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Ohio Northern Adds Matt Winters as Assistant Basketball Coach

Matt Winters has been named an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern University. He joins ONU after spending the 2015-16 season at Rhodes (Tenn.), where he helped coach three players to All-SAA honors. Winters also served as an assistant coach at Denison from 2012-15.  During his time at Denison, the team advanced to the

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Ben Luber Returns to Rider as Assistant Basketball Coach

Ben Luber is returning to the Rider University men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, it was announced today. “I am excited to have a familiar face back in our program and on my staff,” said Rider head coach Kevin Baggett, who is entering his fifth season at Rider. “Ben did a great job of

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The Rising Coaches Conference – July 5-7 – Marian University (IN)

A must-attend conference for young and aspiring coaches. The Rising Coaches Conference is the ONLY conference geared towards professional & personal development for the coaching profession. The 2016 Conference will take place from on July 5-7 at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. The cost of the conference is only $125 which includes Registration fee, the

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Rylee Hernandez Named Head Basketball Coach at Williston State

After the departure of Coach Cory Fehringer to Western Nebraska, Rylee Hernandez had been named as the Head Coach for the Tetons.  Hernandez has been an assistant coach at Williston State for 3 years prior. Hernandez assumes responsibilities immediately. Hernandez states “I am extremely thankful and grateful for this opportunity to guide and lead these

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Former UTSA Head Coach Brooks Thompson Passes Away

Former UTSA men’s basketball coach Brooks Thompson passed away Thursday night, the university announced in a press release.  Thompson, 45, was diagnosed with double organ failure in April and had been hospitalized for much of the past two months. “The UTSA family is very saddened to learn that Brooks Thompson passed away on Thursday,” UTSA

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Ali Ton Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Fordham

Ali Ton, former associate head coach at UC Irvine, was named assistant men’s basketball coach at Fordham University announced head coach Jeff Neubauer. “Ali and I have known and continually developed a respect for each other since his playing days at Davidson,” said Neubauer. “As a player, he was a competitor and a winner.  My

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Daily Dirt – 6/9/16

A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… It sounds like Radford assistant coach Chris Hawkins will be joining Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Hawkins has been at Radford (his alma mater) since 2011, and was also an assistant there from 1997-2000. He has previously worked for Witherspoon at Buffalo

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Antonio Bostic Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian University head men’s basketball coach Joe Golding announced that he has added former Stephen F. Austin standout Antonio Bostic to his coaching staff as an assistant coach. Bostic served last season as an assistant Neosho County Community College (Kan.) where he played one season in 2009-10 after graduating from Shawnee Mission West High School.

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Pawel Mrozik Joins Cal Poly Staff as Associate Head Coach

Head coach Joe Callero and the Cal Poly Athletics Department completed the Mustang men’s basketball team’s coaching staff with the announcement that Pawel Mrozik has joined the program as associate head coach. Mrozik (below) arrives at Cal Poly after building Mountain Mission School (Grundy, Va.) into a national powerhouse. Ranked continuously among MaxPreps.com’s top 100

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Columbia Staff Update

Columbia University men’s basketball coach Jim Engles has rounded out his staff with the hiring of Jean Bain and Jared Czech as assistant coaches and the appointment of Jonathan Safir as director of basketball operations. “I’m very excited to have these guys on my staff,” Engles said. “They bring great experience, energy and passion to

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REPORT: Bob Cantu set to join Terry Porter’s staff at Portland

WestCoastHoops was the first to Tweet that UTEP assistant coach Bob Cantu will be joining Terry Porter’s staff at Portland. Cantu had worked Tim Floyd for the past three years, and had previously spent 12 seasons at USC as an assistant coach, associate head coach and interim head coach. Prior to his stint in Los Angeles,

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