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DI Assistant Coaches on the Move…

Just catching up on a bunch of moves from the past few days – some we’ve reported already, some we haven’t… Alabama: Scott Pospichal is out. He had been an AAU coach before joining Avery Johnson’s staff last year. He will reportedly be replaced by former Arkansas and South Alabama head coach John Pelphrey. Arizona State

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OFFICIAL: LaVall Jordan Named Head Coach at Milwaukee

Former Butler University student-athlete and assistant coach LaVall Jordan, who has spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, has been named Milwaukee’s men’s basketball coach. Jordan, a native of Albion, Michigan, who is regarded as one of the top assistant coaches in the country, helped the Wolverines to five

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DII DIRT: Lee University Set to Name New Head Coach

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Lee University will hire Bubba Smith as their new head basketball coach with the announcement coming tomorrow.  We listed Smith as one of the finalists for the job in our “dirt” earlier this week (Lee University Finalists). Smith has spent the past eight seasons as the head coach at Sewanee where he

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OFFICIAL: Matt Lottich Hired as Valparaiso University Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Valparaiso University President Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., and Director of Athletics Mark LaBarbera announced today that Matt Lottich has been hired as the 22nd head coach in the history of the Valpo men’s basketball program. Lottich, who has been a member of the Crusader coaching staff for the last three years, is just the program’s fifth

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Miller Named Assistant Coach at Arkansas State

James Miller, a former JUCO head coach with a career record of 77-23, has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at Arkansas State, head coach Grant McCasland announced today. “We are thrilled to have James Miller joining the A-State men’s basketball program,” McCasland said. “I’ve known James since he was a junior college head coach

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BREAKING: Valparaiso to Promote Matt Lottich to Head Basketball Coach

Multiple outlets are reporting that Valparaiso will promote assistant basketball coach Matt Lottich to head coach replacing Bryce Drew.  Lottich has been an assistant at Valpo for the past three seasons, and will take over for his former boss who was named head coach at Vanderbilt earlier this week.  A former player at Stanford, Lottich

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OFFICIAL: Ray Harper Named Head Coach at Jacksonville State

Jacksonville State has selected a proven winner to take over its men’s basketball team. On Wednesday, Gamecocks athletics Director Greg Seitz announced the hiring of Ray Harper as the program’s 11th head coach and the fifth to run the Gamecocks at the Division I level. Harper will be formally introduced at a press conference on

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“The Dish” sponsored by Dr. Dish: 3 Ways to Build Confidence in Your Players

As a coach, your role consists of more than just enhancing your players’ basketball skills. A large part of effective basketball coaching is lending your players the confidence they need to excel. Players rely on their own intuition and abilities to make the most of their practice time, make smart plays in games, and develop

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Dartmouth Dirt…

I’ve heard from a ton of sources on the search at Dartmouth. The names that I’ve heard surrounding this one are: Rob Jeter (former head coach Milwaukee), Shaun Morris (associate head coach Boston University), Dane Fischer (assistant coach George Mason), Dave McLaughlin (associate head coach Northeastern), Matt Kingsley (assistant coach Yale), Brian Earl (associate head

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BREAKING: Milwaukee to Hire Michigan Assistant LaVall Jordan

HoopDirt.com tweeted early this morning that the search at Milwaukee was done. ESPN has now confirmed that and is reporting that Michigan assistant LaVall Jordan is the choice.  He will replace Rob Jeter who was fired back on March 17th. Jordan has been on John Beilein’s staff since at Michigan since 2010.  He has also

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K-State Assistant Alvin Brooks Headed to Baylor

Kansas State assistant men’s basketball coach Alvin Brooks III announced his resignation to accept a coaching position at Baylor in his native state of Texas. “I appreciate Alvin’s contribution to our program over these past four years,” said head coach Bruce Weber. “He has been a valuable member of our staff and has helped build

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2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

Congratulations to the following coaches who were selected to the 2016 Under Armour 30-under-30 Team presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).: J.A. Anglin, UL-Monroe Trey Brown, High Point Adam Cohen, Vanderbilt Freddy Coleman, North Dakota State Doug Davenport, Eastern Kentucky Frank Davis, Tenn. Tech B.J. Dunne, Vassar Sam Ferry, Monmouth Chester Frazier,

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