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On average, college athletic teams spend 10 months out of the year together. That’s 300 days of workouts, classes, practices, meetings, film sessions, treatment times, road trips, meals and more. Millions of dollars and thousands of man hours are spent each year in effort to compete, win and move an athletic program forward. In order

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Al Seibert Named Director of Operations at Iowa

University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced today that Al Seibert is now the director of basketball operations. Seibert, who has spent the past five seasons as the team’s video coordinator, fills the operations void left by Billy Taylor. Taylor left to become the head coach at Belmont Abbey College in North

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Brent Vernon Named Head Basketball Coach at Campbellsville University

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Director of athletics Rusty Hollingsworth and president Dr. Michael V. Carter announced the hiring of Brent Vernon as the new men’s basketball coach at Campbellsville University. Vernon, 34, an assistant coach at Campbellsville University for the previous four years, is replacing Keith Adkins after he resigned on May 31 to take a head coaching position

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DeCuire Elevates Stewart to Assistant Coach at Montana

Take yourself back to the late ’80s, to a gym at Mercer Island High School in Washington, and imagine a young hoops star (and freshman football quarterback) for the Islanders named Travis DeCuire, taking a Saturday morning to help coach local elementary school kids in the “Little Dribblers” program. In walks an elementary school player

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Fava Added To Vassar Men’s Basketball Staff

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Head coach B.J. Dunne announced Wednesday the hiring of Matthew Fava as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season, replacing Mike McSloy, who recently accepted an assistant coaching position at New York University. “I am thrilled to welcome Matt to our family,” said Dunne. “I have known Matt for many years and I have always

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HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Puerto Rico

HoopDirt.com’s Starting Five Presented by FastModel Sports FastModel Sports® is the creator of FastDraw® & FastScout®, the best play diagramming and report building software in basketball. FastDraw is used by all U.S. professional teams, 85% of college teams, and 6,000+ high school and youth teams. Learn more about FastDraw here. By: Wes Kosel / HoopDirt.com Contributor Below are several plays used

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Oral Roberts Adds Marc Stricker to Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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Oral Roberts Men’s Basketball Coach Scott Sutton has announced the addition of Marc Stricker to his staff. Stricker will join ORU from Eastern Illinois, where he has been an assistant coach since 2013. “I am excited to announce the hiring of Marc Stricker,” said Sutton. “I’ve known Marc a long time since his playing days

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Daily Dirt – 6/29/16

Here are some things that I’ve heard… I have heard from a great source that Robert Morris Director of Basketball Operations Dave Richards will become an assistant coach at Merrimack College. He will reunite with former RMU assistant Joe Gallo who became the head coach at Merrimack earlier this spring. Richards spent six seasons at

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Derek Shell Named Head Basketball Coach at MCLA

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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Director of Athletics Laura Mooney has announced that Derek Shell has been hired to lead the men’s basketball program following a national search. Shell succeeds interim head coach Anthony Skiffington, and will start in his new role August 1. “I had three categories in mind when looking for our

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DIII DIRT: Case Western Finalists

HoopDirt.com has learned that there are three finalists in the mix to replace Sean McDonnell as the head coach at Case Western Reserve University (OH). I have heard that on campus interviews will take place July 11-14. The final group is: Bill Courtney – Former Head Coach Cornell University Dane Fischer – Assistant Coach George

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Xavier University of Louisiana Welcomes Back Alfred Williams as Head Coach

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Former Xavier University of Louisiana student-athlete and assistant coach Alfred Williams, who engineered one of the best turnarounds in NAIA Division I men’s basketball this past season at Harris-Stowe State University, is returning home to become head coach at his alma mater. XU Director of Athletics & Recreation Jason Horn announced the hiring of Williams

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