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Following up on a rumor that HoopDirt.com first posted back on May 9th… Siena Basketball Head Coach Jimmy Patsos has announced the addition of Pete Durr as the Saints’ new director of basketball operations. The Deerfield, New York native matriculates to Siena College after spending the previous three years in a similar position at Colgate
HoopDirt.com has learned that the University of the Incarnate Word will hire Kenyon Spears as an assistant coach. Spears had spent the past two seasons as an assistant at LIU Brooklyn, and was not retained when former head coach Jack Perri was released earlier this spring. Before joining the LIU staff, Spears had been an
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Navy men’s basketball head coach Ed DeChellis has announced Brandon Spayd will join the program in the role of Strength Coach / Operations for Men’s Basketball. Spayd will lead the strength and conditioning program for men’s basketball, while also overseeing a number of operations responsibilities for the program. Spayd fills the vacancy on the men’s
Mercer head basketball coach Bob Hoffman announced Thursday that Josh Davis has been appointed as the program’s next Director of Basketball Operations. Davis comes to Macon after spending five years as an assistant coach at Limestone College, a Division II institution in Gaffney, South Carolina. He was an integral part of a five-year run for
HoopDirt.com can confirm that there have been some staff changes made on Barclay Radebaugh’s staff at Charleston Southern. Assistant Coach Joey Murdock has resigned in order to become the head coach at Milton (FL) HS. He had been on the CSU staff for the past two seasons, and spent five years at Pensacola State College
Vassar College head men’s basketball coach BJ Dunne announced Thursday the hiring of Matthew Droney as his new assistant coach, starting immediately. Droney is no stranger to the Division III level, as the collegiate standout at Babson College recently captained his team to the 2017 NCAA National Championship. While at Babson, Droney helped lead the
The Lindenwood University-Belleville Athletic Department and Athletic Director Ryan Kaiser are pleased to announce Vincent Meninno as the Lynx Men’s Basketball Coach. “After careful review of over 170 applications, we believe we’ve found the right guy in Vincent Meninno,” stated Kaiser. “Vincent is a young professional in the basketball world that has tremendous upside potential
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Jermaine Johnson, who has spent the last three seasons on the sidelines as an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin, has been elevated to the role of associate head coach. Since joining the Skyhawk program in 2014, Johnson has helped UT Martin post three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first
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Brian Nigro, former head men’s basketball coach at Mount Saint Vincent College, has been selected as the new Head Men’s Basketball coach at Medgar Evers College. Nigro has totaled 96 wins as a head coach in his seven seasons. Nigro was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. and felt that coaching in the great city
Penn State Brandywine first-year Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ben Kay added two experienced coaches to his staff on Tuesday, naming Naim Crenshaw and Jesse Rappaport as assistant coaches. Crenshaw brings an impressive coaching and playing resume to the program, spanning over two decades of experience on both the collegiate and professional levels. Crenshaw began his
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Towson Head Coach Pat Skerry has hired Branden McDonald as an assistant coach. McDonald has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Manhattan, and worked as a GA at Pitt before that. He also coached with Team Takeover AAU. An official announcement is expected shortly.
Kent State men’s basketball head coach Rob Senderoff has announced the hiring of Brock Erickson as the program’s assistant coach and former Golden Flash Julian Sullinger as the team’s director of basketball operations. Erickson comes to Kent State after four years with MAAC powerhouse Iona. There, Erickson helped develop the Gael program into a postseason
