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Darrin Horn has been elevated to Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at The University of Texas, head coach Shaka Smart announced Monday. Horn has served as an assistant coach for the Longhorns during the previous three seasons. “Darrin is an extremely valuable member of our coaching staff,” Smart said. “He continues to impact our program
Edgar Mendez, San Diego Christian College’s head men’s basketball coach from 2014-18, has announced his resignation, effective immediately. With his resignation, athletic director Carolyn Peters has named Dwayne Cosby as the interim head coach for the 2018-19 season. “I want to thank CP and Dr. Ague for this opportunity,” Cosby said. “I am looking to
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Edinboro University men’s basketball coach Pat Cleary today announced the hiring of Chivas Whipple as his assistant men’s basketball coach. Whipple replaces former assistant coach Chris Bess. Whipple served as an assistant coach at Westminster from 2014-18, while also serving as the men’s tennis coach for the 2014-15 season. While serving on head coach Kevin
Rogers State men’s basketball head coach Justin Barkley announced the hiring of K.T. Carter as an assistant coach for the navy and red for the 2018-19 season. “I’m very excited to add KT to our coaching staff,” Barkley said. “He is a humble and hardworking coach with a bright future in the business. We feel
Monday’s Daily Dirt… The search at Delaware State is over. I have heard that the final two were UMBC assistant Eric Skeeters and former Florida State head coach Pat Kennedy. Multiple reports have Skeeters getting the job. The complete list of finalists can be found HERE. Steve Roccaforte has departed Buzz Williams staff at Virginia
Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported on 7/20 (DIII DIRT)… After a national search, the Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Department of Athletics has selected Jeff Slanovec as its next Head Men’s Basketball Coach. “I am so honored and excited to be named the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach at FDU-Florham,” Slanovec said. “I’d like
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Southwest Minnesota State University head men’s basketball coach Brad Bigler has announced that Nick Smith has been named the new assistant men’s basketball coach at SMSU. Smith has been on the coaching staff at SMSU the past four seasons, including two seasons as a graduate assistant and the past two seasons as a part-time assistant.
This past summer, while recruiting a D1 transfer student, Coach Jeff Curtis had an ace up his sleeve. Curtis cut his teeth as an assistant coach under the player’s dad before taking the reins of the Northwood women’s basketball team, which helps explain how he was able to get an audience with such a coveted
UW-Stevens Point athletics and head men’s basketball coach Bob Semling announced today (July 20) the addition of Matt Hockett as an assistant coach for the Pointers. Hockett comes to UWSP from the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he was an assistant for the Bulldogs the last three seasons. While at UMD, he coached three all-conference
I have heard from great sources that Gettysburg College (PA) assistant Jeff Slanovec will be named as the new head basketball coach at FDU Florham (NJ). Slanovec had spent the past four seasons on the Gettysburg staff. He started his coaching career back in 2012 as an assistant at his alma mater Misericordia University (PA).
Two area veteran basketball standouts and well-respected coaches have joined the Penn State Shenango Men’s Basketball coaching staff. Geoffrey Evans, former assistant coach for the Hickory Hornets, and David Jackson, former Penn State Nittany Lion basketball player, will unite with Penn State Shenango Head Basketball Coach Andre Smith to share his vision for the campus’s
Northwest Kansas Technical College head coach Jeremy Johnston has departed and will become an assistant at DII Metropolitan State University of Denver. Current NW Tech assistant coach Nathan Padia has been promoted to replace Johnston. Johnston had been the Mavericks head coach since 2014 and led his squad to a 18-13 record this past season.
