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Mentioned this one a while ago. It’s now been made official… FIU men’s basketball Head Coach Jeremy Ballard has rounded out his first coaching staff, as he announced Joey Rodriguez as an assistant coach on Tuesday. “We are thrilled to have Joey Rodriguez joining Panther Nation as an assistant coach,” said Ballard. “He is a
Albany State University (GA) Director of Athletics Sherie Gordon today announced the appointment of a search committee, comprised of university representatives, supporters and community partners, to assist in a nationwide search for a head men’s basketball coach. In establishing the committee, Gordon emphasized that the group’s goal will be “to identify an exceptional leader who
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The Tarleton men’s basketball team has added former player and coach Nic Cantrell to its staff as an assistant coach. Cantrell has spent eight years with the Texans – two as a player and five as a coach. Cantrell was a student assistant coach from 2008-10, graduate assistant from 2010-12 and promoted to assistant coach
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Purdue Northwest Director of Athletics Rick Costello announced the hiring of Brian “Boomer” Roberts as the university’s new men’s basketball head coach Monday evening. Roberts joins the Pride after a nearly four-year stint at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill., where he compiled an 84-48 overall record (.640 win percentage) over four seasons. Roberts engineered
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Anthony Wilkins, an Atlanta native and former Kent State star who spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Tulane, has been named to fill one of the two vacant assistant coaching positions for the Yellow Jackets, head coach Josh Pastner announced Tuesday. Wilkins, 37, will be involved with on-court development of Tech’s
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Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first mentioned back on April 23rd (JUCO DIRT: Daytona State to hire former South Alabama assistant as new Head Basketball Coach)… Daytona State College was on the hunt to find a new head Men’s Basketball Coach for the 2018-2019 academic season. After receiving nearly 200 applications, DSC has
I can confirm that a coaching change has been made at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute (NC). Current head basketball coach Matt Anderson will step away from his coaching duties to focus solely on his role of Athletic Director. Anderson has been at the school for the past nine years, and has overseen the
Jamion Christian’s new staff at Siena is beginning to take shape. Last night, I confirmed that Ryan Devlin would be added to the Saints staff (SIENA DIRT). I’ve now also heard from multiple sources that George Washington assistant Carmen Maciariello will also be hired as an assistant coach. Maciariello is an Albany area native who
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A coaching veteran with experience at the Division I and junior college levels, Ben Walker is the newest addition to the Tennessee State men’s basketball staff, Head Coach Brian “Penny” Collins announced. Making his way to Nashville from South Dakota State University, Walker will serve as an assistant coach on Collins’ first staff at TSU.
I can confirm that Ryan Devlin has been added to Jamion Christian’s new staff at Siena. Devlin was most recently the Director of Player Development at Penn State (2013-17). He also spent four seasons as an assistant at the College of Southern Idaho and worked for Hall of Fame high school Stu Vetter at Montrose
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The Liberty men’s basketball coaching staff has rounded out as Ritchie McKay announced the hiring of assistant coach Derek Johnston. “I really think the addition of Derek Johnston to our staff will be terrific,” McKay said. “He has been a part of some programs with great coaches that has resulted in winning basketball. We are
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Bringing a wealth of experience at the Division-I and Division-II levels, former Barry University top assistant coach Justin Furr has been selected by FGCU head men’s basketball coach Michael Fly as the first of the program’s three new assistant coaches. Formerly the lead assistant coach with Barry for the past three seasons, Furr – who
