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A former Cougar standout on the basketball court and 20-year coaching veteran, Bennie Seltzer returns to Pullman to join Ernie Kent’s staff as an assistant men’s basketball coach, Kent announced Friday. “I’m very excited to announce Bennie Seltzer as our newest assistant coach at Washington State University,” Kent said. “Bennie was an outstanding player at
San Francisco State has promoted assistant Vince Inglima to interim men’s basketball coach for the 2017-18 season, announced Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie on Friday. “I’m glad that Vince has agreed to serve as interim head men’s basketball coach for next season. He will help keep the continuity within the program as we move forward,”
Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball coach Lamont Paris announced three new members to his first staff. It includes completing his on-court staff with Ohio University assistant Aaron Fuss being offered and accepting the position. Fuss spent nine seasons with the Bobcats. He started as the director of basketball operations before ascending to assistant coach in 2012.
Catching up on some things as we cruise into Memorial Day weekend… I have heard that John Groce will name Eastern Florida State College assistant coach Cole Pittis as the Director of Basketball Operations at Akron. Before joining the EFSC staff, Pittis worked as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Keith Dambrot at Akron.
Brandon Lincoln, who completed his third season as a Montana State men’s basketball assistant coach this spring, has accepted the position of head coach at Providence High School in Burbank, California. “I couldn’t be happier for Brandon,” Bobcat head coach Brian Fish said. “He did a great job for us and will be a tremendous
HoopDirt.com can confirm through a great source that DIII SUNY Maritime will name Mike Berkun as their new head basketball coach. He will replace Frank McQuail who spent the 2016-17 season as the interim head coach for the Privateers. Berkun has spent the past three seasons on the staff at DII Daemen College (NY), serving
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Jake Presutti, who has served as video coordinator for the Marquette University men’s basketball program the last three seasons, has been promoted to director of basketball operations, head coach Steve Wojciechowski announced Thursday morning. Presutti, whose official title will be Director of Basketball Operations & Video Coordination, will continue to manage the program’s video operations
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Following up on a story that HoopDirt.com first reported back on May 17th… The latest addition to James Jones’ coaching staff is no stranger to New Haven. Tobe Carberry, who starred at Hillhouse High School before a very successful collegiate and professional career, has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Yale. Carberry comes
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After receiving more than 200 applications, Daytona State College has selected Erik Pastrana as the Falcon’s new head men’s basketball coach. Pastrana, who spent the last year as an assistant coach at Florida International University, brings a decade of experience as an assistant in both NJCAA and NCAA play to his first head coaching position.
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Allegheny College men’s basketball coach Bob Simmons has announced the hiring of Brian Urso as the team’s assistant coach. A native of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, Urso arrives at Allegheny with a wealth of coaching experience, having most recently served as an assistant at Division-II national power Indiana University of Pennsylvania, while having also worked collegiately
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Chaminade University Director of Athletics Bill Villa announced that Arthur “Art” King has been hired as women’s basketball head coach. King is no stranger to Chaminade having served as an assistant coach for the Silverswords men’s hoops team the past five seasons. With his assistance, the ‘Swords enjoyed three winning campaigns, each which resulted in
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The University of Maine at Presque Isle has hired Dan Kane to serve as the Athletic Director for the Owls Athletics Program. Kane has also been named as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach, filling both positions vacated when Mike Holmes accepted the Athletic Director position at Franciscan University. “I am very pleased that the University
