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Furman Dirt…

Yesterday I posted the job listing for the Director of Basketball Operations position at Furman. You can now ignore the post as I’ve heard from multiple sources that the job has been filled by Trey Meyer. He had been an assistant on John Cooper’s staff at Miami (OH) for the past five seasons, and was

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Motlow State names Arthur Latham men’s basketball head coach

Motlow State Community College announced that Arthur Latham has been selected to fill the position of men’s basketball head coach, according to Scott Shasteen, director of athletics. Latham has been an assistant coach at Motlow for the past two successful seasons, serving under former head coach J.T. Burton. Latham was named the interim head coach

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OFFICIAL: James Mooney named Head Basketball Coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

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The College of Mount Saint Vincent Director of Athletics and Recreation, Barima Yeboah announced the hiring of James Mooney ’06, as head Men’s Basketball coach and Associate Director of Athletics. Mr. Mooney, has spent the past two years as the head coach at Rye Neck High School in Mamaroneck, NY. HoopDirt.com first mentioned his name

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Sewanee names Mick Hedgepeth Men’s Basketball Coach

University of the South Athletic Director Mark Webb has announced that Michael “Mick” Hedgepeth has been named the 23rd head men’s basketball coach in Sewanee’s storied history. “Coach Hedgepeth came to Sewanee as an assistant coach a year ago with invaluable experiences from two superior basketball programs: first as a standout player at Belmont University

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Woodley Named Special Assistant at Pitt

Coaching veteran Matt Woodley will join the University of Pittsburgh basketball staff as a special assistant to the head coach for the 2017-18 season, head coach Kevin Stallings announced Monday. His duties will include assisting the coaching staff with game preparation, practice plans, scouting reports as well as day-to-day basketball operations. “Matt [Woodley] has a

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Shorter U. Head Basketball Coach resigns; Becomes Assistant at Furman

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Tyler Murray, who spent the past two seasons as head coach at NCAA Division II Shorter University, has joined the Furman men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, it was announced by Paladin head coach Bob Richey. “We are really excited about adding Tyler to our staff here at Furman,” said Richey, who was named

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Daily Dirt – 5/1/17

A few quick hitters to start the week… Boston University head coach Joe Jones is on the hunt for an assistant to replace Shaun Morris who joined Baker Dunleavy’s staff at Quinnipiac earlier this spring. The name that I keep hearing here is former LIU head coach Jack Perri. He has New England ties, having

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Eshbaugh resigns as Head Basketball Coach at Cloud County CC to become an assistant at Jacksonville

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On Monday, Cloud County Community College was informed of the resignation of men’s basketball coach Chad Eshbaugh, effective at the end of the 2016-17 school year. Eshbaugh has accepted the position of Assistant Coach at Jacksonville University, a NCAA Division I program in the Atlantic Sun Conference. “The opportunity kind of presented itself out of

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Florida A&M Search Update: Complete list of all 122 Applicants

It’s been a long, strange search to replace Byron Samuels as the head basketball coach at Florida A&M. The search originally began on March 21st, was closed, re-opened, and closed again last week. A list of names obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat, reveals that 122 coaches have applied. There are former DI head coaches, former

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Rob Blouin Named Head Basketball Coach at Fisher College

Rob Blouin has been named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Fisher College. He replaces former Head Coach David Lindberg who stepped down this past spring after his 12-years at the helm. Coach Blouin just finished his sixth year on Lindberg’s staff, and third as the Associate Head Coach.  Coach Blouin has been heavily involved in

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Interim Tag Removed; Foster Named Cal State San Marco’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach

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B.J. Foster, who served as interim head coach for the 2016-17 season, has been named head men’s basketball coach, Cal State San Marcos Director of Athletics Jennifer Milo announced. “Coach Foster did an amazing job this past year in his interim role,” Milo said. “Our team would have qualified for the CCAA conference tournament had we

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