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MEN’S BASKETBALL SEARCH UPDATE: Wisconsin-Stout Finalists

UW-Stout has named four finalists to be interviewed for the head men’s basketball coach position. The four finalists are Jim Lake, assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University (MI); Zach Malvik, assistant men’s basketball coach at Winona State University (MN); Mark Darnell, assistant men’s basketball coach at California State University, Chico; and Mike DeGeorge,

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Archey Joins UIW Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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Head men’s basketball coach Dr. Carson Cunningham has announced the hiring of Darnell Archey as an assistant coach for the University of the Incarnate Word men’s basketball program. “Darnell is someone who I have known and respected for many years,” said Cunningham. “He sat on the Butler bench for its two national championship games and

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Louisville Basketball Staff Update

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Three experienced assistant men’s basketball coaches have joined head coach Chris Mack’s staff at the University of Louisville, including Dino Gaudio, Luke Murray and Mike Pegues. Pegues has worked as an assistant coach with Mack for the past six seasons at Xavier, Murray has been an assistant with Mack for the past three seasons at

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Memphis Basketball Staff Update

University of Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added two more members to his initial staff. Hardaway announced that former Tiger basketball player Dwight Boyd and former Tennessee State assistant basketball coach Rodney Hamilton, both Memphis natives, will join the staff. Boyd will become Director of Player Personnel, and Hamilton will serve as Director of Operations.

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Greg Polkowski Named University of Wisconsin-Superior Men’s Basketball Coach

The University of Wisconsin-Superior and Yellowjacket Athletics have announced they’ve completed a national search and Greg Polkowski has been named head men’s basketball coach. Polkowski took over the head coaching reins of the Yellowjackets when Paul Eberhardt resigned in October. In his first year leading the program Polkowski and the Yellowjackets finished the season just

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Missouri State Staff Update

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Missouri State men’s basketball head coach Dana Ford has finalized his inaugural coaching staff, he announced Friday (April 5). Ford will retain associate head coach Corey Gipson and bring in new assistants Jake Headrick from Samford and Jase Herl from Colorado State. He has also hired Sheldon Everett, most recently from Miami (Ohio) as his

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OFFICIAL: Ogden Named Head Basketball Coach at Texas Arlington

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A new era of UT Arlington men’s basketball begins today with the appointment of former Big 12 and Southeastern Conference assistant Chris Ogden as the eighth head coach in program history. A native of Seminole, Texas, Ogden played for head coach Rick Barnes and served on his staff for 13 seasons at both the University

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Daily Dirt – 4/6/18

On the move today…here are a few quick things to start the day. More later… Jack Murphy will shake up his staff a bit at Northern Arizona. He will hire local high school coach Shane Burcar as an assistant. It is unclear at this point who he will replace, or what other moves will be

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OFFICIAL: Jackson Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Emmanuel College

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Following up on story that HoopDirt.com first posted yesterday (DIII DIRT). It’s now been made official, Emmanuel College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jamahl Jackson has announced his decision to step down from the position. Jackson notified the Athletic Department and Emmanuel College administration of his resignation and will also relinquish his administrative role in the

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Chris Ogden set to be named Head Basketball Coach at Texas Arlington

Chris Ogden will be named as the next head basketball coach at Texas Arlington at a 12:00pm press conference tomorrow. He will replace Scott Cross who was unexpectedly fired last week by the school. Ogden has been an assistant at Texas Tech for the past two seasons. He is a former Final Four team captain

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Iona Announces Contract Extension for Head Basketball Coach Tim Cluess

Iona College has announced a contract extension for men’s basketball head coach Tim Cluess through the 2024-25 season. The extension adds three years to Cluess’ previous deal. “We are very proud of the unprecedented success – both academically and athletically – Coach Cluess has had with our men’s basketball program. We look forward to his

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DIII DIRT: Brian Meehan Out as Head Basketball Coach at Brandeis University

The busy day in New England continues… I can confirm that Brian Meehan is no longer the head basketball coach at Brandeis University. He had spent the past 15 seasons as the Judges head coach where he went 213-176. Before coming to Brandeis, Meehan spent seven years as the head coach at Salem State where

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