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Holy Cross head coach Bill Carmody won the 300th game of his career last night, as his Crusaders defeated Harvard 63-52. Carmody, who is in his nineteenth season as a DI head coach, now holds a 300-258 career record. Last season was his first Holy Cross, and despite 15-20 record, he led his squad on
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Morehead State University officials announced today that head basketball coach Sean Woods has been suspended with pay, effective immediately. “Resulting from complaints received, the institution has begun an investigation involving the head basketball coach. While we continue through the formal process, we believe it is prudent to suspend the coach until the investigation is finished,”
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Rick Scruggs has stepped down as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Mars Hill University due to personal reasons. His departure from the Lions’ basketball program is effective immediately. Scruggs was in his fifth season with the Lions. In his 29-year head coaching career, he has compiled a 409-411 record. He began his head coaching
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 1 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by The Hoop Group. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by the Hoop Group which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2016-17 college basketball season. Nominations for next week’s award
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The College of Saint Rose head coach Brian Beaury won his 600th on Saturday with 72-60 victory over visiting New Haven. Beaury is only the 18th NCAA Division II head coach to reach the 600 win plateau. He now holds a career record of 600-307 (31 seasons) including jumping out to a 4-0 this year.
Larry Mangino begins his first season as director of scouting/recruiting for the Virginia men’s basketball program. Mangino brings 28 years of coaching experience, including nine years as a head coach and two years at the NBA level, to head coach Tony Bennett’s staff. Mangino served as an assistant coach at SMU from 2010-12 and returns
The University of South Carolina men’s basketball program recently added two staff members on the administrative side. Jay Gibbons has been named as the Director of Video Services, while Dushawn Davis was added as the Director of Social Media. Jay Gibbons Served as the graduate student manager for the Gamecocks during the 2015-16 campaign. Prior
Central Connecticut men’s basketball head coach Donyell Marshall has added Anthony Ross to his staff as an assistant coach it was announced Friday. Ross was most recently an assistant coach at his alma mater, East Stroudsburg University. Ross replaces Obie Nwadike, who took a job with the NBA in China. “Coach Ross is very young
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Rich Rider, the winningest men’s basketball coach in Cal Lutheran history, is retiring just as the 2016-17 season is about to start. Assistant coach Geoff Dains has been named interim head coach for this season. CLU athletic director Dan Kuntz said a national search to fill the position would begin soon. Cal Lutheran President Chris
HoopDirt.com is happy to announce the start of the 2016-17 Coach of the Week program. We will recognize one coach from NCAA DI, NCAA DII, NCAA DIII, NAIA, and JUCO for their achievements on the court each week. The weekly winners are eligible to receive the Coach of the Year Award which will be presented
The DIII season finally got underway last night. A bunch of DIII schools have added assistant coaches with out much fanfare – here are some guys who have recently been hired: Brett Foelber – Gettysburg College. A former assistant at Stevenson University and Stevenson HS (MD). The McDaniel College graduate also coached AAU in the
Last year soon after Star Wars: The Force Awakens was first being promoted I began to watch the first three Star Wars movies with my children. Not the first three but the GOOD “first three”. I refuse to ever gaze upon Jar Jar Binks again. I wanted to get caught up to speed with Skywalker,
