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Wofford Basketball Staff Update

The Wofford men’s basketball program has added Jay McAuley and Will Murphy to the staff, as announced by head coach Mike Young. McAuley will serve as Associate Head Coach and Murphy will be the Director of Basketball Operations. McAuley, who coached two seasons at Wofford from 2008-10, returns to the staff after most recently spending

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Spencer Palmer named Flagler College men’s basketball assistant coach

Flagler College men’s basketball coach Chad Warner announced that Spencer Palmer has joined the basketball staff as an assistant coach. Palmer comes from a highly successful program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. “We are so excited to add Spencer to our staff,” said Warner. “His knowledge of the game and enthusiasm for learning

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Pitt Announces Basketball Staff Changes

University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball head coach Kevin Stallings announced the retirement of long-time assistant Tom Richardson, as well as the promotions of director of basketball operations Dan Cage and video coordinator / director of analytics Jason Richards, Friday morning. Chris Jones, a 2016 Pitt graduate, will also join the coaching staff as a graduate

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Wofford Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has heard from a great source that Furman assistant Jay McAuley is headed to Wofford where he will replace Dustin Kerns who became the head coach at Presbyterian earlier this month. McAuley joined the Furman staff back in 2013 after working for Chris Holtmann at Gardner-Webb for three seasons. McAuley is no stranger to

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Ohio State Basketball Staff Update

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Chris Holtmann, Ohio State head men’s basketball coach, completed his coaching staff Thursday with the additions of assistant coaches Ryan Pedon, Mike Schrage and Terry Johnson. All three were on Holtmann’s staff at Butler.   “I am excited about the addition of Ryan, Mike and Terry to our coaching staff,” Holtmann said. “They are outstanding

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Grambling State Dirt…

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Elywn McRoy will become the Associate Head Coach at Grambling State University. McRoy will join new head GSU head coach Donte Jackson after most recently serving as the Associate Head Coach at Coppin State. The veteran assistant has also worked at Iowa State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Southern University and Texas-Pan

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Daily Dirt – 6/16/17

A few things that I’ve heard… Middle Tennessee State Director of Basketball Operations Jarrod Lazarus has joined the staff at South Florida in the same role. The Florida native had spent the past four seasons at MTSU. I have heard that Florida International Director of Basketball Operations Jarrett Lockhart will be elevated to assistant coach,

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Northern Kentucky announces new contract for Head Basketball Coach John Brannen

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Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof announces that an agreement has been reached to provide head men’s basketball coach John Brannen with a new four-year contract that will keep the Alexandria, Kentucky, native at the helm of the program through the 2020-21 season. “John and I began discussions prior to the conclusion of

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Loeffler Announces Johns Hopkins Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

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Johns Hopkins men’s basketball coach Josh Loeffler announced his coaching staff this week. Joining the Blue Jays for the 2017-18 season are John Andrzejek, Maurice Williams and Kevin Quinlan. Hopkins will open the season on November 15 at home versus Marymount. Andrzejek comes to Johns Hopkins after serving as the director of basketball operations at

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NCAA suspends Pitino for first five ACC games of 2017-18 season; Louisville basketball program placed on 4-year probation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The University of Louisville will receive four years probation and Coach Rick Pitino faces a suspension regarding a sex scandal that engulfed the men’s basketball program. The NCAA ruled a former Louisville director of basketball operations acted unethically when he committed serious violations by arranging striptease dances and sex acts for

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Dr. Dish Skill Builder: LeBron James Pull-Back Shooting Workout

Dr. Dish Basketball is proud to bring you another great Skill Builder workout this week. In this complete workout, we will work on three different variations of LeBron James pull-back shooting move. In some games, you’ll see him execute this move multiple times during the course of a game and also in a variety of

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Jimmy Wooten Named Eastern Michigan Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach

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Jimmy Wooten, a standout prep coach for more than 12 years, has been named an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at Eastern Michigan University, Head Coach Rob Murphy announced today, June 14. “Jimmy has a great ability to identify and recruit high level talent,” said Murphy. “He has shown the ability to connect

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