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Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) has announced the hiring of Chris Wright as the new men’s basketball head coach. Wright joins the Saints in their 10th season as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). He will start on May 14. Vice President
FIU men’s basketball Head Coach Jeremy Ballard continues to put his inaugural staff together, announcing Jesse Bopp as assistant coach on Tuesday. Bopp will reunite with Ballard after spending the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons together at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, under former Rams Head Coach Shaka Smart. “I am beyond excited to
Austin Johnson will return to Lewis-Clark State College as the head men’s basketball coach, Director of Athletics Brooke Cushman announced Tuesday. “We’re excited to have Austin back in our Warrior Family,” Cushman said. “He represents everything we look for and value in our coaches – commitment to academic and athletic excellence, and integrity.” For Johnson,
College of Charleston Head Coach Earl Grant has promoted Matt Braeuer to assistant coach. Braeuer served the last two years as director of men’s basketball operations for the Cougars, who won the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and tournament titles, made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999 and turned in their second-straight 25-win season in
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NBA G League Long Island Nets head coach Ronald Nored and former Georgetown University head coach John Thompson III have been named assistant coaches for the USA’s World Cup Qualifying Games in June/July and September. The duo will assist former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who was announced on July 5, 2017, head coach of the USA Basketball men’s
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has announced that John Bowler will become the next head coach for the school’s men’s basketball program. Bowler, who will become the 11th head coach in program history, will succeed B.J. McGinn, who will become the full-time Director of Athletics for DMACC. McGinn was named the school’s Director of
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Geoff Hensley has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at Thomas College, Director of Athletics Shanda Ness announced on Tuesday. Hensley steps down after four seasons at the helm of the Terriers where he held a 55-52 record and a 41-31 mark in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play. Thomas qualified for the conference tournament
UAB President Ray Watts and the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees have agreed upon a contract extension for Head Men’s Basketball Coach Robert Ehsan. Ehsan, who is 37-29 in his first two seasons as head coach, guided the Blazers to their third 20-win season in the last four years and the sixth in
Following up on something that HoopDirt.com mentioned on 4/30 (DAILY DIRT)… Paul Mrozik, who brings coaching experience from the collegiate, professional, international, and high school levels, has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Mercer. Bears’ head coach Bob Hoffman made the announcement Monday. Mrozik comes to Mercer from Cal Poly, where he served as
Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles announced the hiring of Armon Gates as an assistant coach on Monday. Gates, a native of Chicago, returns to the Big Ten after recently serving as associate head coach at the University of Florida under Mike White. Gates has coached and developed all-conference performers at three schools during his
I can confirm that Danny Sancomb is no longer the head basketball coach at DII Wheeling Jesuit University (WVa). Samcomb had spent the past 11 seasons at WJU where he won 216 games including a 26-6 mark this past season. There has been no official statement yet on he reason for Sancomb’s departure. More on
I can confirm that new USC Upstate head coach Dave Dickerson will add Chatham University (PA) head coach Andrew Garcia to his staff. Garcia was hired as the first-ever men’s basketball coach in Chatham history back in 2014. He has also served as an assistant at DII Flagler College (FL) and DIII Carnegie Mellon University
