Alabama

Daily Dirt – 5/5/17

Been a busy week in the “dirt” world. Here are a bunch things that I’ve heard… Alabama Associate Head Coach Bob Simon will not have his contract renewed – this was first reported by BamaOnline. Simon had been on Avery Johnson’s staff for the past two seasons, and was with Ed Cooley at Providence before

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OFFICIAL: John Pelphrey Joins Avery Johnson’s Staff at Alabama

HoopDirt.com mentioned this one earlier in the week – it’s now official… Head coach Avery Johnson announced on Wednesday the hiring of John Pelphrey as the associate head men’s basketball coach at The University of Alabama. Pelphrey, who brings more than 20 years of assistant and head coaching experience to the Tide, will replace former assistant coach Scott Pospichal. The

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Alabama Head Coach Avery Johnson Finalizes Staff

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Alabama head coach Avery Johnson announced on Wednesday that Kobie Baker has been hired as the special assistant to the head coach/senior director of basketball operations. Baker returns to Tuscaloosa, where he spent three years in the program as the director of basketball operations (2006-07), assistant basketball coach (2007-08)

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Avery Johnson Finalizes Staff at Alabama

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Alabama head coach Avery Johnson announced on Wednesday that Kobie Baker has been hired as the special assistant to the head coach/senior director of basketball operations. Baker returns to Tuscaloosa, where he spent three years in the program as the director of basketball operations (2006-07), assistant basketball coach (2007-08)

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Avery Johnson Adds Pospichal to Staff

Scott Pospichal, who has over 30 years of coaching experience at the AAU, junior college and high school levels, has been named assistant coach of the men’s basketball program, Alabama head coach Avery Johnson announced on Thursday. “Scott is a legendary AAU coach and we are very excited for him to join our program at

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Daily Dirt – 4/20/15

Decided to take the DirtQueen, and all of the Little DirtBags to Montreal for school vacation week. The wireless is already up and running here in the “City of Saints” – I will post as much as possible as I herd these knuckleheads around this city. Kids already want to hit the pool (indoors – it’s only 7ºc here right

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WATCH LIVE: Avery Johnson Press Conference at Alabama

University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle will formally introduce Avery Johnson as the Crimson Tide’s new head men’s basketball coach at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning on the UA campus. Johnson was announced as the 20th head coach in the program’s 102-year history on Monday night. Here is the link to

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HOT: Brannen named head coach at Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof has announced that John Brannen has been named head coach of the men’s basketball program. NKU will hold a press conference and celebration open to both members of the media and Norse Nation on Tuesday, April 7 at 3 p.m. in the Bank of Kentucky Center. “I

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HOT: Alabama AD to meet with Avery Johnson

Multiple sources are reporting that Alabama AD Bill Battle is in Dallas to meet with Avery Johnson about the Crimson Tide’s vacant men’s basketball position. Johnson spent seven seasons as an NBA head coach – 2005-2008 with the Mavericks, and 2010-2012 with the Nets. He also spent 16 seasons in the NBA as a player.

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HOT: Richard Pitino out of Alabama race

After Alabama swung and missed at Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, the “hot” name became Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino. This morning however, Pitino ended all speculation when he released the following via twitter: “With regard to the reports tying me to other collegiate men’s coaching positions, let me simply say that I am very happy

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