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Yusef Fitzgerald Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Hinds CC

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Hinds Community College has announced the hiring of Yusef Fitzgerald as head coach of the Hinds Bulldogs men’s basketball team for the 2017-18 season. A press conference was held, 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mayo Gymnasium on the Raymond Campus to announce the hire. Fitzgerald arrives at Hinds from Iona College, in New Rochelle, N.Y., where

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NC State Dirt…

Multiple sources have told me that Hargrave Military Academy head basketball coach A.W. Hamilton will become an assistant coach at NC State. Hamilton spent five years as an assistant at Hargrave working under current NC State head coach Kevin Keatts before taking over in 2011 (when Keatts departed for Louisville). In his six seasons as

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Laatsch Added to West Florida Basketball Staff

Jason Laatsch, a five-year member of the University of West Florida men’s basketball team and the program’s all-time three-point scoring leader, has been added to the UWF men’s basketball staff as a graduate assistant, as announced by head coach Jeff Burkhamer. “Jason gives us a guy that has lived in the program,” said Burkhamer. “He

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Sautter Adds Adams to Men’s Basketball Staff at Seward County

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Seward County Head Coach Jason Sautter signed a star recruit to help his 2017-2018 Saints squad on Monday, but it wasn’t one that will be wearing a uniform for the upcoming season, it comes with former Texas Tech Red Raider Luke Adams who joins Sautter’s bench as an Assistant Coach. Adams spent the past two

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Lakeland University Hires Assistant Coach

Lakeland University has hired former Muskies standout player Kurt Jansen to fill the role of lead assistant men’s basketball coach. Jansen recently completed a one-year stint as lead assistant coach for Williston State College, a junior college in Williston, N.D., where he coached under former Muskie player Rylee Hernandez. Prior to that, Jansen, served as

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Schmit promoted to MSUB men’s basketball associate head coach

Alongside Montana State University Billings men’s basketball head coach Jamie Stevens as the top assistant for the past five seasons, Brad Schmit has been promoted to associate head coach announced on Tuesday. “Brad is extremely deserving of this promotion,” Stevens said. “He has really developed a true passion for MSUB, Billings, and the state of

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Charles Wimphrie to Retire as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Southern Wesleyan University at Conclusion of 2017-18 Season

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Southern Wesleyan University’s men’s basketball coach Charles Wimphrie has announced that the 2017-18 season will be his last season heading up the men’s basketball program.  This will end 30 plus seasons seeing Coach Wimphrie as a head coach of an athletic program at SWU.  Wimphrie headed up the women’s basketball team, before transitioning to the

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Tony Jones Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Oakland

Tony Jones has been named Oakland University men’s basketball assistant coach, announced by Greg Kampe on Tuesday. Jones, a native of Detroit, has 19 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. “I’m very excited to join the Oakland University basketball family,” said Jones. “I’d like to thank Greg Kampe and the administration for allowing

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OFFICIAL: Brian Barone Joins SIUE Basketball Staff

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Following-up on some “dirt” that HoopDirt.com posted earlier this morning (SIUE Dirt)… SIUE men’s basketball Head Coach Jon Harris has announced the addition of assistant coach Brian Barone to the men’s basketball staff. “We are excited to have Brian join our staff,” Harris said. “As the son of a former coach, he brings a wealth

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University of San Francisco Dirt…

I can confirm that University of San Francisco head basketball coach Kyle Smith has added Mike Magpayo to his staff. Magpayo had worked at Campbell since 2014, serving first as the director of player development before being elevated to assistant coach. Before coming to Campbell, Magpayo spent four seasons on Smith’s staff at Columbia –

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dirt….

I have heard that SIUE head basketball coach Jon Harris will add Brian Barone to his staff. Barone has had a bunch of stops over his career, including serving as the associate head coach at Wisconsin Green Bay, the director of basketball operations at Indiana, and as an assistant at Illinois State. He and Harris

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