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UMKC Director of Athletics Carla Wilson announced that the contract of Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kareem Richardson has been extended through the 2020-21 season. “I can’t say enough about Kareem’s uncompromised commitment to competitiveness on the court and in the classroom,” Wilson said. “Under his leadership and direction, we continue to be very enthused about
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Mark Polsgrove has been named Appalachian State University men’s basketball’s director of player development, head coach Jim Fox announced on Tuesday. Polsgrove will oversee player development for the men’s basketball program. He will continue and expand the larger role that he had taken on over the course of his two seasons as a graduate assistant
Brian Lucas has joined the Drake University men’s basketball staff as the program’s director of basketball operations, head coach Ray Giacoletti announced Friday, July 15. Lucas joins the Bulldogs after spending six seasons with the Oklahoma State University men’s basketball team as a video and operations coordinator. “Brian has a tremendous pedigree and background coming
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Kris Baumann has announced his resignation as head men’s basketball coach/associate athletic director at Trinity Valley Community College. Baumann has accepted a position as assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff at the University of Texas at El Paso. “I’ve been coaching 17 years in junior college basketball and Trinity Valley is by far the
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Former Providence College basketball standout John Linehan and St. Anselm’s assistant coach John Mariano have been named to the Brown men’s basketball coaching staff in an announcement made by Bears’ head coach Mike Martin. “I am thrilled about the additions that we have made to our staff and am excited to begin working with them
If you watch a professional basketball game, you will notice that almost every player has a style to their jump shot that is unique to them. Many players have different basketball shooting pockets, jump heights, and release times. It is easy to wonder how all of these players made it to the highest level of
The whole point of coaching is to develop better players, because better players mean winning teams. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly —- improvement on the basketball court is what coaching is all about. Player development happens at all levels of the game. From youth basketball all the way up to the pros, everyone wants to add
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Thanks to great sources who had HoopDirt.com out in front of this one just hours before it became official today (DIII DIRT). Here’s the official statement from Case Western on the hiring of Todd McGuinness: Case Western Reserve University Director of Athletics Amy Backus has announced the appointment of Todd McGuinness as the head men’s
HoopDirt.com can confirm that Case Western Reserve University will name Todd McGuinness as their new head basketball coach. McGuiness has spent the past seven seasons as the head coach at Hartwick College where he compiled a 114-72 record. This past season, his squad went 19-9 and captured the Empire 8 Championship. Prior to becoming the
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Former Kansas University standout guard Aaron Miles has been named the FGCU men’s basketball team’s new assistant coach, head coach Joe Dooley announced on Friday. Miles will officially begin his duties with the Eagles on July 18. A four-year starter at KU from 2001-05, Miles was coached and mentored by Dooley – then an assistant
Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced the additions of Noel Hightower and Michael McCready to the Mountain Hawks’ staff. A recent graduate from Chestnut Hill University, Hightower takes over as the team’s director of basketball operations while McCready, a Kutztown graduate, will serve as the video coordinator. Last week, Reed also announced the
Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Chris Beard announced his coaching staff for the 2016-17 season on Thursday. Mark Adams, Chris Ogden and Al Pinkins will serve as assistant coaches for the Red Raiders. The support staff will include Brian Burg as the Chief of Staff, Max Lefevre as the Director of Player Development and John
