head men’s basketball coach at Alabama A&M,” said Howard.

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Wes Pifer Elevated to Associate Head Coach at Northern Arizona

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Northern Arizona University men’s basketball head coach Jack Murphy announced on Thursday that assistant coach Wes Pifer has been promoted to associate head coach for the Lumberjacks. “I am excited to announce that Wes Pifer is being named associate head coach,” Murphy said.  “Wes is a diligent worker, has outstanding relationships with our current student-athletes

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Lewis Named Interim Head Men’s Basketball Coach at UW-Oshkosh

Matt Lewis has been elevated to interim head coach of the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball program, assistant chancellor and director of athletics Darryl Sims announced Thursday (May 17). Lewis, UW-Oshkosh’s top assistant men’s basketball coach for the previous six years, will guide the Titans for the 2018-19 campaign before the university conducts a national search for

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URI DIRT…

Following up on multiple reports here… I can confirm that John Carroll and Kevin Sutton will be added to David Cox’ new staff at Rhode Island. Carroll coached the Celtics at the end of the 2003-04 season and also served as the head coach at Duquesne. He had most recently been coaching AAU with the

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