Rhode Island men’s basketball head coach David Cox has added veteran assistant coaches Kevin Sutton and John Carroll to his 2018-19 staff. Ryan McCloskey has been added to the staff as the team’s video coordinator, and Chase Campbell was named as the team’s Director of Basketball Performance. “We have assembled a strong staff that has
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OFFICIAL: Kisonas Named DBO at Mercer
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com first mentioned back on April 25th (DAILY DIRT)… Elvis Kisonas, who has been working as a graduate assistant for the Mercer men’s basketball team, has been named Director of Basketball Operations for the Bears program. Head Coach Bob Hoffman made the announcement Monday. Kisonas, a native of Kaunas, Lithuania,
Northern Kentucky extends Head Basketball Coach John Brannen through 2021-22 season
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Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof announced a new four-year contract for John Brannen that keeps the native of Alexandria, Kentucky, as men’s basketball head coach through the 2021-22 season. “We are certainly excited to reach an agreement to extend John as head coach of our men’s basketball program for four more years,”
Daily Dirt – 7/2/18
Some things that I’ve heard as we roll in to July… Back on 6/14, I mentioned that new Delaware State AD D. Scott Gines was leaning towards keeping Keith Johnson on as the interim head basketball coach. I have now heard that as many as eight candidates interviewed for the position last week. I have
How UPIKE Coach Kelly Wells Used Analytics at the NAIA Championships
“Analytics help confirm or deny what we’re seeing,” says University of Pikeville men’s basketball coach Kelly Wells. Though he considers himself to be a “big instinct guy,” Wells relies heavily on analytics, which his staff generates by manually statting practices and games — a time-consuming process that Wells describes as “miserable.” But the days of
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NAIA DIRT: Keiser U HC Dante Calabria heads to Italy with Larry Brown; Starkman Named Interim Head Coach
Larry Brown, who was just named as the head coach of Fiat Torino in Italy’s Lega Serie A, will take Keiser University head coach Dante Calabria with him as an assistant. Calabria has already been replaced at Keiser by former long-time Browrd College head coach Bob Starkman. Calabria had been an assistant on Rollie Massimino’s
Wykevin Bazemore Named Assistant Basketball Coach at UVa-Wise
UVa-Wise men’s basketball Head Coach Blake Mellinger announced the addition of Wykevin Bazemore to the coaching staff as an assistant coach Sunday afternoon. “Wykevin brings a high level of on-the-court experience and success to our program,” said Mellinger. “His playing career speaks for itself. He is a leader, a teammate, a worker, and a winner.”
DallaRiva added to South Dakota Men’s Basketball Staff
South Dakota men’s basketball coach Todd Lee has announced the hiring of Luke DallaRiva as his third assistant coach. DallaRiva completes Lee’s staff as he enters his first season at the helm of the Coyotes. DallaRiva comes to South Dakota from Grand Canyon where he spent the past four seasons as the director of basketball
Cal Poly Men’s Basketball Staff Update
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Jamal Johnson and David Hanson will become the first former Cal Poly men’s basketball players in the program’s 25-year Division I era to return as assistant coaches following the Friday announcement from 10th-year head coach Joe Callero that the pair have joined the Mustang staff for the 2018-19 season. “Adding Cal Poly alums Jamal Johnson
Dismukes Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Indian Hills CC
Jamere Dismukes is a new addition to the Indian Hills basketball program, hired as an assistant coach on Hank Plona’s staff. Dismukes comes to IHCC from Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Florida, where he was their national team’s top assistant coach/player developer. At Victory Rock he was involved in recruiting, monitoring academic progress, on-court development,
Johnson named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Southern Vermont
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Brian Johnson has been appointed as the eighth head men’s basketball coach in Southern Vermont College program history as announced by Interim Director of Athletics Christin Gowan on Friday. Johnson brings a great deal of coaching experience to SVC which includes his most recent stint: being the head coach of Prince George’s Community College in