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Paul Mills Named New Oral Roberts University Head Men’s Basketball Coach

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Oral Roberts University has named Paul Mills as the new head coach for the ORU men’s basketball program, it was announced today by Mike Carter, ORU’s Director of Athletics.  Mills joins the Golden Eagles after 14 years at Baylor, eight as an assistant coach, and will be officially introduced at a press conference Monday. “This

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Butler Extends Head Basketball Coach Chris Holtmann Through 2025

Following one of the most successful seasons in program history, Butler and head coach Chris Holtmann have agreed to a contract extension. Holtmann’s deal at Butler now runs through the 2024-25 season. Butler Vice President/Director of Athletics Barry Collier made the announcement Friday (April 28). Financial terms were not released. “Chris is a tremendous ambassador

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Daily Dirt – 4/28/17

Some things that I’ve heard as we head in to the weekend… Sounds like some administrative changes at Nebraska…Director of Basketball Operations Teddy Owens has left the staff to become the head coach at Carrollwood Day School in Tampa. He had been the DBO for the past three seasons, and was a GA at Oklahoma

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Johnson named new Men’s Basketball Coach at Clark College

– Kevin Johnson has been named Clark College’s new men’s basketball coach. The appointment follows the departure of Clark Basketball head coach Alex Kirk, who resigned earlier this month. After an impressive interim season, Coach Johnson is ready and excited for the challenge. “I just want to say thank you to President Knight and Athletic

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Duquesne University Men’s Basketball Staff Officially Announced

Head men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot officially announced five members of his 2017-18 coaching staff today. Assistant coaches Terry Weigand, Rick McFadden and Charles Thomas as well as director of operations Steve McNees all played for Dambrot. The four – along with video coordinator Eric Harper – were all part of Dambrot’s staff for multiple

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Matt Brackett Named Head Basketball Coach at Hardin-Simmons

Hardin-Simmons University Director of Athletics John Neese has selected former HSU student-athlete Matt Brackett as the 28th men’s basketball coach in the history of the school. Brackett comes to HSU after working his way up the ranks in the high school level. He also was a four-year player, three-year starter and two-year captain for Hardin-Simmons

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Paul Trevor Resigns as Head Basketball Coach at San Francisco State; Becomes Co-Head Coach at Stanislaus State

Stanislaus State Athletics Director Mike Matoso today announced the appointment of Paul Trevor to the position of co-head coach of men’s basketball, joining Larry Reynolds at the helm of the Warriors. The move to create a co-head coaching position was a mutual decision of Reynolds and Matoso, constructed to ensure a smooth transition for the

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Howlett Adds Ervin to WLU Basketball Staff

West Liberty University head men’s basketball coach Ben Howlett has welcomed Brett Ervin to the Hilltopper coaching staff as an assistant coach. “I’ve known Brett for several years, both as a player and a coach,” Howlett said. “He’s a West Virginia native who has played and coached against us so he’s very familiar with the

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OFFICIAL: Juan Dixon Named Head Basketball Coach at Coppin State

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Following up on the news that broke this weekend…It has now been made official, Coppin State University Director of Athletics Derek Carter has announced that Juan Dixon has been named the seventh head coach in Coppin State University men’s basketball history. “We are extremely excited to have Coach Dixon here at Coppin State University,” said

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Kevin Stallings adds Sam Ferry to Pitt Basketball Staff

University of Pittsburgh head coach Kevin Stallings announced the addition of assistant coach Sam Ferry to his coaching staff for the 2017-18 season, Wednesday afternoon. Ferry has spent the past six years at Monmouth University, including the past four seasons as an assistant coach. “Sam is a tireless worker on the court and on the

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Daily Dirt – 4/26/17

A few things I’ve heard… It sounds like interviews at Presbyterian will start tomorrow. I’ve heard that the first guy up will be current Blue Hose interim head coach John Reynolds. He has been at Presbyterian for the past four seasons, and assumed the interim title earlier this month when Gregg Nibert resigned. Word on

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Lamont Franklin Named Director of Basketball Operations at Miami

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University of Miami Coach Jim Larrañaga has announced the addition of Lamont Franklin as the director of operations for the Hurricanes basketball program. “Lamont Franklin is a great addition to our program,” Larrañaga said. “We were attracted to Lamont because of his diverse background in basketball and business. He has a lot of experience in

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