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Wooldridge Steps Down as Head Basketball Coach at Oklahoma Baptist

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Oklahoma Baptist announced the resignation of head men’s basketball coach Quinn Wooldridge to pursue another coaching opportunity and enjoy his oldest son’s coming high school basketball years. Wooldridge met with his team Monday morning. “The main thing is being able to do the right thing both for my family and the OBU basketball program going

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Kenya Hunter Joins UConn Coaching Staff

UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley has announced the hiring of Kenya Hunter as an assistant coach, completing his on-court and recruiting coaching staff. Hunter, a 16-year veteran of Division I coaching, comes to UConn after spending the last five years on the coaching staff at the University of Nebraska. Hunter has also had

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UNLV’s Rob Jeter heading to Minnesota

UNLV assistant basketball coach Rob Jeter is headed to Minnesota where he will join Richard Pitino’s staff. This was first reported by Evan Daniels. Jeter joined Marvin Menzies staff two seasons ago following an 11-year stint as the head coach at Milwaukee. Jeter recorded a 185-170 mark as the Panthers head coach, becoming the winningest

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Jonas Hayes to join Xavier Basketball Staff

Jonas Hayes, who had spent the past six seasons on the staff at Georgia, will become an assistant at Xavier. Xavier Basketball tweeted the following confirmation earlier today: Excited to announce the addition of @CoachJonas to @CoachSteeleXU’s staff! Welcome to the Xavier Family! More info to come shortly… As a player, Hayes was a three-year

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HoopDirt.com 2017-18 Junior College Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions

BROOKDALE CC HEAD COACH PAUL CISEK NAMED HOOPDIRT.COM JUNIOR COLLEGE COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY JUST PLAY SOLUTIONS For Immediate Release April 9, 2018 Brookdale Community College (NJ) Head Basketball Coach Paul Cisek has been named as the HoopDirt.com Junior College Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2017-18 college basketball season. Cisek qualified

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Purdue University Northwest Head Basketball Coach Matt Bush Passes Away

Purdue University Northwest and its Athletics Department mourns the death of men’s basketball head coach Matt Bush, who passed away on Sunday, April 8, at the age of 62.  Details on a memorial service or funeral have yet to be released. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of

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Bryan Weakley Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Texas A&M International University

Texas A&M International University head men’s basketball coach Bryan Weakley announced that he will resign his position as head coach. Weakley has led the program for the past six seasons. Weakley’s resignation will take effect on April 17, 2018. Weakley cited personal reasons for leaving his post at TAMIU but he does so with an

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Armon Gates Named Associate Head Basketball Coach at Florida

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Florida men’s basketball head coach Mike White announced the hiring of Armon Gates as associate head coach on Sunday. Gates fills the position on White’s staff that opened when Dusty May was named head coach at Florida Atlantic. “We conducted an extensive national search, and Armon kept coming back atop my list,” White said. “UF

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HoopDirt.com Social Media Update

After talking with my 12-year old daughter at dinner last night, she convinced me that HoopDirt.com needs an Instagram account. She let me know that Facebook was for old people (like me), and Twitter isn’t what the cool kids use (again, apparently like me). So, with her help, this afternoon, we launched HoopDirt.com’s new Instagram!

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Ashley Howard Named Head Basketball Coach at La Salle

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La Salle University today announced the appointment of Ashley Howard as the 19th head coach of the school’s storied men’s basketball program. Howard, who most recently served for the past five seasons as the top assistant coach to Jay Wright at Villanova University, will begin his tenure immediately.  Howard will be formally introduced on Monday,

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JUCO DIRT: New Mexico JC set to name Head Coach

Last week I reported that the search at New Mexico Junior College was down to three candidates: Seward College (KS) assistant coach Luke Adams, North Lake College (TX) head coach Tim McGraw, and Indian River State College (FL) head coach Charlie Wilson. I have now heard that the choice will be Seward assistant Luke Adams.

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