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BREAKING: Cal to name Wyking Jones Head Basketball Coach

According to a CBSSports.com report, Cal will promote Wyking Jones to head coach replacing Cuonzo Martin. Jones had been at Cal for the past two seasons. Before that, he served as an assistant to Rick Pitino for four seasons. During his time on the Cardinals’ coaching staff, UofL’s combined record was 123-30. Louisville captured the

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BREAKING: Mike Boynton Promoted to Head Basketball Coach at Oklahoma State

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The Oklahoma State Athletic Department just sent the following Tweet: We’re excited to announce Mike Boynton as our new basketball coach. Boynton is one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the business #okstate Boynton had been an assistant to Brad Underwood at both OSU and Stephen F. Austin. He has also been an assistant Coastal

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HOT: Steve Prohm receives contract extension at Iowa State

Iowa State basketball coach Steve Prohm has agreed to a contract extension through 2022 according to Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard. Prohm’s team won six of its last seven regular-season games this year, then captured the Big 12 Tournament Championship and advanced to the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the sixth year in a

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REPORT: South Dakota Head Coach Craig Smith agrees to new contract

University of South Dakota head basketball coach Craig Smith has verbally agreed to a new three-year contract according to the Argus Leader. The new deal will pay Smith a reported $275,000 per season, up from his last deal that paid him $196,000. Smith was a finalist for the vacancy at Drake before removing his name

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Aanonsen Named Head Basketball Coach at Wisconsin Lutheran

Wisconsin Lutheran College Director of Athletics Skip Noon announced the hiring of Aaron Aanonsen as head men’s basketball coach of the Warriors. Aanonsen, who will also serve as Associate Director of Athletics, comes to Wisconsin Lutheran after spending the past nine seasons as head men’s basketball coach at fellow Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference member Lakeland

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OFFICIAL: Cleveland State Names Dennis Felton Head Basketball Coach

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Cleveland State University has appointed Dennis Felton, a coaching veteran with more than 30 years of experience, as the 15th head coach of the CSU men’s basketball program. Felton previously served as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Georgia and Western Kentucky University. He was the assistant head coach at the University

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REPORT: Cleveland State to hire Dennis Felton

Cleveland State AD Mike Thomas has confirmed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he will hire Dennis Felton to replace Gary Waters as the head basketball coach at CSU. The current assistant head coach at Tulsa, Felton has also been the head coach at Georgia and Western Kentucky. In 11-seasons as a DI head coach,

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Daily Dirt – 3/24/17

What a wild day yesterday…Kelsey backs out on UMass just before the press conference, JT3 gets fired, fake news on James Whitford to Duquesne, and a letter from Byron Samuels that briefly crashed our site because of all of the traffic it generated. Here are a few things that I’ve heard while preparing for another

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Pat Kelsey is Remaining as Winthrop’s Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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Pat Kelsey is remaining at Winthrop as its head men’s basketball coach. The University of Massachusetts had offered Kelsey its head coaching position on Tuesday. “UMass is an amazing program with a winning tradition and a bright future that any coach would be proud to be a part of,” said Kelsey.  “But after further reflection,

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Michael Porter, Sr. added to Cuonzo Martin’s staff at Missouri

Michael Porter, Sr. has been added as an assistant coach at Missouri. The former Washington assistant is the father of Michael Porter Jr., the top ranked recruit in the class of 2017 who was named Gatorade Player of the Year on Wednesday. Porter Jr. was committed to the University of Washington until the Huskies fired

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DII Flagler College Finalists…

I have now heard from multiple sources that there are four finalists to replace Bo Clark at DII Flagler College (FL). The final group includes three DI assistant coaches, and a JC head coach. The finalists are: North Florida Associate Head Coach Bobby Kennen, Daytona State (FL) Head Coach Ryan Ridder, Valparaiso Special Assistant Chad

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MUST READ: Former Florida A&M Head Coach Byron Samuels Issues Statement on his Dismissal

Former Florida A&M Head Basketball Coach Byron Samuels released a statement to WCTV  in Tallahassee. It’s a pretty interesting read. It’s not often that we hear an honest opinion from a recently fired coach (and a class guy)…   BYRON SAMUELS STATEMENT 3.22.17 I have never had the need to defend my reputation or my

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