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Penn State Dirt…

I can confirm that Penn State head coach Patrick Chambers has made some administrative staff moves.  It sounds like David Caporaletti as will be hired as the DBO, and Nick Colella will be added as the on-campus recruiting coordinator.  Caporaletti will replace Ross Condon who was elevated to assistant coach earlier this spring.  He has worked

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American Staff Update

American University men’s basketball head coach Mike Brennan announced two additions to his staff for the 2015-16 season. After two years away from the program, Eddie Jackson returns as an assistant coach, while Tommy Strine has been tabbed as the director of basketball operations. Jackson and Strine round out Brennan’s bench for this coming season, joining top assistant coaches Scott Greenman and Matt Wolff.

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Western Kentucky Staff Update

Western Kentucky head coach Ray Harper announced Tuesday the additions of William Monts as Director of Basketball Operations and Martin Cross as Video Coordinator. Monts spent the last two seasons as the head coach and Sports Information Director at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., where he led the Owls to the USCAA National Tournament in both seasons. Prior to Warren

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Central Arkansas Dirt…

I can confirm a couple of staff moves by Russ Pennell at Central Arkansas.  Josh Lowery and Tyler Miller who both served as Graduate Assistants / Assistant DBO’s at UCA last season have both been promoted – Lowery will serve as an assistant coach, and Miller will assume the DBO role.  Lowery played at Pepperdine

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A.J. Register Named DBO at Central Florida

Central Florida men’s basketball head coach Donnie Jones added to his staff on Monday, announcing the hiring of A.J. Register as the program’s new Director of Operations for the 2015-16 campaign. Register worked as a graduate assistant with the Knights during the 2014-15 season, helping to prepare scouting reports, working with game film, and organizing offseason

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OFFICIAL: Siena hires Watson and Asher

Back in June, HoopDirt.com reported that Jordan Watson would be named as an assistant at Siena, and Ben Asher would be named as the Saints DBO.  It has finally been made official by head coach Jimmy Patsos. “Jordan has a real mix of experience having worked in the NBA, community college level, and most recently

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Cody Anderson Named DBO at Longwood

Cody Anderson, former student manager for the University of Georgia men’s basketball program, joined the Longwood men’s basketball staff as director of operations, head coach Jayson Gee announced Thursday. In his director of basketball operations role at Longwood, Anderson will coordinate the program’s travel operations, academic monitoring, scouting and film preparation and statistical analysis while

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Western Kentucky Dirt…

I have heard from a great source that William Monts has been hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at Western Kentucky.  Monts has spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Warren Wilson College (NC).  Before becoming the head coach at WWC, Monts was an assistant at Georgia Southwestern State, and before that spent

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Baba Diallo Named DBO at DePaul

DePaul basketball coach Dave Leitao announced today that Baba Diallo has been added to the staff as assistant director of basketball operations. Diallo spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Tulsa. “Baba will be a valuable asset for our program in this support role,” said Leitao. “After working with him last year

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Gallagher Announces Staff Changes at Hartford

Sixth-year head men’s basketball coach John Gallagher and the University of Hartford men’s basketball team have announced changes to the Hawks’ coaching staff for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Tom Devitt, previously the director of basketball operations, has been named an assistant coach. Former Hawk standout Jaret von Rosenberg will join the staff as an assistant

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Goodson Promoted to DBO at Texas Tech

Steven “Zo” Goodson has been promoted to Director of Operations Texas Tech. He is in his third stint with head coach Tubby Smith. He served as the assistant director of basketball operations and director of player development for the past two seasons. He is in charge of player personnel and will oversee player development, as well

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