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Matt Henry has been tabbed as assistant men’s basketball coach at UMBC, head coach Ryan Odom announced. Henry just completed his fifth season at St. Peter’s, helping head coach John Dunne complete a tremendous revitalization of the Peacock program. During the 2016-17 season, Henry helped guide the Peacocks to a historical run by claiming the
The Athletics Department at Trinity Christian College has named Jason Hawkins as the new head coach of men’s basketball program. Hawkins brings experience to the position as he has coached at the collegiate and high school levels for the past 15 years. “Coach Hawkins brings a strong skill set in player development and a solid
Mike Brown has been added to the Purdue Northwest University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. He joins the Pride after serving one season as an assistant coach at Maryville University in Saint Louis, Mo. Brown helped the Saints finish the season with a record of 20-8, an 11 game win improvement from the
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has hired Kyle Cooper to be its new assistant men’s basketball coach under head coach Wendell Weathers. “I’m excited to be joining the Gulf Coast family,” he said. “I would like to thank Coach Weathers and Athletic Director Steven Campbell for this great opportunity. Gulf Coast has a rich tradition
Rhodes College Executive Director of Athletics Portia Hoeg has announced the hiring of Tyler Papadinis as head men’s basketball coach, effective August 15th. Papadinis is the seventh men’s basketball coach at Rhodes since World War II. He replaces Mike DeGeorge, who resigned to take another position in May. Papadinis arrives at Rhodes after spending the past three seasons at
Earlier this week, I reported that Ricky Wilson was no longer the head coach at Baton Rouge CC (JUCO DIRT). It now sounds like Wilson is headed to Winston-Salem State as an assistant coach. Wilson had spent the past six seasons at BRCC, and served on the staff at Southern Mississippi before that. He and
The IUPUI Athletics Department and head basketball coach Jason Gardner have announced the hiring of Matt Dunn as an assistant coach on the Jaguars’ staff. Dunn spent the past six seasons on the bench at Northern Arizona and will work primarily with the Jaguars’ big men. “I’m definitely excited about bringing Matt on board. He’s
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Von Washington has been added to Western Illinois’ basketball program as the director of basketball operations. “I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to be apart of the basketball staff. I look forward to the opportunity to be able to learn and increase my knowledge of the game,” said Washington. “I also am excited
Following up on my tweet from yesterday…it’s now been made official that Lance Irvin has been named as the head basketball coach at Chicago State. Irvin was first named as a candidate here by HoopDirt.com back on 6/4 (Chicago State Search Update). An official press conference will be held tomorrow 8/8. Here’s the press release
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Taylor Lavery has been tabbed as the assistant men’s basketball coach at Central Wyoming College. He will be involved in all areas of the program, including day-to-day operations, recruiting, opponent scouting, player development and building and organizing travel plans. Prior to CWC, Lavery spent one season as an assistant at Holy Names University in Oakland,
Metropolitan State University of Denver men’s basketball coach Michael Bahl announced Tuesday the addition of two assistants to his coaching staff. Jeremy Johnston joins the Roadrunners after spending the past three seasons as the head coach at Northwest Kansas Technical College. Brandon Cole comes to MSU Denver after one season as an assistant coach and
University of Michigan Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced this morning (Tuesday, Aug. 7) that U-M’s David and Meredith Kaplan men’s basketball coach John Beilein underwent a successful, scheduled double bypass procedure at U-M’s Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center. Beilein’s scheduled procedure was performed by Michigan Medicine’s Francis D. Pagani, M.D.,
